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CRIMINAL OFFENSE [21 records]

Record 1 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Penal Law
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

restorative justice : An approach to criminal justice that involves in the adjudicative or prosecutorial process victims and others who have a stake in relation to the commission of a specific offense to the greatest extent possible.

Key term(s)
  • restorative-justice objective

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

objectif de justice réparatrice : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Penal Law
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

restorative justice : An approach to criminal justice that involves in the adjudicative or prosecutorial process victims and others who have a stake in relation to the commission of a specific offense to the greatest extent possible.

Key term(s)
  • restorative-justice measure

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

mesure de justice réparatrice : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Penal Law
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

... restorative justice processes aim to complement and support the commitment to honour Indigenous teachings, customary law, and Indigenous justice.

OBS

restorative justice : An approach to criminal justice that involves in the adjudicative or prosecutorial process victims and others who have a stake in relation to the commission of a specific offense to the greatest extent possible.

Key term(s)
  • restorative-justice process

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

processus de justice réparatrice : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Penal Law
  • Aboriginal Law
DEF

An approach to criminal justice that involves in the adjudicative or prosecutorial process victims and others who have a stake in relation to the commission of a specific offense to the greatest extent possible.

OBS

The goal is to identify carefully and collectively the harms that have been suffered and the needs and obligations that arise therefrom, in order to right the wrong that has been committed insofar as this can be done.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

justice réparatrice : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Penal Law
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

restorative justice : An approach to criminal justice that involves in the adjudicative or prosecutorial process victims and others who have a stake in relation to the commission of a specific offense to the greatest extent possible.

Key term(s)
  • restorative-justice initiative

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

initiative de justice réparatrice : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Penal Law
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

restorative justice : An approach to criminal justice that involves in the adjudicative or prosecutorial process victims and others who have a stake in relation to the commission of a specific offense to the greatest extent possible.

Key term(s)
  • restorative-justice principle

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

principe de justice réparatrice : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

A criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behavior, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to his person, reputation, or property.

CONT

Extortion. Every one commits extortion who, without reasonable justification or excuse and with intent to obtain anything, by threats, accusations, menaces or violence induces or attempts to induce any person, whether or not he is the person threatened, accused or menaced or to whom violence is shown, to do anything or cause anything to be done.

OBS

Officially approved by the Terminology Committee of the Department of the Solicitor General.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Extorsion. Commet une extorsion quiconque, sans justification ou excuse raisonnable et avec l'intention d'obtenir quelque chose, par menaces, accusations ou violence, induit ou tente d'induire une personne, que ce soit ou non la personne menacée ou accusée, ou celle contre qui la violence est exercée, à accomplir ou à faire accomplir quelque chose.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie du ministère du Solliciteur général.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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Record 8 2016-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Private Law
DEF

Physical harm or property damage caused by breach of contract or by a criminal offense redressable through a civil action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit privé

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

The criminal offense of remaining in certain place(such as a public street) for no apparent reason.

CONT

Criminal prohibitions against "loitering" include proscription of such behavior as remaining or wandering around a public place for purposes of begging, gambling, soliciting another to engage in sexual intercourse, or for the purpose of selling or using drugs; being masked or disguised in an unusual manner; or simply not being able to give a satisfactory explanation of one’s behavior.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

flânage : terme tiré du Mini-lexique des infractions contre l’ordre public et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

To spend time in an idle manner by standing around.

OBS

Loitering. The criminal offense of remaining in certain place(such as a public street) for no apparent reason.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Aller sans but ou rester longtemps (en un lieu peu recommandable ou peu intéressant).

Spanish

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Record 11 2013-10-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

A voluntary plea by an accused admitting the commission of the act charged as a criminal offense...(Ballentine's, p. 954)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

plaidoyer de culpabilité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 12 2013-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

An examination of a man's house or other buildings or premises, or of his person, or of his vehicle, aircraft, etc. with a view to the discovery of contraband or illicit or stolen property, or some evidence of guilt to be used in the prosecution of a criminal action for some crime or offense with which he is charged.(Black's, p. 1211)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

fouille; perquisition : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 13 2010-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Criminology
DEF

An offense consisting of a violation of an administrative rule or regulation that carries with it a criminal sanction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Criminologie

Spanish

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Record 14 2009-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Military Law
DEF

A minor breach of the law(such as a packing violation) that, although it carries a criminal punishment, is considered a civil offense rather than a criminal one because it is merely a prohibited act(malum prohibitum) and not inherently reprehensible conduct(malum inse).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit militaire
CONT

On croit à tort que ce genre d'enlèvement est un infraction d'ordre civil alors qu'il s'agit bel et bien d'une infraction criminelle.

