B & C Law Word Scramble
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| the central ideas or principles that guide government in its work, including the kind of laws it passes | Government policy |
| The machinery that comprises and governs the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government | Canadian legal system |
| important rules that are not enforceable by a court of law but that practically determine or constrain how a given power is exercised | Constitutional conventions |
| the branch of government that creates statute law | Legislative branch |
| Formal, written laws created or enacted by the legislative branch of government | Statute law |
| The branch of government responsible for the ceremonial features of government | Formal executive |
| The branch of government responsible for day-to-day operations, including formulating executing government policy, as well as administering all departments of government | Political executive |
| A body composed of of all ministers heading government departments, as well as the prime minister or premiere | Cabinet |
| Rules created by political executive that have the force of law | Regulations |
| A collective reference to judges | Judiciary |
| The final court for appeals in the country | Supreme Court of Canada |
| Rules that are formulated in judgments | Common law |
| An earlier case used to solve a current case because of its similarity | Precedent |
| A process of deliberation and discussion used to reach a mutually acceptable resolution to a dispute; also the process of transferring negotiable instruments from one person to another | Negotiation |
| A person who listens to both sides of a dispute and makes a ruling that is usually binding on the parties | Arbitrator |
| The process of disclosing evidence to support the claims in a lawsuit | Discovery |
| A formal hearing before a judge that results in a binding decision | Trial |
| Proof presented in court to support a claim | Evidence |
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