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Criminal Law Key Terms Latest 2023-2024 /QuestionsAnd Answers Download To Pass!!!
Quiz :criminal offence - Answer :an action that is considered a crime, as
defined in the Criminal Code
Quiz :criminalize - Answer :to impose a criminal penalty on something that
Canadians feel is so immoral that it must be a criminal offence in the Criminal
Code
Quiz :decriminalize - Answer :to remove an act from the Criminal Code that
Canadians no longer feel is severely immoral; thus, the act is no longer a
criminal offence (although it may still be legal)
Quiz :legalize - Answer :to make an act completely legal; that is, it is not in the
Criminal Code, nor is it punishable by a fine
Quiz :summary conviction offence - Answer :a minor criminal offence (in
contrast to an indictable offence), which is tried immediately (summarily)
without a preliminary hearing or jury
Quiz :indictable offence - Answer :a severe or particularly serious criminal
offence (e.g., murder, treason) which has a correspondingly severe penalty,
and which proceeds by way of a formal court document called an indictment
Quiz :hybrid offence - Answer :criminal offence that may be tried, at the
Crown's option, as a summary conviction offence or indictable offence, with
the corresponding less or more severe punishment
Quiz :mens rea - Answer :a Latin phrase meaning "a guilty mind"; the
knowledge, intent, or recklessness of one's actions, which together with actus
reus, makes one criminally liable
Quiz :actus rea - Answer :a Latin phrase meaning "a wrongful deed"; the
physical act of a crime, which together with mens rea, makes a person
criminally liable
Quiz :willful blindness - Answer :pretending not to see something, even
though a person knows what is going on
, Quiz :recklessness - Answer :a state or instance of acting carelessly or without
regard for the consequences of one's actions
Quiz :criminal state of mind - Answer :the accused person knew they were
doing something illegal
Quiz :conspiracy - Answer :an agreement or arrangement between two or
more people to commit an unlawful act
Quiz :aiding - Answer :assisting someone to commit a criminal offence.
Usually, the person is not present when the crime is committed, but has
knowledge of the crime and has helped through advice, actions, or financial
support. If enough aid is given, the person's participation in the crime may be
upgraded to conspiracy.
Quiz :abetting - Answer :encouraging, inciting, or urging another person to
commit a crime
Quiz :accessory after the fact - Answer :someone who, after a crime is
committed and knowing that it was committed, receives, comforts, or helps
the criminal so that he or she can escape
Quiz :organized crime - Answer :group of 3 or more individuals who share a
common identity and engage in illegal activities
Quiz :araignment - Answer :the first stage in a criminal trial, in which the court
clerk reads the charge to the accused and a plea is entered
Quiz :preliminary hearing - Answer :a hearing with he purpose of seeing if the
Crown has enough evidence to justify sending the case to trial; it also gives the
accused a chance to hear the details of the case against him or her
Quiz :homicide - Answer :the killing of another person, directly or indirectly
Quiz :first-degree murder - Answer :the killing of another person that is
planned and deliberate, in which the victim is a law enforcement agent, or that
is related to committing or attempting other crimes that are particularly
offensive to society (e.g., hostage taking, sexual assault, hijacking an airplane)
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