Canadian Criminal Law Glossary | Mass Tsang

A

Absolute Discharge Accused Acquittal Actus Reus Adjournment Age of Consent Aggravated Assault Aggravating Factors Appeal Approved Screening Device (ASD) Arraignment Arrest Assault Assault Causing Bodily Harm Assault with a Weapon

B

Bail Conditions Bail Hearing Bail (Judicial Interim Release) Bail Review Blood Alcohol Concentration (BAC) Bodily Harm Breach of Bail Breach of Probation Break and Enter Breathalyzer

C

Careless Driving Care or Control Caution (Police) Charter of Rights and Freedoms Common Law Peace Bond Complainant Concurrent Sentence Conditional Discharge Conditional Sentence Consecutive Sentence Consent (Sexual) Conspiracy Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (CDSA) Conviction Counsel Criminal Code of Canada Criminal Harassment Criminal Negligence Criminal Record Cross-Examination Crown Attorney Crown Disclosure Crown Election Custody (Pre-trial)

D

Dangerous Driving Defence Counsel Demerit Points Detention Diversion Domestic Assault Drug Possession Drug Recognition Evaluation (DRE) Drug Trafficking Duty Counsel

E

Election (Mode of Trial) Embezzlement Examination-in-Chief Exclusion of Evidence Extradition

F

Failure to Comply Family Responsibility Office (FRO) Feeney Warrant First-Degree Murder Forcible Confinement Forensic Evidence Forgery Fraud

G

Gladue Principles Guilty Plea

H

Hearsay Highway Traffic Act (HTA) Hybrid Offence

I

Identity Theft Ignition Interlock Immigration Inadmissibility Impaired Driving Indictable Offence Indictment Information Intent Intermittent Sentence Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) Invitation to Sexual Touching

J

Joint Submission Judge Alone Trial Jury Trial Justice of the Peace (JP)

K

K.G.B. Statement

L

Life Sentence Long-Term Offender Luring (Child Luring)

M

Mandatory Alcohol Screening Mandatory Minimum Penalty (MMP) Mens Rea Mischief Mistake of Fact Mistake of Law Mitigating Factors Money Laundering

N

No-Contact Order

O

Obstruction of Justice Onus of Proof Over 80

P

Parental Decision-Making Parole Peace Bond Peace Officer Plea Plea Bargain Possession for the Purpose of Trafficking (PPT) Preliminary Inquiry Presumption of Innocence Pre-trial Conference Probation Production (Drug) Prohibition Order (Section 161) Publication Ban Public Mischief

R

Reasonable and Probable Grounds Reasonable Doubt Recklessness Recognizance Record Suspension Reverse Onus RIDE (Reduce Impaired Driving Everywhere) Right to Counsel Right to Silence Robbery

S

Schedule I, II, III, IV (CDSA) Search Warrant Self-Defence Sentencing Sexual Assault Sexual Assault With a Weapon / Causing Bodily Harm Sexual Exploitation Sexual Interference SOIRA / National Sex Offender Registry Standardized Field Sobriety Test (SFST) Stay of Proceedings Stunt Driving Subpoena Summary Conviction Offence Surety Suspended Sentence

T

Theft Trial Within a Reasonable Time (Jordan)

U

Undertaking Uttering Forged Document Uttering Threats

V

Victim Impact Statement Voir Dire Voyeurism

W

Warn Range Warrant Weapons Prohibition Order Withdrawal of Charges Witness

Y

Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) Youth Justice Court