Basic Canadian Legal Terminology |
Common terms and phrases
accused administration ADMIRALTY LAW agent agreement amount applied appointed ARBITRATION assets authority bailment bank bill of exchange Canada Canadian Labour Congress cash charge cheque claim collective bargaining Common law contract corporation court action creditors crime criminal law debt deceased defendant definitions delivery deposit dispute document employer employment Equity EQUITY LAW fact Federal fund her/his his/her indictable offence indictment injury instrument intent interest issued judge judgment jurisdiction jury justice labour land legal proceedings liability limited matter ment mortgage obligation offence officer Ontario organization ownership OYER AND TERMINER party payable payment perform period personal property picketing possession profits provides provincial purchase purpose real property relating rules shares she/he specified statement statute strike term tion trade union transaction transfer trial union usually wage warrant whereby words workers writ writ of summons