Unit 2 - Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Question 1

Abrogate

Answer 1

To abolish or annul.

Question 2

Ameliorate

Answer 2

To improve.

Question 3

Capital Offence

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 guarantee 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 - allows federal and provincial governments to pass legislation that is exempt from sections 2 and 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 citizens can expect, mainly from the government,