Legal Lingo
This legal term means the postponement of a court hearing or proceeding to a later date.
What is adjournment?
Section 7 of the Charter protects these three linked rights: life, liberty, and what third?
What is security of the person?
This 1988 case struck down Canada’s abortion law, ruling it violated women’s Charter rights to security of the person.
What is R. v. Morgentaler?
This celebrity lawyer became a household name defending O.J. Simpson in his 1995 murder trial.
Who is Robert Shapiro?
Under Canadian law, this term refers to a written statement that someone swears or affirms is true, which may be used in court.
What is affidavit?
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms came into effect in this year.
A) 1980
B) 1981
C) 1982
D) 1983
What is 1982?
In this 1973 case, the Supreme Court ruled that the Constitution protects a woman’s right to choose to have an abortion.
What is Roe v. Wade?
This Canadian TV series, which premiered in 2024 and draws its stories from real Toronto crime headlines, became a major nomination-leader at the Canadian Screen Awards
What is “Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent”?
This legal document orders a person or organization to stop doing or to do a specific act.
What is injunction?
In Canadian constitutional law, this test is applied to determine whether a government action that infringes a Charter right is justified under Section 1: it asks whether the limit is prescribed by law, has a pressing and substantial objective, is rationally connected, minimally impairs the right, and has proportional effects.
What is the Oakes test?
This 1994 case clarified self-defence laws after a woman killed her abusive husband, introducing the concept of “battered woman syndrome.”
What is R. v. Lavallee?
In 2023, this Canadian rapper filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit after being accused online of shooting fellow artist Megan Thee Stallion, despite already serving time for the conviction.
Who is Tory Lanez?
In Canadian criminal law, this doctrine sets presumptive ceilings (18 months in provincial court, 30 months in superior court) for the time from charge to end of trial before a delay is presumed unreasonable under Section 11(b) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
What is the Jordan-framework or Jordan Dates?
Is driving barefoot prohibited under Canadian law? Yes or no.
What is no?
This 1998 Supreme Court reference ruled that Quebec cannot legally secede from Canada without negotiations under the Constitution.
What is the Reference re Secession of Quebec?
In 2023, this Canadian pop star filed a lawsuit against a Montreal plastic-surgery clinic for using her image without consent in online ads, a major case about image rights and celebrity privacy
Who is Avril Lavigne?
Meaning “a matter judged,” this doctrine prevents the same dispute from being tried again once a final decision has been made.
What is Res judicata?
Name the seven provinces/territories where the legal adult age is 19?
What is …?
British Columbia
New Brunswick
Newfoundland and Labrador
the Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
Yukon
This 2015 case expanded the Charter’s right to life, liberty, and security of the person to include the right to physician-assisted dying.
What is Carter v. Canada (Attorney General)?
In the hit TV show How to Get Away with Murder, professor Annalise Keating teaches students about criminal defence — but in Canada, this profession requires completing this practical legal training after law school.
What is articling?