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INCHOATE [3 records]

Record 1 2023-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
OBS

"Inchoate" means something that is partially complete. In other words, it means something that has begun but has not been completed …

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
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Record 2 2023-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
OBS

[…] l'adjectif «inchoatif» ne s'emploie, en common law, qu'en droit pénal spécial. Il se dit d'un délit, d'une infraction de nature générale qui engage la responsabilité secondaire […] des auteurs d'un acte menant à la consommation d'une infraction par suite de conseils, d'une incitation ou d'une tentative.

Spanish

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Record 3 2023-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
OBS

[...] est virtuel ce qui attend, pour être parfait, qu'un événement se produise, qu'une condition se réalise.

Spanish

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