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STRANGER [3 records]

Record 1 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

Liability under Rylands v. Fletcher is excluded, if the escape was due to the deliberate act of a stranger which could not reasonably have been anticipated .... To be a defence, the stranger's interference must have been "a conscious act of volition", deliberate or intentional, and not merely negligent, because it appears that the owner of a dangerous thing is bound to guard others against the negligence of third parties (Fleming, The Law of Torts, 5e éd., p. 331)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

étranger, étrangère : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

The word "object" is used to denote a person who is, and the word "stranger" (or "non-object") a person who is not, one of the specified persons or class in whose favour the power may be exercised (30 Hals., 3rd, p. 271).

CONT

An appointment to an object and a non-object is good as to the object and fails as to the non-object... ("Williams' Law Relating to Wills", 5th ed., 1980, p. 420)

French

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

non-appelé; non-appelée : termes normalisés 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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Record 3 2011-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
DEF

Anyone who is not a Member of the House of Commons or an official of the House. This includes Senators, diplomats, departmental officials and journalists, as well as members of the public.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
DEF

Toute personne qui n'est ni un député ni un fonctionnaire de la Chambre, y compris les sénateurs, les diplomates, les fonctionnaires des ministères, les journalistes et le public.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
DEF

Cualquier persona que no es ni diputado ni funcionario de la Cámara, incluyendo senadores, diplomáticos, funcionarios de ministerios, periodistas y el público.

OBS

En general, las personas ajenas son admitidas en las tribunas, pero pueden ser expulsadas en caso de desorden o si la Cámara así lo ordena.

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