Across
- 7. the law in the form of legislation passed by Parliament.
- 8. the public good; law concerning the government and individuals’ relationships with it, including criminal law and the regulations created by government agencies.
- 10. words that are a declaration that concessions, compromises, and admissions made by a party cannot be used against that party in subsequent litigation.
Down
- 1. damages in excess of the plaintiff’s actual losses, intended to punish the wrongdoer for outrageous or extreme behavior.
- 2. in a dispute, to have an arbitrator make a binding decision on their claims.
- 3. rules of natural justice that a hearing must follow.
- 4. the law determining how the substantive laws will be enforced—e.g. the rules governing arrest and criminal investigation, or pretrial and court processes in both criminal and civil cases.
- 5. the principle that when a matter is addressed by both valid federal and provincial legislation and there is a conflict, the federal legislation takes precedence.
- 6. the rules that govern our personal, social, and business relations, which are enforced by one person’s suing another in a private or civil action.
- 9. an earlier court decision.