Criminal Law (Unit 2) Flashcards
Absolute Privilege
Protection from liability for statements made in a court room
Assault
Offensive conduct that causes harm
Battery
Intentional, unauthorized physical contact that the victim considers harmful
Chattel
Movable personal property
Consent
Voluntary permission granted for a specific act
Conversion
Unauthorized and substantial interference with another’s property
Defamation
Injury to a person’s reputation by slander or libel
Defence of a Third Party
The legal right to use reasonable force to protect someone from being injured by another
Defence of Property?
A defence stating that a person can use reasonable force to protect one’s property
Fair Comment
A defence to defamation that the comments were honest and made without malice
Legal Authority
The right given by law to engage in conduct that would otherwise be a tort
Libel
Defamation in written form
Malice
Any improper motive for publishing a defamatory statement
Malicious Prosecution
Wrongful prosecution of a person without reasonable and probable cause
Medical Battery
Performing a procedure without the patient’s consent
Private Nuisance
Substantial interference with someone’s right to enjoyment of property
Public Nuisance
Interference with interests that affect the community at large
Qualified Privilege
Protection from liability for statements made in certain situations as long as the statements are made without malice
Slander
A defaming oral statement or gesture
Trespass
An unlawful interference with the person, property, or rights of another
Truth
The defence that the comments that are defamatory are established facts
What is Dunne v. Gauthier about?
Assault and battery
What is Oniel v. Marks about?
Malicious prosecution
What is Ross v. Beutel about?
Fair comment
