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Law gr 11

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