Corpus delicti vs Canadian [Constituents of a Crime]

[Marc Stevens]

This is a sneak-peek from the new book which will have a cross-reference to Canadian, English, Australian and New Zealand law:

“The violation of any legal right, committed knowingly, constitutes, prima facie, a “cause of action.””  Sleuter v. Scott, [1914], 6 W.W.R. 451.

“The word “action” according to the legal term, is a proceeding by which one party seeks in a court of justice to enforce some right against, or to restrain the commission of some wrong by, another party.  It includes both civil and criminal proceedings.”  Dorosh v. Bentwood Chair & Table Co., [1939] 2 W.W.R. 150; 47 Man.R. 133 (C.A.).  (emphasis mine)

It all centers on the violation of a legal right.  I like how the Canadian psychopaths admitted it includes criminal proceedings.