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HUMAN REMAINS [3 records]

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Record 1 2012-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
  • Law of Evidence
  • Police
  • Emergency Management
DEF

The anatomical parts of a body that are recovered individually at an incident site.

OBS

body parts; fragments of body; fragments: terms often used by specialists when referring to human remains.

OBS

human remains; remains: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • body part
  • body fragment
  • human body fragment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Police
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Parties anatomiques d'un corps qui sont récupérées individuellement sur un lieu d'incident.

OBS

parties de corps; fragments de corps; fragments : termes souvent utilisés par les spécialistes pour désigner des restes humains.

OBS

restes humains; restes : termes et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • partie de corps
  • fragment de corps
  • fragment humain
  • fragment

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Archaeology
CONT

... in 1953 ..., Piltdown man was revealed to be a forgery, manufactured from modern human and animal remains.

CONT

When human remains are found on Parks Canada administered lands, one must stop work and consult Management Directive 2.3.1: Human Remains, Cemeteries and Burial Grounds for direction. ... In some provinces (Quebec, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia), the Acts also contain clauses pertaining to exhumations, burials and out of province shipment of remains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Archéologie
DEF

Cadavre, ossements, cendres d'un être humain; dépouille.

CONT

Lorsque des restes humains sont découverts sur des terres administrées par Parcs Canada, il convient d'arrêter les travaux et de suivre la démarche dictée par la directive de gestion 2.3.1 (Restes humains, cimetières et lieux de sépulture). [...] Dans certaines provinces (Québec, Ontario, Alberta et Colombie-Britannique), la loi contient en outre des articles traitant de l'exhumation, de la sépulture et du transport des restes à l'extérieur de la province ou du territoire.

Spanish

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Record 3 1992-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Funeral Services

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pompes funèbres

Spanish

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