Key Terms - Unit 4, AOS 2

____ ____ ____: The principle that the three arms of power within our legal system should be separated to act as a check on each other's activities.

____ ____: The power to administer the laws and manage the business of the government, which is held by the crown.

____ ____: The power to make laws for the peace, order and good government of the country.

____ ____: The power to adjudicate and resolve disputes, thereby enforcing laws.

____ ____: Rights that are directly stated and entrenched in the constitution and can only be changed by a referendum.

____: The political party that holds the majority of seats in the lower house of parliament.

____: To abolish (cancel) a law made by the parliament.

____ ____: The reason for a decision made on a case in the courts.

____ ____: The reason for a decision made by a superior court of record, that must be followed by lower courts in the same hierarchy where the material facts of the case are similar.

____: When a case in a higher court creates a precedent that has the effect of cancelling out an existing precedent because it was made in a lower court.