Chapter 4 Vocab

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 guarentee 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 government interference

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

To put into effect

Question 13

Notwithstanding Clause

Answer 13

Section 33 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms

- Allows Federal and Provincial governments to pass legislation that is exempt from Sec(2) and Sec(7-15) of the Charter

Question 14

Override

Answer 14

To prevail over

Question 15

Right

Answer 15

A legal, moral or social entitlement that cities can expect mainly from the government