Glossary

Glossary of Terms Within the Criminal Law Notebook

• AB = "Alberta"
• ABCA = "Alberta Court of Appeal"
• ABPC = "Alberta Provincial Court"
• 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

• APR = ATLANTIC PROVINCES REPORTS
• BCAC =
• CCC = CANADIAN CASE CITATIONS or CANADIAN CRIMINAL CASES
• CRR = CANADIAN RIGHTS REPORTER
• DLR =
• OJ =
• OR = ONTARIO REPORTS
• OWN = ONTARIO WEEKLY NOTES
• OWR = ONTARIO WEEKLY REPORTER
• QLR = QUEBEC LAW REPORTS
• SCR = SUPREME COURT REPORTS (CANADA)
• WCB = WEEKLY CRIMINAL BULLETIN
• WAC =

See Also

• Legal Abreviations