LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Summary Offence, Indictable Offence, Arrest Warrant
2 Feb 2016
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Legal process of resolving a dispute formal giving/pronouncing of a judgement/decree in a court proceeding. Entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case. Implies a hearing by a court, after notice, of legal evidence on the factual issues involved. Indicates that claims of all parties have been considered and set to rest. Laws down our rights and duties bodies of law you can distribute into public and private. Application of substantive legal rules to a specific case. V serious indictable offenses dealt w/ by supreme court, fed appointed judge. Indictable offenses of lesser seriousness dealt w/ by prov appointed magistrates,, w/o jury. Dealt w/ according to crim code, can proceed as indictable or summary. Max 6 mos or k (unless statutes say otherwise. Can begin by arrest w/o warrant or by laying info. To arrest someone is to place them under a legal duty not to escape from the person arresting them.
