Glossary
In Child abuse and neglect, Family Law
A child is in extended society care when they are in the care and custody of the Children’s Aid Society and they have to stay in their care until one of the following happens:
- the court changes the order
- the child turns 18
- the child gets married
- the child is adopted
In Criminal Law, Types of Offences, Bail, Probation, and Court Attendance, Assault, Driving, Drugs, Firearms, Gender-based violence, Harassment, Mischief, Theft, Threats, Victims and witnesses
Extortion is using threats or physical force to get a person to do something, or to get something from them, such as money or property. It is still a crime for someone to try to extort another person, even if the extortion doesn’t work.
In Criminal Law
A way of diverting youth criminal behaviour. EJS can be imposed before or after a young person is charged with a criminal offence. Examples of EJS include:
- volunteer work
- compensating the complainant
- attending specialized programs
If you finish the program, your court case is over and you will not have a youth court record, but there will be a police record of your participation in EJS for 2 years.
In Criminal Law, Youth criminal justice
Extrajudicial Measures (EJMs) are a type of youth diversion.
Diversion is when criminal charges are taken out of the court and dealt with in a more informal way. That means dealing with your charges without having a trial or pleading guilty. If you accept EJM, your court case is put on hold while you:
- attend a program
- take a course, or
- complete other tasks away from the court
Once you finish your program, course, or other tasks, your court case will be closed.
If you accept EJM, you will have a youth record for 2 months. EJM records are much shorter than EJS records. A record for EJS lasts for 2 years.
The police can offer EJM before they charge you with a crime. The Crown can offer EJM after the police charge you.
In Criminal Law, Youth criminal justice
Extrajudicial Sanctions (EJSs) are a type of youth diversion.
Diversion is when criminal charges are taken out of the court and dealt with in a more informal way. That means dealing with your charges without having a trial or pleading guilty. If you accept EJS, your court case is put on hold while you:
- attend a program
- take a course, or
- complete other tasks away from the court
Once you finish your program, course, or other tasks, your court case will be closed.
EJS is the most serious type of youth diversion. If you accept EJS you will have a youth record for 2 years.
In Criminal Law
This is a criminal offence that is committed when a person is compelled to appear in court but fails to do so without a lawful excuse. A person can be compelled to appear in court by an appearance notice, an undertaking, or a recognizance, or by being bound over by a judge.
In Criminal Law
This is a criminal offence. You can be charged with “failing to comply” if you do the following on purpose:
- don’t follow a court order, or
- don’t follow a police undertaking.
For example, you can be charged with failing to comply if you don’t follow the conditions of your recognizance of bail.
In Criminal Law
You could be charged with “failure to comply with a demand” if you refuse to do something that the police have the right to tell you to do. For example, you could be charged if:
- the police have reasonable grounds to believe that you’re driving when you’re impaired and you refuse to give them a breath sample when they say you need to give them one.
In Family Law
A family arbitration award is the decision that an arbitrator makes after hearing from both partners about their family law issues.
An arbitrator has to follow certain rules. For example, they have to keep a record of any notes they made during the arbitration. If these rules are followed, an arbitrator’s award is enforceable. This means that the court can make a court order based on the family arbitration award, and that both partners must follow the order.
There are only certain family members who you can sponsor for permanent residence. They include your spouse and common-law partner. They also include your dependent child, a dependent child of your spouse or common-law partner, and a dependent child of that dependent child.