Spanish

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Record 15 2009-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
  • Sentencing
DEF

A proceeding following a criminal conviction at which a jury or judge examines all particulars relevant to the criminal and his or her offense, before passing sentence.

CONT

At the conclusion of the presentence hearing, the judge must give the defendant an opportunity to speak on his/her own behalf. Then the judge pronounces the sentence. The length of the sentence imposed must be within the statutory minimum and maximum time prescribed by law for that offense but the type of sentence is up to the judge’s discretion with a few important qualifications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
  • Peines
CONT

Les auteurs revoient entre autres les buts et objectifs de la peine, les considérations sentencielles, les divers types et les combinaisons possibles de peines, les peines concurrentes et consécutives, l'audition présentencielle et les peines minimales mandatoires.

Key term(s)
  • audition pré-sentencielle

Spanish

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Record 16 2009-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Criminology
DEF

An offense characterized by the the unlawful appropriation of another’s property.

CONT

Because robbery is at once an acquisitive offense and one involving personal confrontation, both the law and criminal statistics show confusion in classifying it.

OBS

[Acquisitive offense] is a generic term that refers to a varity of crimes (such a larceny) rather than a particular one.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Criminologie
DEF

Infraction commise par le simple fait d'approprier ou d'acquérir illégalement les biens d'autrui.

OBS

Le vol des biens d'autrui peut être considéré comme une infraction acquisitive du fait que le voleur s'approprie illégalement les biens appartenant à une personne sans son consentement.

Spanish

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Record 17 2009-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Criminology
DEF

A crime that is divided into various degrees of severity with corresponding levels of punishment, such as murder (first-degree and second-degree) or assault (simple and aggravated).

CONT

Graded offense. One where an offender is subject to different penalties for various degrees of the offense, according to the terms of a statute. Modern criminal codes rely upon degrees of an offense to distribute sanction ranges according to the danger of harm caused or risked by the actor. See

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Criminologie
Key term(s)
  • crime classé

Spanish

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Record 18 2009-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Criminology
DEF

An offense not subject to criminal prosecution(such as contempt or violation of a municipal ordinance) but for which penalties or forfeitures can be imposed.

CONT

Today, we examine administrative crimes and ’’quasi-crimes’’—situations where a crime is established by a federal agency or where an agency treats a citizen like a criminal, even if the citizen deserves only a small civil fine.

OBS

The term "quasi-crime" includes offenses that give rise to qui tam actions and forfeitures for the violation of a public duty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Criminologie
DEF

Acte causant un dommage, commis sans intention ...

Spanish

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Record 19 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

A discharged offender is legally deemed as not having been convicted but he or she would have to answer affirmatively to any of the following questions :"Have you ever been arrested, found guilty of, pled guilty to, or been sentenced for a criminal offense?"

CONT

When an offender is convicted, or is discharged on the conditions prescribed in a probation order ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Dans le cas où un contrevenant est déclaré coupable, ou absous [...]

OBS

[Avant] d'imposer une peine au contrevenant, de l'absoudre ou de rendre une décision sur l'appel ou la demande qu'il a présenté, le tribunal doit entendre toutes les victimes [...]

Spanish

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Record 20 2003-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

In cases of criminal prosecution reasonable or probable cause exists where there are reasonable grounds for suspicion or belief that an offense was committed, and there are circumstances, sufficiently strong in themselves, to warrant an ordinarily cautious person to believe that the accused committed it. However, conjecture or unfounded suspicion do not constitute reasonable or probable cause.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

soupçons mal fondés : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • soupçon mal fondé

Spanish

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Record 21 2002-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of the Family
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

... the Criminal Code states that there is no consent where "the complainant submits or does not resist because of the exercise of authority. "... [However, under another section of the code-one that obviously does not protect those over 18, ] sexual exploitation of a young person by those in a position of trust or authority is also an offense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la famille
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

Selon l'article 265 3.(d) du Code criminel, «ne constitue pas un consentement le fait pour le plaignant de se soumettre ou de ne pas résister en raison ... de l'exercice de l'autorité.»

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sociología de la familia
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
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