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entente à l'amiable [2 records]

Record 1 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Legal Actions
  • Rules of Court
DEF

The settlement and termination of a pending suit, arrived at without the court's participation.

OBS

out-of-court agreement; amicable settlement: Expressions reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Actions en justice
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Acte ou contrat par lequel les parties à un litige y mettent fin de gré à gré sans recourir au processus judiciaire.

OBS

arrangement amiable : Terme entériné par le Comité de linguistique de Radio-Canada et le Secrétariat d'État du Canada.

OBS

Amiable n'a pas le sens d'amical; le premier signifie par entente entre les parties, le second empreint d'amitié. Aussi est-il impropre de parler d'un [règlement amical] ou d'un [règlement hors cour] (en anglais «amicable settlement», «out-of-court settlement»); il faut dire règlement amiable ou règlement extrajudiciaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Acciones judiciales
  • Reglamento procesal
DEF

Solución a la que se llega entre las partes que litigan sobre un asunto, sin necesidad de acudir a la decisión de terceros (normalmente la autoridad judicial).

OBS

acuerdo extrajudicial y solución amistosa: Expresiones reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 2 1987-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance Law
CONT

Growers with wet fields felt that they were pressured to take a loss in production claims rather than to settle their claim under the by-passing arrangement (whereby the loss is shared between the grower, the crop insurance Commission and the processors).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des assurances

Spanish

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