Glossary
In Health and Disability, Canada Pension Plan disability benefits (CPP), Eligibility, Applications, Appeals, Income Assistance, Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability benefits, Eligibility, Applications, Appeals
Evidence is used to prove that something is true or false. There are different types of evidence, such as information from witnesses, and documents like letters from a doctor. Tribunals look at evidence when making decisions.
In Criminal Law
Evidence is used to prove that something is true or false. In court, evidence comes in different forms, such as documents, photographs, or information from witnesses. A judge, justice of the peace, or jury uses evidence to make a decision.
Evidence is also what the police gather when they investigate a crime. This includes statements people make and property the police find when they’re doing a search.
In Housing Law
Evidence is used to prove that something is true or false. Evidence comes in different forms, such as photographs, information from witnesses, and documents like emails and rent receipts. A judge or tribunal member uses evidence to make a decision.
In Immigration Law, Refugee Law
Evidence is used to prove a fact or to persuade someone who’s making a decision. There are different types of evidence, for example information from witnesses, documents like letters or reports, or photographs.
In Housing Law
Ex parte is a Latin phrase that refers to a legal step done with only one side participating.
In Family Law
An ex parte motion, sometimes called an emergency motion, is when you bring an urgent motion without notice to your partner. This means you do not have to serve your documents on your partner before the judge hears the motion and makes a decision.
The reason for not requiring service may be because of immediate safety issues or because the delay would likely lead to something serious happening.
You can only bring this type of motion in limited situations. For example, if you feel there is an immediate risk that your partner will seriously harm you or your children, or leave the province or country with your children and not bring them back.
In Refugee Law
Exclusion refers to situations where you will not be allowed to get refugee protection.
For example, you:
- have protection in another country
- committed a serious crime in another country, broke international human rights laws or there are other security concerns
An exclusion order is a type of removal order. If you get an exclusion order, you cannot return to Canada for one year. But you cannot return for 5 years if the reason for the exclusion order was “misrepresentation”. This means that you said something that was not true or accurate, or you left out information you were required to give.
If you want to return sooner, you need permission in writing from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada. This is called an Authorization to Return to Canada (ARC).
In Family Law
Exclusive possession is a court order that says only one partner can stay in, or return to, the home and the other partner is not allowed on the property.
If there are children, usually the order also includes that the children are allowed on the property. The order is usually temporary. The court does not decide who owns the home or who rented it when deciding which partner can stay in it.