Introduction to Criminal Law

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  1. 3. blindness – The act of deliberately choosing to ignore certain facts nor information.
  2. 5. – The reason for committing a certain act.
  3. 7. after the fact – Someone who knows that a crime has been committed and who helps the person who committed the crime to hide or escape from the police.
  4. 15. – To make a behavior that was illegal punishable by fines.
  5. 16. justice – Fairness in the processes that resolve disputes.
  6. 17. – To make an act completely legal by removing it from the Criminal Code or other criminal statute.
  7. 18. reus – A Latin phrase meaning “a wrongful deed”; the physical or guilty act, omission, or state of being that constitutes a crime.
  8. 19. Rea – A Latin phrase meaning “a guilty mind”; the mental element of one’s criminal actions.
  9. 21. offence – A serious criminal offence with a severe penalty, proceeding by way of a formal court document called an indictment.
  10. 22. of limitations – A time limit imposed by law within which a specific action must be taken.
  11. 23. – Assisting someone to commit a criminal offence.
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  1. 1. offence – A criminal offence proceedings by way of a summary conviction or an indictable offence.
  2. 2. conviction offence – A minor criminal offence with less severe punishments, which is usually tried soon after the charge is laid without a preliminary hearing or jury.
  3. 4. – The state of the mind of a person who commits an action deliberately and on purpose.
  4. 6. – To pass a proposed law into legislation.
  5. 8. – An agreement between two or more people to commit an unlawful act.
  6. 9. – To initiate and carry out a legal action.
  7. 10. negligence – wanton and reckless disregard for the lives and safety of other people.
  8. 11. – A principle that judicial decisions should be based on objective criteria and be free from bias or conflicts of interest.
  9. 12. – To change existing legislation (laws).
  10. 13. – A state of acting carelessly without regard for the consequences of one’s actions.
  11. 14. – To make a behavior a criminal offence.
  12. 18. – An act done with the intent to commit a criminal offence but without success.
  13. 20. – Encouraging or urging another person to commit a crime.