1In this Act
“child” includes a son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, step-son, step-daughter, an adopted child and a person to whom the deceased stood in loco parentis;(enfant)
“deceased” means a person whose death has been caused as mentioned in subsection 2(1);(victime)
“parent” includes a father, mother, grandfather, grandmother, step-father, step-mother, and adoptive parent and a person who stood in loco parentis to the deceased;(parent)
“spouse” includes
(conjoint)
(a)
a cohabitant to whom the deceased, at the time of his or her death, owed an obligation to provide support under subsection 112(3) of the
Family Services Act,
(b)
a cohabitant to whom the deceased, at the time of his or her death, would have owed an obligation to provide support under subsection 112(3) of the
Family Services Act but for the fact that the cohabitant was not substantially dependent upon the deceased for support, and
(c)
a former spouse, including a former cohabitant described in paragraph (a) or (b), to whom the deceased, at the time of his or her death, was providing support or was obliged to provide support;
“tortfeasor” means a person whose wrongful act, neglect, or default has caused the death, or contributed to the cause of the death of the deceased and who, if death had not ensued, would have been liable to him for damages, and includes a person who would have been liable vicariously or otherwise for such damages.(auteur d’un délit civil)
“wife” and “husband” Repealed: 2008, c.45, s.7
1969, c.6, s.2; 1980, c.C-2.1, s.153; 1995, c.39, s.1; 2008, c.45, s.7