Canadian Law Exam Review Questions With Complete Solutions
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Absolute Discharge correct answer: - A release without conditions, no criminal record and no conditions
Aiding & Abetting correct answer: - Supporting or encouraging the crime
- Aider: not always present, (lookout, get away car)
- Abettor: person is present helping or encouraging principal ...
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Canadian Law Exam Review Questions
With Complete Solutions
Absolute Discharge correct answer: - A release without
conditions, no criminal record and no conditions
Aiding & Abetting correct answer: - Supporting or encouraging
the crime
- Aider: not always present, (lookout, get away car)
- Abettor: person is present helping or encouraging principal
offender in commission of crime
Actus Reus correct answer: - Physical part ("guilty act")
- Wrongful deed/ physical act, prohibited act
- State of being
Adversarial System correct answer: Meaning that two sides
(Crown and Defence) "fight" each other in order to win
Arrest correct answer: To deprive a person of his/ her liberty by
legal authority so he/ she can answer to a criminal charge (legal
detainment)
*To make arrest officer must have reasonable and probable
grounds to believe that suspect commited the offence
Assault correct answer: Without consent applies force to that
person or attempts or threatens another person or while openly
carrying a weapon
, Balance of Probabilities correct answer: Means their version of
the story is the most believable (the successful litigant)
Battery correct answer: The follow through of assault, unlawful
and intentional touching without consent
British North America Act correct answer: Legal document that
united Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick to a
new country called Canada
*Canada had the ability to govern itself, Britain still had charge
of international affairs and the highest court for Canada was
located in Britain
Case law correct answer: Judges will judge current cases based
on the outcomes of previous cases. Legal decision that serves as
an example and authority in later cases similar facts result in
similar decisions
*Writing down details and outcomes of cases (used when citing
precedent)
Causation correct answer: Must prove that defendant failed to
offer duty of care and to prove that failed duty of care cause
plaintiff harm
Chinese Head Tax correct answer: - Lots of Chinese came to
build the Canadian Pacific Railway, after it was finished
Chinese immigrants were required to pay tax
- 1923 Chinese Immigration Act was amended so Chinese were
not permitted to immigrate to Canada
- 1947 Immigration Act was changed to allow Chinese to
immigrate to Canada with no extra tax
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