Law Unit 1: Key Terms | Chapters 1-3
Sovereignty - ✔✔A state's authority to govern itself
Habeas Corpus - ✔✔The legal right of a person who is imprisoned without exclamation to appear in
court within a reasonable time
Extradition - ✔✔Agreement between states to return fugitives from justice to their home countries
Citation - ✔✔Lists basic facts in a legal case and makes it easy to locate the case in a law library
Feudalism - ✔✔A political, social, and economic system that existed in Europe between 9th and 15th
centuries that was based on the relationship of a lord and their vassals
Defendant - ✔✔A person who is sued in a civil actions or charged with a criminal offence
Rule of Law - ✔✔The basic rule that neither individual nor the government is above the law
Lobbying - ✔✔To seek to influence the government to make certain laws
Crown Attorney - ✔✔A prosecutor in criminal matters who works on behalf of society
Precedent - ✔✔A court decision used to decide a similar case
Sanctions - ✔✔Penalties or restrictions imposed on a country
Amending Formula - ✔✔The procedure to change Canada's constitution
War Crimes - ✔✔Criminal acts that violate the customs of war
Sovereignty - ✔✔A state's authority to govern itself
Habeas Corpus - ✔✔The legal right of a person who is imprisoned without exclamation to appear in
court within a reasonable time
Extradition - ✔✔Agreement between states to return fugitives from justice to their home countries
Citation - ✔✔Lists basic facts in a legal case and makes it easy to locate the case in a law library
Feudalism - ✔✔A political, social, and economic system that existed in Europe between 9th and 15th
centuries that was based on the relationship of a lord and their vassals
Defendant - ✔✔A person who is sued in a civil actions or charged with a criminal offence
Rule of Law - ✔✔The basic rule that neither individual nor the government is above the law
Lobbying - ✔✔To seek to influence the government to make certain laws
Crown Attorney - ✔✔A prosecutor in criminal matters who works on behalf of society
Precedent - ✔✔A court decision used to decide a similar case
Sanctions - ✔✔Penalties or restrictions imposed on a country
Amending Formula - ✔✔The procedure to change Canada's constitution
War Crimes - ✔✔Criminal acts that violate the customs of war
