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RISQUE COURU [2 records]

Record 1 2010-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Investment
CONT

Risk tolerance can be determined through consultation with affected parties or by assessing stockholders' response or reaction to varying levels of risk exposure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Investissements et placements
DEF

Fait d'être en situation d'assumer ou de subir un risque, par exemple le risque de mission pour l'auditeur, le risque de fluctuation des cours pour l'investisseur, le risque de change pour celui qui négocie en devises.

OBS

En contexte, on pourra parler simplement de l'exposition, ou encore du risque auquel on est exposé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Proceso de adopción de decisiones
  • Inversiones
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Record 2 2005-02-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

... the decided cases appear to indicate that, in obtaining the consent of a patient for the performance upon him of a surgical operation, a surgeon, generally, should answer any specific questions posed by the patient as to the risks involved ...

OBS

risks involved: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • risk involved

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Il appartient [ ... ] au médecin ou au chirurgien d'instruire le patient ou le donneur de la nature de l'intervention et de l'étendue des risques courus.

OBS

risques courus : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • risque couru
  • aléas courus
  • aléa couru

Spanish

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