Criminial Law

1. young people charged with criminal offences under the Youth Criminal Justice Act are normally tried.
3. in criminal cases, a person charged with an offence; the accused
7. a lawyer employed by the government to prosecute those accused of criminal and quasi-criminal offences
9. the branch of law that governs the relations between individuals
13. type of trial was basically an appeal to supernatural powers to assist in the decision-making process. Those accused would subject themselves to some form of ordeal, and if they passed it successfully they were declared innocent.
14. a person charged with a criminal offence; the defendant
18. the highest court in the province. acts as a court of appeal from the lower courts
19. programs whereby some young offenders can omit to having committed a crime and then do something to compensate for it rather than go to court

2. not an Alberta court. This is the highest court of appeal in Canada.
4. trial consisting of the accused swearing an oath as to the truth of his or her innocence. If the accused could get 11 or 12 "compurgators" or "oath helpers" to swear that they believed the accused's statements to be true, then the accused would win the case.
5. The second level of Alberta Courts. its judges are appointed by the federal government.
6. often called Small Claims Court
8. a law passed by a governing body
10. cases involving many family-law issues
11. hears cases involving traffic violations. It also hears cases involving the breaking of municipal bylaws.
12. guilty mind; usually an intention to commit a wrongful act
15. the branch of law that sets out certain acts as crimes and punishes those who commit them
16. the body of law that gradually developed as judges in English courts made decisions in the cases they heard
17. a wrongful act
20. forbidden by law for which the state has the power to punish