Glossary

From Criminal Law Notebook

Glossary of Terms Within the Criminal Law Notebook

  • AB = "Alberta"
  • ABCA = "Alberta Court of Appeal"
  • ABCJ = "Alberta Court of Justice" (from 2023)
  • ABPC = "Alberta Provincial Court" (ending 2023)
  • ABQB = "Court of Queen's Bench of Alberta"
  • BC = "British Columbia"
  • BCCA = "British Columbia Court of Appeal"
  • BCPC = "British Columbia Provincial Court"
  • BCSC = "British Columbia Supreme Court"
  • CA = "Court of Appeal"
  • CCC or Code = "Criminal Code of Canada"
  • CDSA = "Controlled Drugs and Substances Act"
  • CEA = "Canada Evidence Act"
  • Charter = "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms"
  • CSO = "conditional sentence"
  • DO = "Dangerous Offender" designation
  • FA = "Firearms Act"
  • FC = "Federal Court of Canada"
  • FCA = "Federal Court of Appeal"
  • IA = "Interpretation Act"
  • Idem = "the same" (Latin)
  • IRPA = "Immigration and Refugee Protection Act"
  • J = "Justice" or "Judge"
  • JA = "Appellate Justice"
  • JP = "Justice of the Peace"
  • LTO = "Long-term Protection Order"
  • MB = "Manitoba"
  • MBCA = "Manitoba Court of Appeal"
  • MBPC = "Manitoba Provincial Court"
  • MBQB = "Manitoba Court of Queen's Bench"
  • NB = "New Brunswick"
  • NBCA = "New Brunswick Court of Appeal"
  • NBPC = "New Brunswick Provincial Court"
  • NBQB = "Queen's Bench of New Brunswick"
  • NCR or NCRDMD = "not criminally responsible due to mental disorder"
  • NL or NLFD = "Newfoundland and Labrador"
  • NL = "Newfoundland and Labrador"
  • NLCA = "Newfoundland and Labrador Court of Appeal"
  • NLSC = "Newfoundland and Labrador Supreme Court"
  • NLPC = "Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Court"
  • NS = "Nova Scotia"
  • NSCA = "Nova Scotia Court of Appeal"
  • NSPC = "Nova Scotia Provincial Court"
  • NSSC = "Nova Scotia Supreme Court"
  • NT or NWT = "Northwest Territories"
  • NTCA = "Court of Appeal for the Northwest Territories"
  • NTSC = "Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories"
  • NTTC = "Territorial Court of the Northwest Territories"
  • NU = "Nunavut"
  • NUCA = "Court of Appeal of Nunavut"
  • NUCJ = "Nunavut Court of Justice"
  • ON = "Ontario"
  • ONCA = "Court of Appeal for Ontario"
  • ONCJ = "Ontario Court of Justice"
  • ONSC = "Ontario Superior Court"
  • PC = "provincial court"
  • PCJ = "Provincial Court Judge"
  • PEI or PE = "Prince Edward Island"
  • PESCAD = "Prince Edward Island Court of Appeal"
  • PESCTD = "Supreme Court of Prince Edward Island"
  • Prob. or PB = "probation order"
  • QC = "Quebec"
  • QCCA = "Quebec Court of Appeal"
  • QCCJ = "Quebec Court of Justice"
  • QCCS = "Quebec Superior Court"
  • s. = Section(s) / Subsection(s)
  • SC = "Supreme Court" or "Superior Court"
  • SCAC = "Summary Convictions Appeal Court"
  • SCC = "Supreme Court of Canada"
  • SCJ = "Superior Court Justice" or "Supreme Court Justice"
  • SK = "Saskatchewan"
  • SKCA = "Saskatchewan Court of Appeal"
  • SKPC = "Saskatchewan Provincial Court"
  • SKQB = "Saskatchewan Queen's Bench"
  • SPIO = "serious personal injury offence"
  • SS or S/S = "suspended sentence order"
  • YCJA = "Youth Criminal Justice Act"
  • YK = "Yukon"
  • YKCA = "Yukon Court of Appeal"
  • YKSC = "Supreme Court of Yukon"
  • YKTC = "Territorial Court of Yukon"

Law Reports

  • ACWS =
  • AJ No =
  • Alta LR =
  • APR = Atlantic Provinces Reports
  • AR = Alberta Reports
  • AWLD =
  • BCAC =
  • BCLR = British Columbia Law Reports
  • BCTC =
  • BLR = Business Law Reports
  • CarswellAlta =
  • CarswellMan =
  • CarswellOnt =
  • CCC = Canadian Criminal Cases
  • CPC = Carswell's Practice Cases
  • CR = Criminal Reports
  • CRNS = Criminal Reports: New Series Annotated
  • CRR = Canadian Rights Reporter
  • CTC = Canada Tax Cases
  • DLR = Dominion Law Reports
  • DTC = Dominion Tax Cases
  • FTR = Federal Trial Reports
  • JQ =
  • MJ = Manitoba Judgements
  • MR/Man R = Manitoba Reports
  • MVR = Motor Vehicle Reports
  • NBR = New Brunswick Reports
  • NBJ =
  • NR =
  • NSJ =
  • NSR = Nova Scotia Reports
  • NWTR = Northwest Territories Reports
  • OAC = Ontario Appeal Cases
  • OJ = Ontario Judgements (unreported)
  • OR = Ontario Reports
  • OWN = Ontario Weekly Notes
  • OWR = Ontario Weekly Reporter
  • QLR = Quebec Law Reports
  • Sask R =
  • SCJ No =
  • SCR = Supreme Court Reports (Canada)
  • WCB = Weekly Criminal Bulletin
  • WAC =
  • WWR = Western Weekly Reports

Foreign Law Reports

UK
  • Cr App R = Criminal Appeal Reports
  • Cr App R (S) = Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing)
  • Cox CC = Cox's Criminal Cases
Australia

NSWCCA = New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal

Legal Terms

  • "Leave" (n): "This word means permission to do something. In legal English it is used when the court permits a party to appeal a judgment or allows an application to be made to appeal." (UK Law Dictionary and Legal Letter Writing Exercise Book: All essential UK at 212)
  • "Endorsement" (ONCA decisions): prior to May 8, 2017 used it for shorter decisions that do not require extensive analysis of the facts or law. Going forward, "[t]he term “Endorsement” is only used to describe decisions that are written on the back of the appeal book or motion record, or for costs decisions."

See Also

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