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14 Cards in this Set
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Criminal Law |
Category of law that deals with wrongs against society. |
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Civil Law |
Law that concerns itself with settling disputes between individuals or other legal entities in matters not involving a criminal act. |
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Plaintiff |
The party making the complaint (suing someone). |
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Defendant |
The party who allegedly committed the wrong. |
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Tort |
A wrong done to another in breach of a duty laid down by law. |
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Strict Liability |
Doctrine in law in which “a person is guilty until proven innocent “. |
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Negligence |
The omission to do what a reasonable person, guided by those ordinary considerations which ordinarily regulate human affairs, would do, or the doing of something which a reasonable and prudent person would not do. |
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Special Damages |
Damages which can be accurately measured and which are intended to reimburse the plaintiff for out-of-pocket expenses. |
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General Damages |
Damages which cannot be exactly determined, but which reflect an amount the court believes necessary to compensate the aggrieved party fairly. |
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Trespasser |
Is one who is on another’s premises for his/ her own purpose without the express or implied permission of the occupier. Their presence is of no value to the occupier and such persons are viewed as having temporarily appropriated the property for their own use. |
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Licensee |
Someone who comes onto the premises for his own purpose, but with the occupier’s consent. Or Someone who goes upon the lands of another with express or implied invitation to transact business with the owner or occupant or to do some act to his advantage or to the mutual advantage of both licensee and the owner or occupant. |
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Invitee |
Someone who enters by invitation, be it express or implied. His entry is connected with the owners business or with an activity the owner conducts or permits to be conducted on his land and there is mutual benefit or benefit to the owner. |
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Visitor |
Classification given to a licensee or invitee under provincial Occupier’s Liability Acts. |
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Joint Liability |
When two or three people act together so as to cause injury or damage, they are held to be jointly liable. |
