TRENT FRSC 1100 FINAL EXAM INTRODUCTION
TO CANADIAN JUSTICE Latest Update 2025- 2026 220 Questions and 100% Verified Correct Answers Guaranteed A+
2 ways to make laws - CORRECT ANSWER: Legislation (written laws) and Case
Decisions (by a judge)
2 years - CORRECT ANSWER: Max penalty for a summary offence
3 Systems of Law - CORRECT ANSWER: Criminal, Civil, Administrative
A defence - CORRECT ANSWER: anything that leads to an acquittal of an accused
A jury sentences a criminal, T or F? - CORRECT ANSWER: False, a Judge convicts a criminal
A pet tiger in the backyard is an example of what tort? - CORRECT ANSWER: Strict Liability Tort
Absolute Liability Offence - CORRECT ANSWER: Actus reus is enough
Actus Reus - CORRECT ANSWER: Criminal act
Administrative Law - CORRECT ANSWER: Legal decisions made by government
officers, boards etc., that do not consist of Judges
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aggravating circumstances - CORRECT ANSWER: factors that increase the severity of a crime
Alternative Dispute Resolution - CORRECT ANSWER: focuses of interests vs rights of party
Appearance Notice - CORRECT ANSWER: a legal document, usually issued for less
serious offences, compelling an accused person to appear in court
Appearance notice, or a summons - CORRECT ANSWER: Given to a person who is
NOT arrested
Are appeal courts binding to one another? - CORRECT ANSWER: No they are not
Are police obligated to investigate every case? - CORRECT ANSWER: No, they MAY
investigate
Assault and Battery - CORRECT ANSWER: An intentional tort
Automatism defence - CORRECT ANSWER: commuting a criminal act while not
conscious or asleep
Breach of peace - CORRECT ANSWER: Any action that disturbs public tranquility and order, NOT in the C.C
Can a person be released from custody if they murdered someone? - CORRECT
ANSWER: No
Case Law - CORRECT ANSWER: made by judges during trials
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Case law? - CORRECT ANSWER: Law made by judges
Challenge of Cause - CORRECT ANSWER: a prosecutor or defence can challenge the
selection of a jury member if they cannot speak english/french, if they have been sentenced to 2 or more year sentence
Common Law - CORRECT ANSWER: a system of law based on precedent and
customs
Compulsion by threat - CORRECT ANSWER: commits a crime while life being
threatened
False - CORRECT ANSWER: Star Decisis is binding to all lower courts, true or false?
False - CORRECT ANSWER: You need evidence at a Supreme Court trial
general deterrence - CORRECT ANSWER: punishment of criminals that is intended to be an example to the general public
General Intent - CORRECT ANSWER: an intention to act without regard to the results of the act
Given to a person who IS arrested - CORRECT ANSWER: 1) Released from custody
with no bail hearing 2) Release from custody with bail hearing 3) No release from custody, stays pending trial
Habeus Corpus Act - CORRECT ANSWER: Right to be brought before a Judge
Hearsay evidence - CORRECT ANSWER: out of court statements passed on from one
person to another who had initially made the statement
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