CLN Final Review Test Questions & Answers 2024/2025
What is an accessory? Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERSaiding or contributing in a secondary way, or assisting as a subordinate—lower in rank/
What is Actus Reus? Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERS(guilty act) The wrongful act or omission— failure to act, that compromises the physical components of a crime
What is Administrative Law? Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERSthe category of public law that governs relations between people on the one hand and government agencies, boards, and departments on the oter.
What is an Arrest?
Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERSA seizure or forcible restraint: an exercise of the power to deprive a person of his or her liberty; the taking or keeping of a person in custody by legal authority, in response to a criminal charge
What is Automatism? Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERSan involuntary act that is performed in a state of unconscious What is bail? - ANSWERSthe temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court
What is burden of proof? - ANSWERSA duty placed upon a civil or criminal defendant to prove or disprove a disputed fact
What is Civil Law? - ANSWERSA body of rules that delineate— trace an outline of the private rights and remedies, and governs disputes between individuals in such areas as contracts, property, and Family Law.
What is a Conspiracy? - ANSWERSAn agreement between two or more persons engaged jointly in and unlawful or criminal act, or an act that is innocent itself but becomes unlawful when done by a combination of factors.
What is Constitutional Law? - ANSWERSin Canada, the body of written and unwritten laws that set out how the country will be governed. This type of law sets out the distribution of powers between the federal government and the provinces and embodies certain important legal principles. The fundamental laws that govern the powers and authorizes
What is contract Law? - ANSWERSthe area of private law that governs agreements between people or companies to purchase or provide goods or services.
What is counseling? - ANSWERSa lawyer or group of lawyers giving legal advice and conducting a case in court
What is the criminal code? - ANSWERSa document which complies all, or a significant amount of a particularity jurisdiction— the official power to make legal decisions and judgments in criminal law
What is criminal law? - ANSWERSthe body of law that relates to crime
What is a defendant? - ANSWERSin civil law, the party being sued; in criminal law, the person charged with an offence What is a disposition? - ANSWERSwhen used in the context of litigation, it refers to a courts final determination of a case or issue. When used in relation to property it refers to the act of transferring or relinquishing property to another care or possession
What is due process? - ANSWERSthe legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owned to a person. Due process balances the powers of the law of the land and protects individuals from it.
What is equality before the law? - ANSWERSeveryone is viewed the same before the eyes of the law
What is equality under the law? - ANSWERSeveryone has equal protection under the law
What is family law? - ANSWERSan area of law that deals with family matters and domestic relations
What is hearsay? - ANSWERSevidence consisting of matters that a witness was told
What is a hybrid Offence? - ANSWERSterm used to describe an offence under the Criminal Code, prosecuted as either in an indictable or a summary conviction offence at the discretion of the Crown
Ex. Assault (summarily or indictable)
What is an indictable offence? - ANSWERSterm used to describe a serious offence under the Criminal Code, prosecuted in a manner more complex and carrying penalties more severe than a summary conviction offence
Ex. Murder
What is insanity? - ANSWERSmental illness of such that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior
What is a lawsuit? - ANSWERSa legal proceeding between two parties in the courts, instituted by one party to compel another to do himself or herself justice, regardless of whether the action is based upon law or Equity.
What is an accessory? Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERSaiding or contributing in a secondary way, or assisting as a subordinate—lower in rank/
What is Actus Reus? Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERS(guilty act) The wrongful act or omission— failure to act, that compromises the physical components of a crime
What is Administrative Law? Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERSthe category of public law that governs relations between people on the one hand and government agencies, boards, and departments on the oter.
What is an Arrest?
Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERSA seizure or forcible restraint: an exercise of the power to deprive a person of his or her liberty; the taking or keeping of a person in custody by legal authority, in response to a criminal charge
What is Automatism? Use in Sentence and give example - ANSWERSan involuntary act that is performed in a state of unconscious What is bail? - ANSWERSthe temporary release of an accused person awaiting trial, sometimes on condition that a sum of money be lodged to guarantee their appearance in court
What is burden of proof? - ANSWERSA duty placed upon a civil or criminal defendant to prove or disprove a disputed fact
What is Civil Law? - ANSWERSA body of rules that delineate— trace an outline of the private rights and remedies, and governs disputes between individuals in such areas as contracts, property, and Family Law.
What is a Conspiracy? - ANSWERSAn agreement between two or more persons engaged jointly in and unlawful or criminal act, or an act that is innocent itself but becomes unlawful when done by a combination of factors.
What is Constitutional Law? - ANSWERSin Canada, the body of written and unwritten laws that set out how the country will be governed. This type of law sets out the distribution of powers between the federal government and the provinces and embodies certain important legal principles. The fundamental laws that govern the powers and authorizes
What is contract Law? - ANSWERSthe area of private law that governs agreements between people or companies to purchase or provide goods or services.
What is counseling? - ANSWERSa lawyer or group of lawyers giving legal advice and conducting a case in court
What is the criminal code? - ANSWERSa document which complies all, or a significant amount of a particularity jurisdiction— the official power to make legal decisions and judgments in criminal law
What is criminal law? - ANSWERSthe body of law that relates to crime
What is a defendant? - ANSWERSin civil law, the party being sued; in criminal law, the person charged with an offence What is a disposition? - ANSWERSwhen used in the context of litigation, it refers to a courts final determination of a case or issue. When used in relation to property it refers to the act of transferring or relinquishing property to another care or possession
What is due process? - ANSWERSthe legal requirement that the state must respect all legal rights that are owned to a person. Due process balances the powers of the law of the land and protects individuals from it.
What is equality before the law? - ANSWERSeveryone is viewed the same before the eyes of the law
What is equality under the law? - ANSWERSeveryone has equal protection under the law
What is family law? - ANSWERSan area of law that deals with family matters and domestic relations
What is hearsay? - ANSWERSevidence consisting of matters that a witness was told
What is a hybrid Offence? - ANSWERSterm used to describe an offence under the Criminal Code, prosecuted as either in an indictable or a summary conviction offence at the discretion of the Crown
Ex. Assault (summarily or indictable)
What is an indictable offence? - ANSWERSterm used to describe a serious offence under the Criminal Code, prosecuted in a manner more complex and carrying penalties more severe than a summary conviction offence
Ex. Murder
What is insanity? - ANSWERSmental illness of such that a person cannot distinguish fantasy from reality, cannot conduct affairs due to psychosis, or is subject to uncontrollable impulsive behavior
What is a lawsuit? - ANSWERSa legal proceeding between two parties in the courts, instituted by one party to compel another to do himself or herself justice, regardless of whether the action is based upon law or Equity.
