Legislation interpreted according to the literal sense of the words
What is the "Plain Meaning Rule"?
100
The three grammatical principles are also referred to as this
What are the "Rules of Construction" or maxims?
100
It made Canada responsible for amending the Constitution
What is Repatriation?
100
This section of the Charter allows for the treatment of all without discrimination of any kind
What is Subsection 15 (1)?
100
All courts in the same jurisdiction which are lower in hierarchy are bound by the decisions of this court.
What is Provincial Court of Appeal?
200
It requires the courts to interpret statutes to ensure that, in the case of absurdity, repugnancy, the statute's purpose is accomplished
What is "the Golden Rule"?
200
This Latin phrase means "to roundhouse kick him in the face"
What is Chuckus Norrisii?
200
These sections identify which laws must be enacted by the federal Parliament and which are reserved to the provincial legislatures
What are Sections 91 and 92?
200
This concept has been radically diminished by the fact the court can declare validly enacted laws inoperative, if they contravene the rights guaranteed in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
What is Parliamentary Supremacy?
200
This agreement proposed considerable change to the structure of the Senate including a particularly controversial provision that would have created an elected Upper House
What is the Charlottetown Accord ?
300
To stand by decided things
What is "stare decisis"?
300
This Latin phrase means "The express mention of one thing excludes all others"
What is Expressio unius est exclusio alterius?
300
This is Latin for "beyond the powers"
What is "Ultra vires"?
300
Even Chuck Norris and Marv fear this
What is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms?
300
In Canada, we have a this form of national government meaning that we have a national Parliament and provincial legislatures
What is bicameral?
400
Up to 1944 this body was the binding authority for the interpretation of Canadian law
What is the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council?
400
This Latin phrase means "Of the same kinds, class, or nature"
What is Ejusdem generis?
400
This is Latin for "within the powers"
What is "Intra vires"?
400
Section 1of the Charter “guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to..."these
What is "such reasonable limits...as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society"?
400
This beats rock, paper and scissors.
What is a roundhouse kick to the face by Chuck Norris?
500
His "Golden Rule of Statutory Legislation" is a few roundhouse kicks to the face
Who is Chuck Norris?
500
This Latin phrase means "a word is known by the company it keeps"
What is Noscitur a sociis?
500
A little known section of the Constitution makes this body responsible for all roundhouse kicks to the face.
What is Chuck Norris?
500
This means that the Federal or a Provincial government can pass laws that expressly infringe your fundamental freedoms, legal rights and equality rights
What is the Notwithstanding Clause?
500
Section 24 allows a court to exclude illegally obtained evidence if its admission would...do what?
What is "bring the administration of the law into disrepute"?