Criminal Law (Unit 2)

Question 1

Absolute Privilege

Answer 1

Protection from liability for statements made in a court room

Question 2

Assault

Answer 2

Offensive conduct that causes harm

Question 3

Battery

Answer 3

Intentional, unauthorized physical contact that the victim considers harmful

Question 4

Chattel

Answer 4

Movable personal property

Question 5

Consent

Answer 5

Voluntary permission granted for a specific act

Question 6

Conversion

Answer 6

Unauthorized and substantial interference with another’s property

Question 7

Defamation

Answer 7

Injury to a person’s reputation by slander or libel

Question 8

Defence of a Third Party

Answer 8

The legal right to use reasonable force to protect someone from being injured by another

Question 9

Defence of Property?

Answer 9

A defence stating that a person can use reasonable force to protect one’s property

Question 10

Fair Comment

Answer 10

A defence to defamation that the comments were honest and made without malice

Question 11

Legal Authority

Answer 11

The right given by law to engage in conduct that would otherwise be a tort

Question 12

Libel

Answer 12

Defamation in written form

Question 13

Malice

Answer 13

Any improper motive for publishing a defamatory statement

Question 14

Malicious Prosecution

Answer 14

Wrongful prosecution of a person without reasonable and probable cause

Question 15

Medical Battery

Answer 15

Performing a procedure without the patient’s consent

Question 16

Private Nuisance

Answer 16

Substantial interference with someone’s right to enjoyment of property

Question 17

Public Nuisance

Answer 17

Interference with interests that affect the community at large

Question 18

Qualified Privilege

Answer 18

Protection from liability for statements made in certain situations as long as the statements are made without malice

Question 19

Slander

Answer 19

A defaming oral statement or gesture

Question 20

Trespass

Answer 20

An unlawful interference with the person, property, or rights of another

Question 21

Truth

Answer 21

The defence that the comments that are defamatory are established facts

Question 22

What is Dunne v. Gauthier about?

Answer 22

Assault and battery

Question 23

What is Oniel v. Marks about?

Answer 23

Malicious prosecution

Question 24

What is Ross v. Beutel about?

Answer 24

Fair comment

Question 25

What is the legal significance of Ross v. Beutel?

Answer 25

This decision changed defamation cases involving cartoon depictions.

Question 26

What is Brushett v. Cowan about?

Answer 26

Medical negligence

Question 27

What is Runcer v. Gould about?

Answer 27

Battery, trespass