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COMMONS [5 records]

Record 1 2003-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Rural Planning (Agriculture)
CONT

The "seigneurie" could also contain a communal land where the habitant could send his animals in pasture, while paying a right to the landlord to do so.

Key term(s)
  • commons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Aménagements ruraux (Agriculture)
DEF

Terrain utilisé en commun pour le pâturage, la culture ou d'autres usages.

CONT

Au Canada, la commune est un terrain qui sert ou a servi de pâturage commun aux animaux de ferme, dans une municipalité rurale.

CONT

La seigneurie pouvait aussi contenir une commune, où le censitaire, moyennant un droit à payer au seigneur, pouvait aller faire paître ses bêtes.

OBS

Québécisme.

OBS

La commune a été instituée sous le régime seigneurial et il en subsiste quelques-unes.

OBS

commune : terme et définition recommandés et en instance de normalisation de l'OLF.

Spanish

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Record 2 2001-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Economics
DEF

Natural elements, such as the air, the water, the earth, and wild animals and plants, which are typically not as well protected legally [by environmental law] as is private property.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Économie environnementale
OBS

Ensemble des biens appartenant en commun à l'humanité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Economía del medio ambiente
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Record 3 1999-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer

Spanish

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Record 4 1999-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Planning
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
DEF

Land used in common by people of a community, especially for pasture.

OBS

common ... sometimes commons.

Key term(s)
  • commons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement urbain
  • Aménagement du territoire

Spanish

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Record 5 1988-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
OBS

The Commons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
OBS

Il s'agit des biens communs internationaux.

OBS

Rapport de la Commission Brundtland, p. R-23, no. 82.

Spanish

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