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Record 1 2012-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

The method of computing degrees of kindred in all nine provinces is that of the civil law - by counting upward from the intestate to the nearest common ancestor and down to the relative. (McWhinney, Canadian Jurisprudence - The Civil Law and Common Law in Canada, 1958, p. 246)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

ancêtre commun : 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).

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Record 2 1999-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Birds
CONT

They proceed on the assumption that related birds, that is, those having a recent common ancestor, have more traits in common than do distantly related birds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Oiseaux
CONT

Pour ce faire, ils présument que des oiseaux apparentés, c'est-à-dire ceux ayant un ancêtre commun récent, partagent entre eux plus de traits communs que des oiseaux dont la parenté est lointaine.

Spanish

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