VCE Legal Studies - Unit 1, AOS 2 Terminology

Based on 2024 Unit 1+2 textbook https://extras.oxforddigital.com.au/extras/student/OB335/assets/new.html

VCE is the Victorian Certificate of Education - This quiz only applies to Victoria, Australia

Includes some terms from AOS1 which are also relevant in AOS2

*Definition/s has been paraphrased

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Definition	Term
The minimum age a person must be to be charged with committing a crime.	Age of Criminal Responsibility
A Latin term meaning 'a guilty act': the physical element of a crime.	Actus Reus
The release of an accused person from custody on condition that they will attend a court hearing to answer the charges.	Bail
A serious offence generally heard before a judge and a jury in the County Court or Supreme Court of Victoria.	Indictable Offence
A serious offence that is dealt with in a Magistrates' Court, by a single magistrate if the court and the accused agree.	Indictable Offence Heard and Determined Summarily
The right of a person accused of a crime to be presumed not guilty unless proven otherwise.	Presumption of Innocence
A Latin term referring to the principle in Victoria that a child aged between 10 and 13 years is presumed to be 'incapable of evil'. *	Doli Incapax
A Latin term meaning 'a guilty mind': the mental element of a crime.	Mens Rea

Definition	Term
Where culpability or responsibility for committing a crime can be established without having to prove there was 'a guilty mind' *	Strict Liability
A minor offence generally heard in the Magistrates' Court	Summary Offence
A person charged with a criminal offence but who has not been found guilty or pleaded guilty.	Accused
An act or omission that is against an existing law, harmful to both an individual and society, and punishable by law.	Crime
The party that institutes criminal proceedings against an accused on behalf of the state.	Prosecution
The degree or extent to which a case must be proved in court.	Standard of Proof
The obligation of a party to prove a case.	Burden of Proof