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Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... in determining whether the defence theory had an air of reality, all that was required was "some evidence" that could leave a jury with a reasonable doubt as to the accused's guilt.  2, fiche 1, Anglais, - defence%20theory

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[...] pour déterminer si la thèse de la défense était vraisemblable, il suffisait seulement de démontrer l'existence d'une preuve susceptible de semer dans l'esprit du jury un doute raisonnable quant à la culpabilité de l'accusé.  3, fiche 1, Français, - th%C3%A8se%20de%20la%20d%C3%A9fense

Fiche 1,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Defence to an action for negligence. The theory of the defence is that the defendant can escape liability if he shows one of two things :(1) "the cause of the accident, and... the result of that cause was inevitable", or(2) "all the possible causes, one or other of which produced the effect, and... with regard to every one of these possible causes that the result could not have been avoided".  4, fiche 2, Anglais, - defence%20of%20unavoitable%20accident

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

défense de l'accident inévitable : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, fiche 2, Français, - d%C3%A9fense%20de%20l%27accident%20in%C3%A9vitable

Fiche 2,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

It is common practice for the Crown to briefly address the judge and jury, outlining the theory of its case before it calls its first witness. Both the prosecution and the defence in their opening addresses... must confine themselves to an exposition of their case.(Del Buono, Canadian Criminal Procedure, 1981, p. 656).  1, fiche 3, Anglais, - opening%20address

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

At the opening of the trial counsel for the plaintiff - or the Crown in a criminal case - orally outlines to the court the fact-allegations he proposes to prove. That done he begins presentation of the supporting evidence .... At the end of all evidence introduced for the plaintiff or the Crown, counsel for the defendant may similarly address the court and present evidence in support of his client’s fact-allegations. (Schiff, Evidence in the Litigation Process, 1978, p. 27)  1, fiche 3, Anglais, - opening%20address

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

exposé introductif : 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).  2, fiche 3, Français, - expos%C3%A9%20introductif

Fiche 3,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 4,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

implied assumption of risk : More radical has been the transformation of the defence(of voluntary assumption of risk) in situations where there is no express agreement to modify the ordinary duty relation between the parties. Nineteenth century theory had readily endorsed the proposition that one who encountered a known danger tacitly assumed the risk of an accident, content to absolve anyone responsible for it even if he turned out to be negligent.  1, fiche 4, Anglais, - implied%20assumption%20of%20risk

Fiche 4,  Justifications,  Français

Fiche 4,  Justifications,  Espagnol

Fiche 5,  Justifications,  Anglais

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The prosecutor repeated this view when arguing before the jury at the close of the trial. He suggested they should reject the third-party defence theory out of hand(a direction which Malone also gave the jury, but which does not seem to cause you any concern) but on the issue of manslaughter and specifically the question of intention, they would have to give this some very "serious consideration".  1, fiche 5, Anglais, - third%2Dparty%20defence

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 CONT

The scope of the third party defence has to be addressed especially with regard to vandalism and contractor liability.  3, fiche 5, Anglais, - third%2Dparty%20defence

Fiche 5,  Justifications,  Français

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

défense à la mise en cause : terme recommandé par le Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  4, fiche 5, Français, - d%C3%A9fense%20%C3%A0%20la%20mise%20en%20cause

Fiche 5,  Justifications,  Espagnol