LAW 122 Final Examination With 100%
Correct Answers 2026 Updated.
Risk Management - Answer is the process of identifying, evaluating and responding to the
possibility of harmful events
Law - Answer a rule that can be enforced by the courts
Civil Law - Answer systems trace their history to ancient Rome
Jurisdiction - Answer a geographical are that uses the same set of laws
Common Law - Answer systems trace their history to England
Public Law - Answer is concerned with governments and the ways in which they deal with
their citizens
Constitutional law - Answer provides the basic rules of our political and legal systems
Administrative Law - Answer concerned with the creation and operation of administrative
agencies, boards, commissions and tribunals
Criminal Law - Answer deals with offences against the state
Tax law - Answer is concerned with the rules that are used ot collect money for public
spending
Private Law - Answer is concerned with the rules that apply in private matters
Tort - Answer a private wrong
Law of contracts - Answer concerned with the creation and enforcement of agreenments
Law of Property - Answer concerned with the acquisition, use and disposition of property
,Constitution - Answer the document that creates the basic rules for Canadian society,
including its political and legal systems
Division of Powers - Answer states the areas in which each level of government can act
Residual power - Answer gives the federal government authority over everything that is not
specifically mentioned
Direct tax - Answer expected to fall on the taxpayer
indirect tax - Answer expected to be passed on from the taxpayer to someone else, such as
the taxpayer's customers
Doctrine of Federal Paramountcy - Answer determines which law applies based on the
constitution's division of powers
Property rights - Answer are rights to own and enjoy assets
Economic rights - Answer are rights to carry on business activities
Parliamentary supremacy - Answer means that while judges are required to interpret
constitutional and statutory documents, they must also obey them
Legislation - Answer is law that is created by parliament or a legislature
Subordinate legislation - Answer the term given to regulations that are created with the
authority of parliament or the legislature
Municipality - Answer a town or city
by-law - Answer a type of subordinate legislation that is created by a municipality
Equity - Answer in a general sense, fairness
trust - Answer exists anytime that one person owns property for the benefit of another
Litigation - Answer the system of resolving disputes in court
, Class action - Answer allows a single person or a small group of people to sue on behalf of a
larger group of claimants
Certification - Answer represents the courts decision to allow the various claims to be joined
together and to proceed as a class action
Professional Liability Insurance - Answer allows a client to receive compensation from a
lawyer's insurance company if the lawyer has acted carelessly
Assurance fund - Answer provides compensation to people who have been hurt by dishonest
lawyers
paralegal - Answer not a lawyer but provides legal advice and services
Pleadings - Answer the documents used to identify the issues and clarify the nature of a
dispute
Plaintiff - Answer the person who is making the complaint
Defendant - Answer the person about whom the complaint is being made
Limitation Period - Answer a period of time within which an action must be started
Statement of Claim - Answer a document in which the plaintiff outlines the nature of the
complaint
statement of defence - Answer a document in which the defendant sets out its version of the
facts and indicates how it intends to deny the claim
Counterclaim - Answer a claim that the defendant makes against the plaintiff
reply - Answer a document in which a party repsonds to a statement of defence
Demand for particulars - Answer requires the other side to provide additional information
Correct Answers 2026 Updated.
Risk Management - Answer is the process of identifying, evaluating and responding to the
possibility of harmful events
Law - Answer a rule that can be enforced by the courts
Civil Law - Answer systems trace their history to ancient Rome
Jurisdiction - Answer a geographical are that uses the same set of laws
Common Law - Answer systems trace their history to England
Public Law - Answer is concerned with governments and the ways in which they deal with
their citizens
Constitutional law - Answer provides the basic rules of our political and legal systems
Administrative Law - Answer concerned with the creation and operation of administrative
agencies, boards, commissions and tribunals
Criminal Law - Answer deals with offences against the state
Tax law - Answer is concerned with the rules that are used ot collect money for public
spending
Private Law - Answer is concerned with the rules that apply in private matters
Tort - Answer a private wrong
Law of contracts - Answer concerned with the creation and enforcement of agreenments
Law of Property - Answer concerned with the acquisition, use and disposition of property
,Constitution - Answer the document that creates the basic rules for Canadian society,
including its political and legal systems
Division of Powers - Answer states the areas in which each level of government can act
Residual power - Answer gives the federal government authority over everything that is not
specifically mentioned
Direct tax - Answer expected to fall on the taxpayer
indirect tax - Answer expected to be passed on from the taxpayer to someone else, such as
the taxpayer's customers
Doctrine of Federal Paramountcy - Answer determines which law applies based on the
constitution's division of powers
Property rights - Answer are rights to own and enjoy assets
Economic rights - Answer are rights to carry on business activities
Parliamentary supremacy - Answer means that while judges are required to interpret
constitutional and statutory documents, they must also obey them
Legislation - Answer is law that is created by parliament or a legislature
Subordinate legislation - Answer the term given to regulations that are created with the
authority of parliament or the legislature
Municipality - Answer a town or city
by-law - Answer a type of subordinate legislation that is created by a municipality
Equity - Answer in a general sense, fairness
trust - Answer exists anytime that one person owns property for the benefit of another
Litigation - Answer the system of resolving disputes in court
, Class action - Answer allows a single person or a small group of people to sue on behalf of a
larger group of claimants
Certification - Answer represents the courts decision to allow the various claims to be joined
together and to proceed as a class action
Professional Liability Insurance - Answer allows a client to receive compensation from a
lawyer's insurance company if the lawyer has acted carelessly
Assurance fund - Answer provides compensation to people who have been hurt by dishonest
lawyers
paralegal - Answer not a lawyer but provides legal advice and services
Pleadings - Answer the documents used to identify the issues and clarify the nature of a
dispute
Plaintiff - Answer the person who is making the complaint
Defendant - Answer the person about whom the complaint is being made
Limitation Period - Answer a period of time within which an action must be started
Statement of Claim - Answer a document in which the plaintiff outlines the nature of the
complaint
statement of defence - Answer a document in which the defendant sets out its version of the
facts and indicates how it intends to deny the claim
Counterclaim - Answer a claim that the defendant makes against the plaintiff
reply - Answer a document in which a party repsonds to a statement of defence
Demand for particulars - Answer requires the other side to provide additional information
