VOCAB

Question 1

Quasi-criminal law:

Answer 1

laws covering less serious offences at the provincial or municipal level; most often punishable by fines.

Question 2

Actus reus:

Answer 2

“the guilty act”–the voluntary action,ommison,or state being that it is forbidden by the criminal code.

Question 3

Mens reus:

Answer 3

a deliberate intention to commit a wrongful act, with reckless disregard for the consequences.

Question 4

Specific intent:

Answer 4

the desire to commit one wrongful for the sake of accomplishing another.

Question 5

Motive:

Answer 5

the reason a person commits a crime.

Question 6

General intent:

Answer 6

the desire to commit a wrongful act, with no motive or purpose.

Question 7

Perpetrator:

Answer 7

the person who actually commits the crime.

Question 8

Aiding:

Answer 8

a criminal offence that involves helping a perpetrator commit a crime.

Question 9

Abetting:

Answer 9

the crime of encouraging the perpetrator to commit an offence.

Question 10

Counselling:

Answer 10

a crime that involves advising,recomending,or persuading another person to commit a criminal offence.

Question 11

Summary offence:

Answer 11

a crime that is considered less serious and carries a lighter penalty.

Question 12

Hybrid:

Answer 12

any offence that the crown can try either as a summary or indictable offence.

Question 13

Homicide:

Answer 13

the killing of another human being, either directly or non directly.

Question 14

Possession:

Answer 14

the state of having knowledge of and control over something.

Question 15

Trafficking:

Answer 15

a criminal offence that involves selling, giving,transporting, or distributing a controlled substance or an authorization for a controlled substance.

Question 16

Disorderly house:

Answer 16

a common bawdy, betting, or gaming house.

Question 17

Theft:

Answer 17

taking property permanently or temporarily without the owners permission.

Question 18

Robbery:

Answer 18

the theft of personal property through violence or the threat of violence.

Question 19

Breaking and entering:

Answer 19

breaking or opening something in order to enter the premises without permission with the intent to commit an indictable offence.

Question 20

Indictable offence:

Answer 20

a more serious crime that carries a heavier penalty.

Question 21

Culpable homicide:

Answer 21

a killing for which the accused can be held legally responsible.

Question 22

Wilful blindness:

Answer 22

when a person seeks t avoid civil or criminal liability for the wrongful act by intentionally keeping himself or herself unaware of facts that would render him/her liable for implicated.

Question 23

Conspiracy

Answer 23

An agreement between two or more people to carry or an illegal act, even if that act does not actually occur

Question 24

Wilful blindness actual

Answer 24

The deliberate closing of ones mind to the possible consequences of ones actions