Jeopardy Youth JusticeCivil DisputesNegligencePot LuckUnit /50 Final Jeopardy

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Question Answer A-100 This replaced the Young Offenders Act What is the Youth Criminal Justice Act

Question Answer A-200 Someone who commits a crime and is between these ages, they will be treated as a young offender. What is 12 and 17

Question Answer A-300 In the case of a serious criminal offence a youth can be transferred to an adult court if they are at least this many years old. What is 14.

Question Answer A-400 If a youth commits a relatively minor crime like theft under $5000 and is a first time offender he or she might be released without any formal legal punishment. This is called; What is absolute discharge.

Question Answer A-500 If a youth is REALLY bad we lock them up in prisons that are sometimes that attached to adult prisons. This is called; What is secure custody.

Question Answer Crimes against society are criminal offences and are tried in criminal courts. A harm done to an individual is usually settled in what kind of court? What is civil court. B-100

Question Answer B-200 In civil court you have a defendant and a; What is a plaintiff.

Question Answer B-300 A wrong against society is called a crime. A wrong against an individual is called a; What is a tort.

Question Answer B-400 This is the term used to describe the process of suing another person in Civil Court. What is Litigation.

Question Answer B-500 All civil suits are settled with this, instead of punishments such as incarceration What is money.

Question Answer C-100 Negligence is basically not doing something that this type of person would be expected to do. What is a “reasonable person”.

Question Answer C-200 The term used to describe the legal duty you have to protect those in your care from harm is called; What is duty of care.

Question Answer C-300 The idea that a reasonable person in similar circumstances could have predicted the possible injury of another best describes; What is foreseeability

Question Answer C-400 The relationship between the defendant’s failure to act reasonably and the injury to the plaintiff is called; What is causation.

Question Answer C-500 For Negligence to occur these three things must occur; What is an unintentional action, an unplanned event, and an injury results.

Question Answer D-100 A pool in the backyard without a fence around it can be described as an __________ in a negligence case. What is an “allurement”.

Question Answer D-200 This cartoon makes reference to this type of negligence; What is medical negligence

Question Answer D-300 Writing something harmful and false in a public setting such as a newspaper is called what? What is libel.

Question Answer D-400 These are the provincial acts that define what constitutes invitees, licensees and trespassers. What is “Occupiers Liability Acts

Question Answer D-500 In order to insure that politicians can speak freely about issues concerning Canadians, they are given this right which frees them from fear of being sued. What is absolute privilege.

Question Answer E-100 Tort or Tart What is tort

Question Answer E-200 People’s Court or Small Claims Court What is Small Claims Court

Question Answer E-300 Fair comment or Fair Dinkum What is Fair Comment

Question Answer E-400 Young Offenders Act or Youth Criminal Justice Act What is Youth Criminal Justice Act

Question Answer E-500 Crown or Plaintiff What is Plaintiff.

Question Answer FINAL JEOPARDY When you pay for a ticket to see a baseball game and you get hit in the face with a ball, you will probably not be able to sue the league, ballpark, or team because of this; What is Voluntary Assumption of Risk