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DERELICT LAND [2 records]

Record 1 2018-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Management
  • Urban Sites
  • Urban Planning
DEF

Land that has become damaged by industrial or other development and [is] beyond beneficial use without treatment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion environnementale
  • Sites (Urbanisme)
  • Aménagement urbain

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-05-13

English

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

Land left dry by running water retiring imperceptibly from one of its shores and encroaching on the other. (Black, 5th, p. 399)

DEF

The "abandonment" or leaving dry of land by the sea; concr. the land thus left dry. (Oxford)

CONT

Derelict: ... said of land left dry by the recession of the sea. (The Oxford English Dictionary, 1933, p. 226)

French

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

Acception métonymique.

OBS

relais : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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