Glossary

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

• Legal Abreviations