Criminal Law Terms Reviwq
Across
- 10. A deal between the Crown and the defense for a guilty plea to a lesser charge and penalty
- 11. When the burden of proof is placed on the defense rather than the Crown
- 16. To detain a person legally and to charge him or her with a criminal offense
- 17. Any rifle or shotgun that is neither restricted nor prohibited
- 19. Homicide for which a person will not be held criminally responsible, an accident
- 20. Type of murder with intent
- 22. A legal document stating the criminal charge and the court date
- 26. Intentionally causing damage to property by fire
- 27. The pursuit or repeated communication with an unwilling victim
- 28. The legal right to a property
- 29. Anything that is used to determine the truth in a court of law
- 30. To sell, administer, give, transfer, transport, send, or deliver a controlled substance
- 31. Legal services paid for by taxpayers, available to persons unable to afford a lawyer
- 33. Entering someones premises without permission with intent to commit an indictable offence
Down
- 1. A firearm that a person is not allowed to possess
- 2. Blamable or criminal homicide
- 3. Agreement given freely and voluntarily
- 4. In Criminal Law, actual imprisonment of physical detention
- 5. Theft involving violence or threats of violence
- 6. Words, images, or actions that are offensive to public morality
- 7. Facts that would cause an average person to believe beyond a mere suspicion
- 8. An order by a judge to arrest the accused
- 9. Detainment by a civilian of a person believed to have committed a crime
- 12. The killing of another person, directly or indirectly
- 13. A firearm that needs to be registered
- 14. Intentional deceit in order to cause a loss of property
- 15. Type of murder without intent
- 18. A court order authorizing police to search a specific place at a specified time
- 21. Communicating for the purposes of prostitution
- 22. The act of councelling, aiding, or abetting someone to commit suicide
- 23. Culpable homicide that is not murder or infanticide
- 24. The starting document for a less serious offense, the basis of all charges
- 25. Intentional homicide
- 26. The application or threat of force without the other person's consent
- 30. Taking someone's property without his or her consent
- 32. The illegal, forced removal of a child from the custodial parent