Glossary
Damages is money awarded by the court to make up for injury or loss that a party suffered.
Debt settlement companies are businesses that promise to help you get rid of your debts. They usually charge you a fee to negotiate with your creditors and make a repayment plan.
In Debt and Consumer Rights, Tribunals and Courts
A debtor is someone who owes money. For example, a debtor can be someone who owes money on a mortgage, car loan, line of credit, phone bill, or credit card.
In Debt and Consumer Rights, Family Law, Tribunals and Courts, Wills and Powers of Attorney
Debts are money that a person owes, for example, a mortgage, line of credit, or car loan.
In Family Law, Income Assistance, Child tax benefits, Wills and Powers of Attorney
Decision-making responsibility is the right to make important decisions about how to care for and raise a child. It includes the right to make decisions about the child’s health, education, religion, and important extra-curricular activities. Decision-making responsibility used to be called custody.
The parents can agree to or the court can give:
- one parent all decision-making responsibility,
- 2 or more parents decision-making responsibility, or
- different parents separate responsibilities, for example, one parent makes decisions about the child’s health and another parent makes decisions about the child’s religion.
In Getting help in Housing law, Legal help and information, Working with your lawyer, Making a complaint, Housing Law, Housing Law, Evictions, Rent, Health and safety, Privacy, Renting a new place to live, Leases and agreements, Rent, fees and deposits, Discrimination, Paying rent, Rent deposits, Rates and increases, Behind or unable to pay rent, Lease ending, Repairs and maintenance, Landlord and tenant responsibilities, Heat and utilities, Repairs, Complaints, Privacy and harassment, Harassment, Locks, Guests, Cutting off services, Human rights in housing, Types of discrimination, Human rights complaints, Moving out, Getting out of a lease or rental agreement, Giving notice, Lease ending, Home sold, Retirement or care homes, Rent deposit, Your belongings after you move out, Eviction, No-fault eviction, Eviction for tenant conduct, Eviction because of rent, Lease ending, Home sold, Eviction process at the Landlord and Tenant Board, Eviction orders , Eviction hearings, Eviction notices, Tenant applications to the Landlord and Tenant Board, Settling your case, Hearings at the Landlord and Tenant Board , How to apply to the LTB, Issues the LTB can deal with, Tenant organizing, Getting legal help in Housing Law, Legal help and information, Working with your lawyer, Making a complaint, Discrimination in housing, Human rights complaints, Rental Applications, Disability
A declaration is a written statement. The person making the statement must sign it. They must also promise that:
- the statement is true,
- there’s nothing misleading or false in it, and
- they have not deliberately forgotten to include any important information.
A deed is a legal document that proves you are the owner of a specific piece of land (real estate).
Being in default is when you don’t do something you legally agreed to do. For example, defaulting on a loan means that you didn’t pay back some or all of the money that you owed in the time you were supposed to pay it.
In Family Law
A default hearing is a court hearing where the person who pays support has to explain why they have not been making support payments.
