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CONVENTIONAL [6 records]

Record 1 2010-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bodywork and Framework (Motor Vehicles)
DEF

Refers to a front-engine, rear-wheel drive vehicle with power transmission via a gearbox and propeller shaft to the rear-axle mounted differential gears.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Carrosserie, caisse et châssis (Véhicules automobiles)
DEF

Caractérise une répartition des organes de propulsion d'un véhicule impliquant que le moteur est placé à l'avant, que le mouvement est transmis aux roues arrière motrices par l'intermédiaire d'un arbre de transmission et d'un pont.

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Numismatics

French

Domaine(s)
  • Numismatique
OBS

Se dit de toute caractéristique que l'on revoit sur une pièce d'une année à l'autre ou pendant une longue période de temps.

Spanish

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Record 3 2003-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
OBS

This adjective refers inter alia to dry cargo lifted on and off ships one piece, or bundle, at a time by means of cranes or derricks, but not shipped on trailers or in shipping containers. Such goods may be described as conventional cargo, the ship which carries them is sometimes referred to as a conventional ship which, if operated on a regular basis between advertised ports, provides a conventional service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)

Spanish

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Record 4 1994-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Animal Diseases

French

Domaine(s)
  • Maladies des animaux
DEF

Se dit d'un animal dont l'organisme est pourvu de l'ensemble de la microflore.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Enfermedades de los animales
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Record 5 1993-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

Expressly created by acts of the parties. (Ballentine's, 3rd ed. 1969, p. 268)

DEF

Depending on or arising from the mutual agreement of parties; as distinguished from legal, which means created by, or arising from, the act of the law. (Black's, 5th ed. 1979, p. 300)

OBS

A distinguer de : legal, contractual

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

Extrait du Vocabulaire bilingue de la Common Law - Droit des biens, tome 2 - (terminologie française normalisée dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles.)

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
DEF

Qui est conforme aux conventions sociales.

CONT

Avoir des idées conventionnelles.

Spanish

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