Ch. 4 Flashcards

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Abrogate

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-to abolish

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Ameliorate

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to improve

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Capital Offences

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the crimes/different degrees of murder

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Derogate

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to take away

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5
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Dissemination

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spreading (religious) views widely

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Entrench

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establish (an attitude, habit , or belief) so firmly that change is very difficult or unlikely

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Extradition

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the action of taking a person who is convicted/accused of committing a crime back into their home country

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Franchise

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the term meaning “to vote”

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freedom

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the right to do as you wish without the government intervening

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inalienable rights

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Rights that cannot be taken away or infringed upon

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interveners

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-third party percipients
promote their views wherever
influence by organization

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invoke

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to put into place

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13
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Notwithstanding Clause

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section 33 of the charter that allows provinces to create laws that infringe on the rights and freedoms of citizens in section 2, 7-15

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Override

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to hold more importance of superiority, to over power another thing

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Right

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an entitlement to certain belief, action, etc.

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