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direct action [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Actions
OBS

brought by the person suffering damage

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actions en justice
OBS

intentée [...] par la personne qui a subi le dommage

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acciones judiciales
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Record 2 2021-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Conduct of Military Operations
DEF

A short-duration strike or other small scale offensive action by special operations forces to seize, destroy, capture, recover or inflict damage to achieve specific, well-defined and often time-sensitive results.

OBS

direct action; DA: designations and definition standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conduite générale des opérations militaires
DEF

Frappe de courte durée ou action offensive de faible envergure exécutée par des forces d'opérations spéciales dans le but de saisir, de détruire, de capturer, de récupérer ou d'infliger des dommages en vue d'obtenir des résultats spécifiques, bien définis et souvent tributaires du facteur temps.

OBS

action directe; DA : désignations et définition normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

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Record 3 2010-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
OBS

Action that seeks to achieve an end directly and by the most immediately effective means as opposed to the use of diplomatic exchange or negotiation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce

Spanish

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Record 4 2002-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology of Ideologies
OBS

... a Marxist-Leninist terror organization founded in [the] 1970's. AD is an extended part of International Revolutionary Movement Group (GARI), which was active in 1970's, in France.

Key term(s)
  • Direct Action

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Sociologie des idéologies

Spanish

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Record 5 2000-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
  • Insurance
DEF

The right of an individual to bring a suit against someone who is not directly the wrong doer. In insurance cases any right of an injured third party to sue an insurer direct.

OBS

Generally there is no right of "direct action" against the insurer without first obtaining a judgment against the "insured".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
  • Assurances
DEF

Demande d'indemnisation, présentée à l'amiable ou par voie judiciaire, par un tiers lésé ou ses ayants droit, à l'entreprise d'assurance garantissant le responsable du préjudice.

OBS

action directe : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR. Extrait de la norme NF-K40-001, reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
  • Seguros
DEF

Facultad que tiene el perjudicado por un siniestro para reclamar una indemnización directamente contra la entidad aseguradora de la persona que es responsable del daño. Es típica de los seguros de responsabilidad civil.

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Record 6 1988-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Union Activities
DEF

A procedure used by some unions to achieve their aims, rather than by negotiation or use of the machinery of the collective bargaining agreement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Action syndicale
DEF

Doctrine ou méthode d'action qui, dans le syndicalisme, possède une ou plusieurs des caractéristiques suivantes : refus de la reconnaissance implicite ou explicite d'autres partenaires sociaux (employeur, État); refus d'entrer en rapport avec les partenaires pour dialoguer, négocier ou coopérer; recours à un action unilatérale généralement sous forme violente [...]

Spanish

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Record 7 1986-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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