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EXTORSION [2 records]

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Record 1 2012-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Visual Disorders
DEF

... a rotation of the eyeball so that the upper part of the eye moves to the temporal side.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles de la vision

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos de la visión
DEF

Rotación en sentido temporal de la posición de las 12 del reloj de la córnea.

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Record 2 2008-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

A criminal offense, which occurs when a person obtains money, behavior, or other goods and/or services from another by wrongfully threatening or inflicting harm to his person, reputation, or property.

CONT

Extortion. Every one commits extortion who, without reasonable justification or excuse and with intent to obtain anything, by threats, accusations, menaces or violence induces or attempts to induce any person, whether or not he is the person threatened, accused or menaced or to whom violence is shown, to do anything or cause anything to be done.

OBS

Officially approved by the Terminology Committee of the Department of the Solicitor General.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
CONT

Extorsion. Commet une extorsion quiconque, sans justification ou excuse raisonnable et avec l'intention d'obtenir quelque chose, par menaces, accusations ou violence, induit ou tente d'induire une personne, que ce soit ou non la personne menacée ou accusée, ou celle contre qui la violence est exercée, à accomplir ou à faire accomplir quelque chose.

OBS

Terme uniformisé par le Comité de terminologie du ministère du Solliciteur général.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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