Ontario legal information · Ottawa and Eastern Ontario
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A useful definition gives the ordinary meaning, the Ontario context and the decision it may affect.
Keep the original sentence around the term; context can change its meaning.
Start from the term in the document you received rather than trying to learn legal vocabulary in the abstract.
A glossary cannot determine entitlement, calculate a deadline or replace the wording of a statute, policy or order.
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- Ontario — Insurance Act
Ontario's automobile insurance, tort-threshold and uninsured-automobile framework.
Back to footnote ↑ - Ontario — Statutory Accident Benefits Schedule
Current Ontario automobile accident-benefit rules.
Back to footnote ↑ - Ontario — Rules of Civil Procedure
Current rules for civil proceedings and evidence-related steps.
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