Some more Civics terms (Ch. 3)

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Across
  1. 2. Coming from Indigenous traditions, this is a meeting between an accused person and members of their community to discuss an appropriate sentence (10,6).
  2. 4. One definition is a superior court reviewing the decision of a lower court. Another is as a verb to apply to a higher court for a reversal of the decision of a lower court.
  3. 7. Laws enacted by elected officials are known as this (7,3).
  4. 10. The main law that protects human rights at the federal level ends in this word.
  5. 11. The highest form of law in Canada, which includes the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (14,3).
  6. 12. Another name for common law, which is based on the decisions made by judges (4,3).
  7. 13. A portion of money from individual corporate income that is collected by a government as a tax (6,3).
  8. 15. Any organization that does not seek a profit (3-6).
  9. 18. A business whose primary purpose is the common good (some are operated by the other two types of social organizations listed in the text) (6, 10).
Down
  1. 1. To restore to a state of good health or useful life. This is done through therapy and education during and after imprisonment, addiction, or illness.
  2. 3. The main law that protects human rights in Ontario ends in this word.
  3. 5. A person or a group of people taking part in legal proceedings.
  4. 6. A group of people who decide a court case, comprising ordinary members of the public.
  5. 7. The highest court of appeal in the country (7,5,2,6).
  6. 8. The list of things that can't be discriminated against under human rights legislations is often referred to as this (9,7).
  7. 9. The principle that no one is above the law and that everyone must follow the law (4,2,3).
  8. 14. Non-governmental organizations that provide a social a social or public service independent of the government are often knowns a these.
  9. 16. Not all of these are criminal; they are an examination of facts and legal issues related to a dispute between two parties. In a criminal one, one of the parties is the Crown.
  10. 17. Judges consider 1. keeping the public safe from home; 2. deterring others from committing the same offences; 3. rehabilitating the offender; and 4. punishing the offender when it considers this for a convicted criminal.