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vitiate consent [2 records]

Record 1 2018-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Sexology
  • Sociology of Women
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Application of force or threat to apply force, among other situations, can vitiate consent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Sexologie
  • Sociologie des femmes
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

L'emploi de la force ou la menace d'emploi de la force, entre autres situations, peut vicier le consentement.

OBS

vicier le consentement : terme tiré du mini-lexique «Violence faite aux femmes» et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Once a person is over 21 and of sound mind, his/her consent would normally be valid, subject to the usual factors which might vitiate consent such as undue influence, coercion or mistake.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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