Family
This establishment enforces child and spousal support.
The Family Responsibility Office
This occurs when a property is not left to anyone in a will, and the deceased owner has no relatives to inherit the land on an intestacy.
Crown by escheat.
This is the most common remedy for Breach of Contract.
Damages.
This Latin term mean the "mental element" of a crime.
Mens rea.
This principle applies when the provincial or federal government goes beyond its Constitutional jurisdiction.
This is the right to visit a child and be informed about the health, education and well-being of the child.
Access.
This document stated that Aborignial peoples reserved all lands not ceded by or purchased from them, and regulated the sales of these lands.
Royal Proclamation of 1763.
This word denotes an extravagant claim that is not to be taken literally.
Puffery.
This federal statute lists nearly all criminal offences and criminal procedure.
The Criminal Code.
The 'reasonable limits clause' is found in this section of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
This home(s) is shared between a married couple.
Matrimonial home.
In Canadian law, this is the the closest thing to absolute ownership of real property.
This Latin phrase meaning “buyer beware” implies that buyers are not protected from their own errors in judgement.
Caveat Emptor.
An accused can use this defence if they were coerced into committing an offence.
Duress.
The 'Meech Lake Accord' and the 'Charlottetown Accord' represent two failed attempts at this rigorous process.
Constitutional amendment.
This blood relationship exists between relatives descended from a common ancestor.
Consanguinity.
According to this right, if one tenant passes away in a joint tenancy, the other tenant is entitled to the whole of the property.
Right of survivorship.
This potential remedy for breach of contract requires the breaching party to do what they promised.
Specific performance.
This is the third category of criminal offence along with summary and indictable.
This principle applies when the provincial or federal government stays within its Constitutional jurisdiction.
Intra vires.
This case established that when there is a “joint family venture” between spouses, there is a presumption that the assets be split equally.
Kerr v Baranow.
This principle means that one cannot give what one does not have.
The Nemo Dat principle.
This kind of offer 'kills' an initial offer.
This is the maximum jail sentence for summary offences.
6 months.
The test to determine whether a Charter right limitation is 'reasonable' comes from this case.
R. v Oakes.