Chapter 4 Vocab

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

abolish or take away with (a law, right, or formal agreement).
“a proposal to take away temporarily the right to strike”

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

to make (law, right, or formal agreement) better

Question 3

Capital Offences

Answer 3

Aka the death penalty is a legal process whereby a person is put to death by the state as a punishment for a crime.

Question 4

Derogate

Answer 4

to detract from something

Question 5

Dissemination

Answer 5

the act of spreading something, esp. information, widely; circulation.

Question 6

Entrench

Answer 6

protecting certain rights or other legal interests by making it difficult to remove them from the law

Question 7

Extradition

Answer 7

the legal process for taking a person from one country to another
to face criminal proceedings; the process is initiated by one country
requesting that another country surrender the person for trial

Question 8

Franchise

Answer 8

an authorization granted by a government or company to an individual or group enabling them to carry out specified commercial activities

Question 9

Freedom

Answer 9

the power or right to act, speak, or think as one wants without hindrance or restraint.

Question 10

Inalienable Rights

Answer 10

Not subject to sale or transfer; inseparable. That which is inalienable cannot be bought, sold, or transferred from one individual to another.

Question 11

Interveners

Answer 11

an individual or group who has knowledge on a topic pertaining to a case and can give insight or suggestions to the court

Question 12

Invoke

Answer 12

cite or appeal to (someone or something) as an authority for an action or in support of an argument.

Question 13

Notwithstanding Clause

Answer 13

ability to take something out of the charter

Question 14

override

Answer 14

use one’s authority to reject or cancel (a decision, view, etc)

Question 15

Right

Answer 15

a moral or legal entitlement to have or obtain something or to act in a certain way.