Must have committed an act outside of Canada that would be equivalent to an offence under the Canadian Criminal Code, Must have been convicted of or admitted to committing the act, and Five years must have passed since the sentence has been completed. This includes jail time, fines, community...
aAs a juvenile, you will be held responsible for breaking the law, and therefore, you should know the boundaries of what you legally can and cannot do. Some of the more common offenses committed by juveniles are listed below.[translate]...
in mitius in the milder A type of retroactive law that decriminalizes offenses committed in the past. Also known as an amnesty law. in loco parentis in the place of a parent Used to refer to a person or entity assuming the normal parental responsibilities for a minor. This can be used ...
“From 2014 to the present, as part of a conspiracy to monetize Joe Biden’s office of public trust to enrich the Biden family, Biden family members and their associates received over $27 million from foreign individuals or entities . . . In order to obscure the source of these funds, th...
Various explanations exist for why ‘street crimes,’ primarily committed by lower-class individuals, are relegated to the criminal courts, while of offenses of organizations are handled primarily by civil courts and administrative enforcement actions. Legal conflict theorists argue that those who have ...
At its core, cybercrime involves offenses that aim to damage someone’s reputation or cause them physical or mental harm, using the internet or mobile networks as either the tool or the target. Breaking it down, there are essentially two main types of cybercrime: using the computer as a tool...
The legal obligations between individuals are governed by a body of statutes and case precedents known as family law. The parties in these cases are usually family by blood or marriage, but family law can also affect those in more distant or casual relationships. ...
The prejudice of Englishmen in favour of their own government by king, lords, and commons, arises as much or more from national pride than reason. Individuals are undoubtedly safer in England than in some other countries, but the WILL of the king is as much the LAW of the land in Britain...
Men of passive tempers look somewhat lightly over the offenses of Britain, and, still hoping for the best, are apt to call out, Come we shall be friends again for all this. But examine the passions and feelings of mankind. Bring the doctrine of reconciliation to the touchstone of nature,...
Intervention in Lieu of Conviction (IILC) is utilized when the drug and/or alcohol usage by the Defendant was a factor of the criminal offenses that the Defendant has been charged with. It is also available to Defendants, who at the time of committing that offense, had a mental illness or...