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SQUATTING [2 records]

Record 1 2011-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • The Heart
DEF

A position with the hips and knees flexed, the buttocks resting on the heels.

OBS

Squatting is sometimes adopted by children with certain types of cardiac defects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Cœur
DEF

Attitude caractéristique des enfants susceptibles d'être atteints d'une cardiopathie; elle consiste à s'asseoir sur les talons.

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
  • Urban Sociology
  • Property Law (civil law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
  • Sociologie urbaine
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
DEF

Action de squatter.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Viviendas (Urbanismo)
  • Sociología urbana
  • Derecho de propiedad (derecho civil)
DEF

[Acción de tomar] como propio, y sin consentimiento del dueño, una vivienda o local desocupados.

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