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Record 1 2019-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Disputes
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Labour Law
DEF

At the public service of Canada, a complaint in writing presented in accordance with the Public Service Staff Relations Act by an employee on his own behalf or on behalf of himself and one or more other employees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conflits du travail
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Droit du travail
DEF

[À la fonction publique du Canada,] plainte écrite déposée conformément à la [Loi sur les relations de travail dans la fonction publique] par un fonctionnaire, soit pour son propre compte, soit pour son compte et celui de un ou plusieurs autres fonctionnaires.

CONT

Personne n'aime déposer un grief, mais c'est un droit, et le syndicat s'attend à ce que ses membres exercent ce droit. Il est dans l'intérêt des membres de déposer leurs griefs sans tarder, car c'est seulement lorsqu'un grief est déposé qu'on peut défendre leurs droits en vertu de la convention collective et que l'employeur est officiellement avisé du problème.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conflictos del trabajo
  • Convenios colectivos y negociaciones
  • Derecho laboral
CONT

[...] el abogado del Ministerio de Justicia había investigado su experiencia profesional y su expediente académico, tanto en el Canadá como en Europa, a fin de demostrar que no tenía las calificaciones necesarias. El autor presentó una queja ante la Comisión de Administración Pública por discriminación racial. La Comisión consideró que la queja era infundada.

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Record 2 2015-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

... the agent will still be liable even without proof of fraud, for breach of the implied warranty of authority and this liability exists whether the "agent" is acting negligently, or in good faith and under the honest, but mistaken belief that he is contracting with the authority of another person, not on his own behalf as principal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

... the agent will still be liable even without proof of fraud, for breach of the implied warranty of authority and this liability exists whether the "agent" is acting negligently, or in good faith and under the honest, but mistaken belief that he is contracting with the authority of another person, not on his own behalf as principal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-03-18

English

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

An undisclosed principal is one of whose existence the third party is unaware, so that the third party does not know that the person with whom he is dealing is anybody's agent. As far as he is concerned, the agent is really a principal, dealing on his own behalf, and in his own name, with the third party.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-07-30

English

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

Ordinarily a privilege is held by a person, who can assert or waive it; depending on the privilege, another person may be under a duty to assert the privilege on behalf of the holder. But Crown privilege is not held by the government in that sense, because... a judge, on his own motion, may assert it to protect the public interest.(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 446)

French

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

invoquer un privilège : 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 6 2011-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

As to(a), the court's finding on the credibility of a particular witness J will depend on its impression about the veracity of the witness. That in turn will depend on a variety of subsidiary factors, not necessarily in order of importance, such as... external contradictions with what was pleaded or put on his behalf, or with established fact or with his own extracurial statements or actions...

OBS

external contradiction: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • external contradictions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

contradiction externe : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • contradictions externes

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
  • Sentencing
DEF

A proceeding following a criminal conviction at which a jury or judge examines all particulars relevant to the criminal and his or her offense, before passing sentence.

CONT

At the conclusion of the presentence hearing, the judge must give the defendant an opportunity to speak on his/her own behalf. Then the judge pronounces the sentence. The length of the sentence imposed must be within the statutory minimum and maximum time prescribed by law for that offense but the type of sentence is up to the judge's discretion with a few important qualifications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
  • Peines
CONT

Les auteurs revoient entre autres les buts et objectifs de la peine, les considérations sentencielles, les divers types et les combinaisons possibles de peines, les peines concurrentes et consécutives, l'audition présentencielle et les peines minimales mandatoires.

Key term(s)
  • audition pré-sentencielle

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-05-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Grain Growing
DEF

... a person who, for reward, on his own behalf or on behalf of another person, deals in or handles western grain.

OBS

grain dealer: term used at the Canadian Grain Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Culture des céréales
DEF

[...] personne qui, dans un but lucratif, pour son propre compte ou celui d'autrui, fait le commerce ou s'occupe de la manutention du grain de l'Ouest.

OBS

Termes en usage à la Commission canadienne des grains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 9 2005-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Trade
DEF

An agent who purchases goods in his or her own country on behalf of foreign importers such as government agencies and large private concerns.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Commerce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Comercio
DEF

Organización que usualmente se establece para realizar operaciones a nombre de un determinado cliente en el exterior. Se encarga de todos los detalles correspondientes al envío de mercaderías. La compensación a sus operaciones se traduce en la inclusión de comisiones en el precio de la mercadería.

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Record 10 2003-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Phraseology
DEF

In the affair; in the matter of; concerning; regarding. This is the usual method of entitling a judicial proceeding in which there are not adversary parties, but merely some res concerning which judicial action is to be taken such as a bankrupt's estate, an estate in the probate court, a proposed public highway, etc. It is also sometimes used as a designation of a proceeding where one party makes an application on his own behalf, but such proceedings are more usually entitled "Ex parte"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Phraséologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamento procesal
  • Fraseología
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Record 11 2002-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sales (Marketing)
  • Types of Trade Goods
  • Foreign Trade
  • Grain Growing
CONT

In a commercial system, each private trader or processor(miller, feed compounder, oilseed crusher or malster) buys or sells on his own behalf. Where a combination occurs, a government agency may be responsible for buying one or two grains, with the private sector being responsible for other grains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vente
  • Types d'objets de commerce
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Culture des céréales
CONT

Dans un système commercial, chaque commerçant ou fabricant privé (meunier, préparateur d'aliments du bétail, fabricant d'huile ou malteur) achète ou vend lui-même. S'il y a combinaison des deux, un organisme public peut être chargé d'acheter une ou deux variétés de grains, le secteur privé se chargeant des autres achats.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ventas (Comercialización)
  • Tipos de bienes comerciales
  • Comercio exterior
  • Cultivo de cereales
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Record 12 2001-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Legal Actions
  • Organizations and Associations (Admin.)
CONT

Preliminary examination of parties... Any party examined as described... may be further examined on his own behalf, in relation to any matter respecting which he has been examined in chief, but such explanatory examination shall be proceeded with immediately after the examination in chief...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Actions en justice
  • Organismes et associations (Admin.)
CONT

Interrogatoire préliminaire des parties [...] La partie ainsi interrogée peut aussi l'être pour son propre compte, au sujet de toute question à l'égard de laquelle elle a été interrogée en premier lieu; mais cet interrogatoire explicatif doit se faire immédiatement après le premier interrogatoire [...]

Spanish

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Record 13 1991-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
CONT

This method applies to the following three types of distributions :(i) The distribution of treasury shares having been firmly underwritten by a member acting on his own behalf or on behalf of a principal.(ii) The distribution of previously issued shares held by a corporation or an individual which are considered to be in distribution to the public.(iii) The distribution of treasury shares of a listed company on a best efforts basis where a member is acting as agent of the listed company.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
CONT

Cette méthode peut être utilisée pour les trois catégories suivantes de placement: (i) placement d'actions de trésorerie d'une compagnie qui ont été prises ferme par un membre de la Bourse de Vancouver qui se porte contrepartie ou fait fonction de mandataire; (ii) placement d'actions déjà émises, détenues par une compagnie ou par un particulier, qui est considéré comme un appel public à l'épargne; (iii) placement d'actions de trésorerie d'une compagnie dont les actions sont inscrites à la cote, effectué par une firme membre faisant fonction de mandataire de ladite compagnie en convenant de faire un placement pour compte.

Spanish

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