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Record 1 2018-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Antique and Obsolete Weapons
CONT

Another type of Mediterranean lock, referred to in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as the Spanish lock ... is known today as the miquelet lock. ... The miquelet lock, although frequently of heavy crude construction, is the most compact of all the flintlocks.

CONT

... almost all miquelet locks were made with steel and pan cover in one piece from the beginning. The outstanding characteristic of the miquelet is found in the action of the mainspring on the cock. In all these locks the mainspring is on the outside of the lock plate and one end bears directly upon a projection on the bottom of the cock.

Key term(s)
  • Spanish flint-lock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Armes anciennes
CONT

[...] la platine à rouet [...] fut remplacée plus tard par une platine à silex, dans laquelle l'étincelle résultait du choc contre une batterie d'acier d'une pierre à fusil portée par le chien. Une variante en fut, au XVIe siècle, la platine à miquelet, dont le mécanisme était entièrement à l'extérieur de l'arme, ce qui facilitait son entretien.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Banking
  • Taxation
CONT

The cardholder, upon transfer from the division or termination of employment in the department, returns the acquisition card(s) to the departmental coordinator or delegate for immediate cancellation and action to determine and pay the outstanding balance of the account(s).

CONT

To collect ... outstanding balances resulting from assessment or reassessment of both income and [goods and services tax] amounts ...

Key term(s)
  • outstanding balance of the accounts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Banque
  • Fiscalité
CONT

S'il est muté ou quitte le ministère, le détenteur remet la carte d'achat au coordonnateur ministériel (ou à son remplaçant) pour que ce dernier l'annule immédiatement et fasse le nécessaire pour régler le solde impayé.

CONT

Percevoir [...] les soldes impayés résultant de la nouvelle cotisation de revenus et de la [taxe sur les produits et services].

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Operaciones bancarias
  • Sistema tributario
DEF

Parte de una deuda que no ha sido cubierta. El saldo insoluto contiene el saldo vencido, sin embargo, saldo insoluto no implica vencimiento, sino solamente un saldo que permanece deudor.

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Record 3 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Honorary Distinctions
  • Ecology (General)
OBS

In 1987, the United Nations Environment Programme(UNEP) launched the Global 500 Roll of Honour for Environmental Achievement. The award is a tribute to successes on the front lines of global environmental action. It is granted to individuals and organizations for outstanding achievements in the protection and improvement of the environment. It provides prestige and attracts worldwide public, media and political support. This attention and publicity has been well received and provides the impetus to spur others to action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations internationaux
  • Écologie (Généralités)
OBS

Du Programme des Nations Unies pour l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-09-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Governmental Provincial Honorary Distinctions
  • Sociology (General)
OBS

The organization Réseau action femmes gives the Réseau award to Franco-Manitoban women who have distinguished themselves by making an outstanding contribution to improving the status of women. Parliament of Canada, 37th Parliament, 3rd Session,(February 2, 2004-May 23, 2004), Edited Hansard • Number 024, Thursday, March 11, 2004.

Key term(s)
  • Réseau award

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations provinciaux non gouv.
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
OBS

RÉSEAU veut honorer la femme d'action manitobaine qui a contribué, de façon remarquable, au développement collectif francophone dans les domaine culturel, éducationnel, communautaire, politique ou autre.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
CONT

Collective action clauses allow bondholder trustees(for example, a bondholder assembly) to modify the repayment terms of bonds subject the approval of a qualified majority of bondholders(typically, those holding a supermajority of the outstanding debt). By contrast, the unanimous consent of all bondholders is required to revise the terms of repayment(amounts and timing) of a bond issue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Coopération et développement économiques
CONT

Les clauses d'action collective sont conçues de manière à permettre à une majorité qualifiée de créanciers de modifier les modalités financières d'un processus de restructuration de la dette malgré les objections des créanciers récalcitrants.

CONT

Le premier emprunt d'État assorti de clauses d'action collective similaires à celles qui sont recommandées par le G-10 a été émis sur le marché de New York, marché le plus important en ce qui concerne les émissions d'emprunts d'États.

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Apparently this action was taken as a result of outstanding judgements that were registered by the Manitoba Public Insurance Corporation against these individuals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

Jugement en cours, non encore exécuté par la partie condamnée qui, par ce fait, n'est pas encore libérée de ses obligations.

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Honorary Distinctions
OBS

consisting of a gold medal and a citation, was established... after extensive discussion between the Canadian Bankers’ Association and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police. The purpose of the Award is to recognize outstanding police action in combatting crimes against banks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres honorifiques et décorations

Spanish

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