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materiality [5 records]

Record 1 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-09-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Materiality refers to evidence which may be relevant to the proposition for which it is offered, but which is excluded because the proposition is not up for decision in the case. The major issues in a case are defined by substantive law, pleadings and rules of procedure. (Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 60)

CONT

"Materiality" of evidence refers to the pertinency of the offered evidence to the issue in dispute. (Black's, p. 881)

CONT

Materiality in its more precise meaning looks to the relation between the proposition for which the evidence is offered and the issues in the case. (McCormick, p. 434)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

caractère substantiel : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2002-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Accounting
  • Government Accounting
DEF

The quality of being important. As a general rule, in the context of financial reporting, materiality may be judged in relation to the reasonable prospect of an item or aggregate of items being significant to users in making decisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Comptabilité
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Caractère d'un élément qui est important, significatif, notable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Contabilidad
  • Contabilidad pública
DEF

La cualidad de ser lo bastante grande para influir en las decisiones. Es un concepto que se emplea en contabilidad.

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Record 4 1997-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 1995-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
DEF

An auditing term used to describe the effect that individual or aggregated misstatements or omissions have on the fair presentation of financial statements. A misstatement or an omission likely to mislead the reader is considered to be material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)
DEF

Terme utilisé en vérification pour décrire l'importance que les inexactitudes ou omissions, prises individuellement ou combinées ensemble, ont sur la présentation fidèle des états financiers. Une inexactitude ou une omission est importante s'il est vraisemblable qu'elle induise le lecteur en erreur.

Spanish

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