Term | Definition |
Murphy | Fought to get women the vote |
Reasonable | A term that applies to many aspects of our justice system |
Equity | Payment to evaluate as equal in worth |
Diefenbaker | Created the Bill of rights |
Jews | Denied Entry Prior to WW2 |
Stereotyping | Judging an opinion of one person applying it to the group |
Summary | form of conviction that uses transcript under appeal |
Resitition | Repaying the Victim of a crime |
3 | The number of judges in appeal court |
Cabinet | could reduce a sentence of death |
sufrage | The right to vote in political election |
homosexuality | Criminal code offence until 1967 |
assimilation | process of absorbing a minority |
1st nations | term originated by aboriginals |
compensation | public $ used to assist a victim of crime |
restorative | emphasize forgiveness |
collective | right of grouo |
Japenese | enemy aliens during WW2 |
discrimination | treating individuals diff based on characteristics (20) |
parole | Hearing that may or may not release the offender - 22 |
stonewall | Gay resistance against police brutality - 23 |
crown | cannot appeal based on question of fact - 24 |
harrassment | Unwelcome actions - 25 |
release | act that allows the victim to know the charge of the accused - 28 |
ukraines | 30 - enemy aliens during WW1 |
prejudice | preconceived opinion of a certain group - 31 |
complainant | 32- person who makes an allegation of discrimnation |
maximum | 33-From of security for the most dangerous offenders |
orientation | 35- nature of ones sexuality |
persons | 36- case established rights of women |
thirty | 37- # of days b4 appeal is allowed |
circle | 41- aboriginal technique of justice |
ombudsman | 43-offical appointed to investigate complaints |
open | 45-custody that allows supervised access to the community |
hanging | 47- form of punishmment used in canada until 1962 |
appellant | 48-party requesting appeal |
majority | 49-method of ruling in a appeal court |
healing | 50 - resolves issues between offenders and victim |
points | 19-criteria for admission to immigrate to Canada |
correctional | 21-term used to describe canadian prison system |
sentence | 26- crown can appeal based on this |
feminist | 27 - one who believes in equality of sexes |
2 | 29 - minimum # of yrs in max security for 1st degree murder |
mistake | 33 - only grounds for a legal appeal |
respondent | 34 - party opposing an appeal |
house | 38 - form of arrest for conditional release |
trial | 39 - can be ordered based on appeal |
railroad | 40 - built chinese workers denied citizenship |
limited | 42 - roles of victim in the justice process |
capital | 44 - form of punishment resulting in death |
closed | 46 - most secure form of detention |
civil battery | John Grabs Hilary after she asks him to stop |
alcohol | measure commercial hosts can take to reduce liability |
occupier | a person who controls and supervises a property |
deny | an accused use in his or her defence |
act of god | accident occurs after vechile is struck by lightning |
defamation | in a ___________ case, a plantiff must prove: the words used by the defendant were false |
consent | defence for trespass |
civil assault | John tells hilary he will stab her |
absolute privelege | politicans cannot be sued for comments |
Intentional Tort | nuisance are example of ___ |
vicarious liablity | the father may be held partially responsible because he owns the car |
Temporary Insanity | defence of crime as a result of a stroke |
Duty of Care | each motorist is priveleged to be driving |
Self Defence | the legal use of reasonable force |
automatism | An involuntary action by a person |
private nuisance | someone property is being interfered |
reasonable | Not a key characteristic of Negligence |
Intoxication | can lower a conviction or reduce a criminal sentence |
Insane Automatism | a person with parnoid schizophrenia murders |
Jason Hill | false imprisonment case |
Battered WOmen syndrome | a psychological condition caused by severe and usually prolonged domestic violence |
Alibi | arguing the accused was not at scene of the crime |
foreseeability | a persons ability to anticipate the specific result |
aggravated | compensation awarded for mental distress |
obscenity | otherwise taboo, indecent, abhorrent, or disgusting |
anabolic steroids | use of this drug results in thousand dollar fine |
LSD | schedule one of CDSA |
horse and cow | origin of law as a rule of society |
indictable | judge or jury trial |
luring | no person may use the internet w/ a young person for the commission of sexual offence |
onus | the _________ is on the crown to prove |
driving | operation of a car |
nominal | compensation to indicate a moral victory |
lawful arrest | the police should identify themselves |
2nd degree | spouse killed by spouse after caught w/ companion |
litigation | legal action to solve a civil dispute is called |
1892 | the CC of Canada was introduced in |
10 | bodily harm is punishable on indictment not exceeding |
rob | assault to be considered aggravated intent to ____ |
undertaking | signed promise |
john | the person who receive prostitution |
procure | against the law for parents to _______ their child to engage in sex |
special | compensation for out of pocket expenses |
after | assault ____ the fact |
accidental | ______ application of force is an assault |
defendant | the person being sued |
controlled drugs | canadas federal drug control statute |
probability | civil trial the decision is based on |
manslaughter | texting while driving car results in death |
summary conviction | no fingerprints requred for this category of offence |
procedure | police tell you that you are being arrested |
adversarial | we have an ____________ system of justice |
plantiff | The person suing |
interference | no one can touch any part of the body of a child under the ___ |
competition | act that cracks down on the recent proliferation of deception |
new laws | judges cant create |
14 | Arson - Damage to property sentence |
burgurarly | the intent to break into a building |
damages | money awarded to plantiff is |
robbery | requiring both theft and a form of violence |
theft | simply involves taking something |
intention | decision to bring about a prohibited consequence |
each | youth custody is automatically reviewed at the end of ______ year |
summons | a ________ serves the same purpose as an appearance notice |
prevent crime | one purpose of the YCJA |
negligence | _________ is an offence that arises in situations involving the death |
release | once a person has been arrested and charged |
state of mind | accused person has planned |
transfer to adult | not true of the YCJA |
promise to appeal | a document that the accused signs |
Mens Rea | guilty mind |
Undertaking | signed promise |
Surety | promised by someone other than the accused |
Youth | aged 12 to 15 are tried in ________ court |
adversarial | we have an _________ system of justice |
appearance notice | officers may serve accused with an __________ |
24 | Release within ____ hours |
extra judicial | term _________ is a measure for non violent |
Guilty Act | Actus Reus |
Onus | The __ is on the crown to prove |
recognizance | is a signed promise that the accused will pay a certain value of money |
New LAws | not true about judges |
motive | explains why a person acted or refused to act |
attempt | an _______ to commit a crime when an accused makes an unsuccessful effort |
Tom Brady | Greatest QB of all time |