General practice legal-AI skills in 🇨🇦 Canada

2 legal AI skills for general practice in Canada.

Legal Terminology Core

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Foundational glossary of legal terminology organized by domain for Canadian and BC practice — procedural terms (pleadings, parties, service, motions), substantive private law terms (tort, contract, property, restitution), equitable terms (trust, fiduciary, unjust enrichment), evidentiary terms (relevance, weight, admissibility), criminal terms (mens rea, actus reus, intent categories), and Latin maxims still in active use. Definitions written in plain-English original wording, keyed to statutes and cases where possible. Not a reproduction of any commercial dictionary. Reader is expected to also consult Black's, Oxford's, Sullivan on Statutory Interpretation, or Halsbury's for authoritative treatment when accuracy matters. ALWAYS trigger when: user encounters a legal term they don't fully know, asks "what does X mean" for a legal concept, drafts a document and needs precise terminology, or reviews an opposing document containing unfamiliar terms. Pairs with every other legal skill in the stack.

Statutory Interpretation — Canadian Doctrine

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Doctrine of statutory interpretation in Canadian and BC law — the modern approach mandated by Rizzo & Rizzo Shoes and reaffirmed in Vavilov (text, context, purpose read together), plain-meaning and purposive analysis, interpretive presumptions (against absurdity, in favour of consistent meaning, against redundancy, against retroactivity, in favour of liberty), interpretive rules (ejusdem generis, expressio unius, noscitur a sociis, generalia specialibus non derogant), extrinsic aids (Hansard, prior enactments, related legislation), bilingual interpretation of federal statutes, and the treatment of statutory definitions and interpretive provisions. ALWAYS trigger when: user is arguing over what a statute means, drafting submissions relying on a statutory provision, encountering an ambiguous provision, dealing with RTA interpretation battles, or asking "what does section X mean". Directly useful for RTA arguments — the RTA is remedial legislation and attracts a purposive, tenant-protective interpretation.