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'''AMENDMENT'''
*Modification of submitted materials. Amendments can consist of additions, deletions, and corrections.
'''ADJOURNMENT'''
*In court settings, postponement of an appearance date until a later, fixed, date.
*The criminal standard of proof. Explained concisely in widely-cited case ''R v W.(D.)'', [1991] 1 SCR 742, which is discussed in [[Introduction_to_Criminal_Law_(1:I) | Chapter 1: Criminal Law]].
'''CAUSE OF ACTION ''' *Legal cause for which an action may be brought. The legal theory giving basis to a lawsuit.
'''CIVIL LAW ''' *The system of law concerned with relations between individual parties, rather than criminal affairs.
'''COMMON LAW ''' *Law derived from custom and judicial decisions rather than statutes.
'''COMPLETE DEFENCE ''' *An argument, which, if proven, will effectively end the litigation in favour of the defendant.
'''CONTINGENCY ''' *In legal circles, is commonly used to refer to a contingent fee,which is a fee for legal services provided only if the legal action is settled favorably or out of court.
'''CONTRIBUTORY NEGLIGENCE'''*Negligent behavior of the plaintiff that contributes to the harm resulting from the defendant’ s defendant’s negligence.
'''COUNTERCLAIM/COUNTERCLAIMANT ''' *A claim by a defendant seeking relief from the plaintiff. Generally made as a response to the same facts that make up the issue the plaintiff originally claimed for.
'''CROWN ''' *Generally a reference to the government or state acting as a party in legal proceedings.
'''DEBTOR ''' *A person judged to owe money after the resolution of a civil case.
'''DEDUCTIBLE ''' *In an insurance policy, the amount that must be paid out-of-pocket before an insurer will pay any expenses. Generally, a clause used by insurance companies as a threshold for policy payments.
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