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DELIBERATE ACT [2 records]

Record 1 2011-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
  • Offences and crimes
CONT

The Court of Appeal concluded that the term "wilful act" is an exclusion to an insurance policy meant something more than a deliberate act but less than damage deliberately caused and consciously intended.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992.

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-11-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
CONT

The term "deliberate act", has been interpreted by the FAA as a decision to purposely do something, which is deemed a violation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
CONT

Pourqu'une infraction soit constituée, il faut que l'acte provienne de la volonté de l'auteur, qu'il s'agisse d'une faute intentionnelle ou non intentionnelle.

Spanish

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