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CONFUSION GOODS [2 records]

Record 1 2012-10-16

English

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

When goods belonging to two or more owners become intermixed to the point where the property of any of them no longer can be identified except as part of a mass of like goods. (Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 272)

French

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

confusion d'objets : 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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Record 2 1980-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transport of Goods
  • Cargo (Water Transport)
  • Inventory and Material Management
OBS

The intermingling of the goods of two or more persons by either of the owners to such an extent that the several portions cannot be distinguished. The person so commingling has the duty to distinguish his own property.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport de marchandises
  • Cargaisons (Transport par eau)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
OBS

Marchandises qui appartiennent à deux ou plusieurs personnes et dont l'état de désordre, attribuable à l'une des dites personnes, ne permet pas d'en distinguer le propriétaire. Il incombe à celui qui agit ainsi d'identifier ses propres biens.

Spanish

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