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DANGER [3 records]

Record 1 2016-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
OBS

danger: term officially approved by the National Defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
OBS

Ce terme est réservé pour les situations où il y a risque de blessures très graves ou même mortelles. Il y a une gradation dans les termes suivants : avis, attention, avertissement et danger.

OBS

danger : terme uniformisé par la Défense nationale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The hallmark of an invitor's duty ... is that his responsibility extends not only to dangers which he knows, but also to those which he ought to know. In short, he is under an obligation to take affirmative steps to ascertain the existence of, and eliminate, perils that a reasonable inspection would disclose.

CONT

... it is only when (the occupier) has failed to warn of special dangers actually known to him, or is responsible for quite unusual hazards ... that he may be liable as an invitor.

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 3 2005-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Toxicology
DEF

[The] potential for harmful effects.

CONT

The hazard of a material is evaluated by examining the properties of the material ...

OBS

The term "hazard" is very often used to designate "risk" (see the record for this term); very often these two terms are used as synonyms, and hence are translated by the French terms "danger" and "risque" interchangeably.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Toxicologie
DEF

[Ensemble] des propriétés intrinsèques d'une substance ou d'un mélange chimiques qui rend ladite substance ou ledit mélange capable de causer des effets néfastes pour l'homme et l'environnement.

OBS

«risque» [pris dans son sens courant, se rencontre très fréquemment comme équivalent de «hazard». Cependant, il est aussi] défini comme la probabilité d'apparition d'un effet néfaste dans des conditions données d'exposition.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Toxicología
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