Property
Family Law
Contracts
Criminal Law
Lucky Questions
100
Property is not things, it is ______?
Rights (module 5B video)
100
This type of support depends on the length of the relationship, the roles the spouses had during the relationship and each spouse’s financial situation.
Spousal Support
100
The function of contract law is to afford strangers the ability to make what type of exchanges possible?
Non-simultaneous exchanges
100
Mr. C was a habitual pickpocket with several convictions for the same offence dating back to 2010. In June 2016 he stole a wallet containing $200. At trial the accused pleaded guilty to theft and the defence requested the minimum sentence of six months. The judge found Mr. C guilty, and sentenced him to two years in prison. What might the judge have considered as part of his ruling?
Aggravating circumstances
100
How does a peace officer define a charge after forming reasonable grounds that a criminal offence has occurred?
Laying an information
200
What type of law is it called when you interfere with the use of enjoyment of other people’s land?
Law of Nuisance (module 5B video)
200
In this type of relationship, there is no automatic right to divide or share property or its increase in value.
Common-Law
200
What type of contract is formed by one person making a promise to pay another in exchange for an act?
Unilateral
200
A person who knowingly assists another person to escape after a crime can be guilty of a separate crime. What is the crime?
Accessory after the fact
200
Criminal offences are classified into these three categories. Name them.
Summary, indictable, hybrid
300
What type of right does property next to lakes or rivers have?
Riparian rights (textbook)
300
How is child support determined?
The Child Support Table
300
Donative promises are not legally enforceable because of which criteria of enforceability of an agreement?
Consideration
300
What is the name of the special courts which handle the cases of Aboriginal people who have been charged with a criminal offence and propose sentences that are more in keeping with Aboriginal traditions than jail?
Gladue Courts
300
What is the main source of Criminal Law in Canada?
The Criminal Code
400
What term best describes this statement: The crown automatically owns the land as government property when the owner dies before making a will.
Interstate
400
Family court is a branch of which court?
The superior court
400
The two components of an agreement are:
Offer and acceptance
400
Bob and Tom stayed up one night planning a bank heist. The next day Bob robbed the bank by himself and was apprehended. A few hours later Tom was arrested and charged with an indictable offence. What was the offence?
Conspiracy
400
What is the longest sentence that a judge can prononce in Canada (in years)?
25 years
500
_____ _____ transfer is the power to transfer land while the owner is alive or during the owner’s lifetime.
Inter vivos
500

What is the specific law that involves matters such as divorce and custody disputes? 

Family law

500
The most frequently awarded remedy for breach of contract is?
Damages
500
What is an agreement between the Crown and the defence on how the accused will plead and on the sentence the defendant will receive called?
Plea bargain
500
Which act covers witness and evidence law?
Canada evidence act
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