Categories of Law
Deals with distribution and excersize of governmental powers and protection of everyones rights defined in the constitution.
What is constitutional law?
Parents were convicted of manslaughter after failing to provide necessaries of life for their diabetic child. Failure to provide necessaries of life also caused them to be convicted of this.
What is criminal negligence?
Highest court in Canada - deals with appeals; composed of chief justice and 8 judges from all across Canada.
What is the Supreme Court?
A group of individuals selected and sworn in to listen to the facts of a case, review evidence presented by both sides, and deliver a verdict of guilt or innocence in criminal cases, or liability in civil cases, based on the law and evidence.
What is the jury?
Tangible objects or materials presented in court, such as weapons, documents, clothing, or other items, that are directly related to the case and can be physically examined to help establish facts or prove elements of the crime or dispute.
What is physical evidence?
Law that governs the conduct of independent nations with one another.
What is International Law?
Two college students are mistakenly arrested for murder in Alabama, and eventually discredit the prosecutions evidence, by using an ____ witness.
What is an expert witness?
Governs conduct of armed forces; charges under Military Code of Service Discipline.
What is Military Court?
A person who initiates a lawsuit or legal action against another party in a court of law, seeking a legal remedy for an alleged wrong, often involving compensation or other forms of relief.
Who is a plaintiff?
A visual, graphic, or sound aid used to explain or illustrate a witness's testimony.
What is demonstrative evidence?
Provides rules regarding agreements between people and businesses.
What is Contract Law?
This legal term refers to the mental state of the defendant, which determines whether they had the intention or knowledge of wrongdoing in a case where a customer intentionally coughed on a bartender during a pandemic.
What is mens rea?
Has the power to deal with every criminal offense except the most serious offenses.
Who are the Superior Courts?
A lawyer appointed by the Attorney General to represent the Crown/the state. Tasked with prosecuting criminal offences under Canada's Criminal Code.
What is the Prosecutor?
An out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted, typically inadmissible in court.
What is hearsay?
Civil wrongdoings between 2 private parties where one party seeks remedies for the harmful action of another party.
What is Tort Law?
The defendant infected two women with a deadly STD, and did not inform them of his condition. He was then charged with 2 counts of ____.
What is (aggravated) assault?
If a party disagrees with a judge's decision, they can ask this form of court to review it.
What is the Appeals court?
This individual is called upon in court to provide testimony based on their specialized knowledge, training, or experience in a specific subject matter, often helping the court understand complex issues that are beyond the common knowledge of the average person.
What is the expert witness?
Any evidence that is not proven or supported by the physical evidence but solely based on a credible witness.
What is testimonial evidence?
What is administrative law?
This law protects a portion of an individual’s earnings from being garnished to repay debts, ensuring that enough remains for basic living expenses.
What is The Wages Act?
What is an administrative tribunal?
An impartial individual who oversees the legal proceedings in a courtroom, ensures that the attorneys are qualified, that the trial follows the law, and that the case is decided fairly, also responsible for instructing the jury and, in some cases, delivering a verdict or ruling when there is no jury.
What is a judge?
Indirect evidence that does not prove something but can be assumed.
What is circumstantial evidence?