Chapter 4

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

To abolish or annul

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

To improve

Question 3

Capital Offences

Answer 3

A crime punishable by death in some jurisdictions

Question 4

Derogate

Answer 4

To take away or detract

Question 5

Dissemination

Answer 5

Spreading ideas widely`

Question 6

Entrench

Answer 6

To protect and guarantee a right or freedom by ensuring that it can only be changed by an amendment to the Constitution

Question 7

Extradition

Answer 7

Surrendering an accused person to another jurisdiction to stand trial

Question 8

Franchise

Answer 8

The right to vote

Question 9

Freedom

Answer 9

The right to conduct one’s affairs without governmental interference. Unlike a right, no one has a duty to oversee or or enforce this freedom

Question 10

Inalienable Rights

Answer 10

Guaranteed entitlements that cannot be transferred from one person to another

Question 11

Interveners

Answer 11

Third-party participants in a legal proceeding; also called friends of the court

Question 12

Invoke

Answer 12

Is to put into effect

Question 13

Notwithstanding Clause

Answer 13

It is in section 33 of the Charter. It allows federal and provincial governments to pass legislation that is exempt from s.2 and ss. 7 to 15 of the Charter

Question 14

Override

Answer 14

To prevail over; To use one’s authority to reject or cancel

Question 15

Right

Answer 15

It is a legal, moral, or social entitlement that citizens can expect, mainly from their government. If you have a legal right, then someone else has the legal obligation to uphold that right. However, in terms of freedoms, no one has the duty to oversee them.