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Record 1 - external organization data 2022-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
DEF

An instrument, such as a memoranda of understanding, a memoranda of agreement or an occupancy instrument, that while not legally binding, creates a custodian-tenant relationship by conferring certain real property rights of use or benefits and obligations on the part of the two parties as if it were a truly enforceable instrument.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
DEF

Instrument, tel que les accords d'occupation et les protocoles d'entente, qui, même s'il n'a pas force exécutoire, crée un lien entre le gardien et le locataire en conférant certains droits et certaines obligations à l'égard du bien immobilier de la part des parties respectives comme s'il s'agissait d'un instrument exécutoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

agreement: an item in the "Documentary Objects" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

accord : objet de la classe «Objets documentaires» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2019-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
OBS

NEC: National Executive Committee.

OBS

Date of signature: October 28, 2002.

Key term(s)
  • Agreement between the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Staff Relations Representative Programme
  • Agreement between the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Staff Relations Representatives Program
  • Agreement between the Commissioner of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the Staff Relations Representatives Programme
  • Agreement between the Commissioner and the Staff Relations Representative Program
  • Agreement between the Commissioner and the Staff Relations Representative Programme
  • Agreement between the Commissioner and the Staff Relations Representatives Program
  • Agreement between the Commissioner and the Staff Relations Representatives Programme
  • Agreement between the Commissioner and the National Executive Committee of the Staff Relations Representative Program
  • Agreement between the Commissioner and the National Executive Committee of the Staff Relations Representative Programme
  • Agreement between the Commissioner and the National Executive Committee of the Staff Relations Representatives Program
  • Agreement between the Commissioner and the National Executive Committee of the Staff Relations Representatives Programme
  • Staff Relations Representative Program Agreement
  • Staff Relations Representative Programme Agreement
  • Staff Relations Representatives Program Agreement
  • Staff Relations Representatives Programme Agreement

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
OBS

CEN : Comité exécutif national.

OBS

Date de signature : 28 octobre 2002.

Key term(s)
  • Entente entre le commissaire et le Programme des représentants des relations fonctionnelles
  • Entente entre le commissaire et le Comité exécutif national du Programme des représentants des relations fonctionnelles

Spanish

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Record 4 2018-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
PHR

in agreement with, in concurrence with, consonant with, in concert with

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
PHR

en accord avec, d'accord avec, de concert avec

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 5 2016-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

The consent of a party to perform a certain part of a legal arrangement.

OBS

Agreement and contract ... are sometimes opposed to one another, contract generally denoting an arrangement complete in itself, while agreement may denote a part of an arrangement. Thus, in a sale of a house, contract of sale denotes the whole arrangement between the vendor and the purchaser, while each clause binding either of the parties to do a specific thing is an agreement, e.g. a clause binding the vendor to put the property in repair before the sale is completed.

French

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

Le fait pour une partie de s'obliger à exécuter une partie quelconque d'une convention.

OBS

engagement : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2016-01-19

English

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

A legal arrangement.

CONT

Agreement... is where two or more persons concur in expressing a common intention with the view of altering their rights and duties. An agreement of this king has no legal effect when existing by itself, but is an essential part of every true contract, gift, payment, conveyance and compromise... (Jowitt, p.75)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
DEF

Accord destiné à produire un effet de droit.

OBS

convention : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2016-01-19

English

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

Assent given to a proposal.

French

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

Assentiment donné à une proposition.

OBS

accord, consentement : 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 8 2016-01-19

English

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

The instrument evidencing the legal arrangement.

French

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

L'instrument constatant l'opération juridique.

OBS

convention : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 9 2016-01-19

English

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

The concurrence of the wills of two or more persons on some common matter, evidenced by acts apparent to or communicated to, and understood, by, each other. (Walker, p. 42)

DEF

The act agreeing on a plan of action.

French

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

Fait de s'entendre sur un plan d'action.

OBS

accord; entente; consentement : 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 10 2014-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
CONT

Where any agreement for an assignment to the Minister of National Defence under this Act has been made, the Minister of National Defence may submit an application for patent for the invention to the Commissioner ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
CONT

Lorsqu’une convention a été conclue pour une telle cession, le ministre de la Défense nationale peut présenter au commissaire une demande de brevet pour l’invention [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 2010-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

An act or state of agreeing between parties regarding a course of action.

CONT

Understanding ... A general term referring to an agreement, either express or implied, written or oral. The term "understanding" is an ambiguous one; in order to determine whether a particular understanding would constitute a contract that is legally binding on the parties involved, the circumstances must be examined to discover whether a meeting of the minds and an intent to be bound occurred.

OBS

The term "agreement" is a generic one, and other terms are used to designate agreements by the form they take.

OBS

The words "agreement" or "understanding" are often used in commercial or financial matters.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Acte intervenu entre deux ou plusieurs parties par leur consentement mutuel, destiné à produire des effets de droit, quels qu'en soient les parties, l'objet et la forme [...] etc.

OBS

arrangement : terme employé parfois pour désigner un accord international, en quelque forme qu'il soit intervenu, destiné à régler une situation juridique difficile ou litigieuse.

OBS

entente : terme employé pour désigner un accord intervenu ou à intervenir sur un point déterminé.

OBS

accord : terme employé parfois pour désigner des engagements internationaux de caractère économique, commercial ou financier [...]

OBS

Dans son sens large, «agreement» s'emploie de façon interchangeable avec «understanding». Ces deux termes se rendent en français par divers équivalents, selon l'objet et la forme choisie par les parties.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Declaración escrita o verbal por la que dos o más partes manifiestan su conformidad en asumir determinadas obligaciones y derechos con un objetivo común.

OBS

acuerdo: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 12 2006-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
CONT

No doubt because of its general and relatively innocuous meaning, "agreement" is the term invariably used to describe understandings intended to have an obligatory character concluded ... between the United Nations and the specialized agencies, ... between the specialized agencies themselves, ... between States and ... the United Nations and ... between States and ... the specialized agencies.

PHR

housing of an agreement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
DEF

Entente intervenue que les parties soient des États, une ou plusieurs organisations internationales [...]

OBS

Sens strict de «agreement» qui se rend par «accord», désignant un accord ayant force obligatoire mais de nature moins formelle qu'un traité.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
PHR

resguardar un acuerdo.

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Record 13 2001-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • International Public Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Droit international public

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fraseología
  • Derecho internacional público
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Record 14 1993-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992.

Spanish

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Record 15 1991-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Fishing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Terme provenant du Glossaire des Pêches et des Océans, 1991.

Spanish

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Record 16 1991-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
CONT

donner son adhésion au principe du bilinguisme. (RACAN 1969).

Spanish

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