Charter Of Rights and Freedoms

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

To repeal a law (completely remove)

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

Improving a situation

Question 3

Capital Offence

Answer 3

Crime punishable by the death penalty

Question 4

Derogate

Answer 4

To suppress a law (diminish)

Question 5

Dissemination

Answer 5

Spreading information widely

Question 6

Entrench

Answer 6

Establish firmly that change is unlikely

Question 7

Extradition

Answer 7

Making someone return to their country for trial

Question 8

Franchise

Answer 8

The right to vote

Question 9

Freedom

Answer 9

The ability to act and live without constraint

Question 10

Inalienable Rights

Answer 10

A right that cannot be taken away

Question 11

Interveners

Answer 11

A 3rd party permitted by court to make arguments (friends of the court)

Question 12

Invoke

Answer 12

Put into effect (ex. a law)

Question 13

Notwithstanding Clause

Answer 13

Temporarily override sections of the charter

Question 14

Rights

Answer 14

Privilege held by the general public

Question 15

The Oakes Test

Answer 15

Used to determine if a freedom can be justifiably infringed or reasonably limited

Question 16

Reasonable Limits Clause

Answer 16

Used to justify a limitation on a persons charter rights