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OCCUPANT [9 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
OBS

occupant: Unemployment Insurance Act, 1985 (with amendments to March 1, 1991).

French

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

occupant: Loi sur l'assurance-chômage, 1985 (avec modifications jusqu'au 1er mars 1991).

OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Geography
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

A person who is not Indigenous and who resides in a country or territory that was colonized in the past.

OBS

This designation usually refers to countries or territories that were colonized by Europeans.

OBS

A settler can also be the descendant of colonists or immigrants.

OBS

In Canada, the use of this designation acknowledges the negative impact of colonialism on Indigenous Peoples.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie humaine
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Personne qui n'est pas autochtone et qui réside dans un pays ou un territoire qui a été colonisé dans le passé.

OBS

Cette désignation fait habituellement référence aux pays et territoires qui ont été colonisés par les Européens.

OBS

Un occupant peut aussi être le descendant de colons ou d'immigrants.

OBS

Au Canada, l'usage de cette désignation permet de reconnaître l'impact négatif du colonialisme sur les peuples autochtones.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
DEF

A person driving, being carried in or upon or entering or getting on to or alighting from an automobile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
DEF

Tout conducteur ou passager se trouvant à bord d'un véhicule terrestre automobile, y montant ou en descendant.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
DEF

Persona transportada en un vehículo de motor, o que se encuentre en su interior o sobre él cuando permanezca detenido por incidencias de la circulación.

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Record 4 2015-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation
DEF

A person or manikin seated in a vehicle.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transports
DEF

Personne ou mannequin assis dans un véhicule.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Transporte
OBS

De una aeronave.

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Record 5 2013-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

One who takes the first possession of a thing of which there is no owner. One who occupies and takes possession. Person who acquires title by occupancy. (Black, 5th, p. 973)

OBS

One in enjoyment of the occupancy of premises. One in actual possession, the tenant as distinguished from the landlord who has possession but not occupancy. (Ballentine, p. 879)

French

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

Le terme «occupant» et son équivalent s'emploient dans toutes les acceptions, large et restreinte.

OBS

occupant; occupante : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 1994-02-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aboriginal Law
  • Real Estate
DEF

The person entitled to the use and occupation of a parcel of reserve lands dully allotted to him.

OBS

A person located on land to which someone else holds the "legal title"; term used in earlier Indian Acts to refer to the holder of a Location Ticket. Under the present Act, a "locatee" would be an individual in "lawful possession" of reserve lands.

OBS

locatee: Term officially approved by the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit autochtone
  • Immobilier
DEF

Personne qui a le droit d'usage et d'occupation d'une terre qui lui a été attribuée dans une réserve.

OBS

occupant : Fiche terminologique en transactions immobilières fournie par le ministère des Affaires indiennes.

OBS

titulaire d'un billet de location : Équivalence uniformisée au ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.

Spanish

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Record 7 1993-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

one that occupies: occupant (the previous [incumbent] insisted that the house was haunted ...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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Record 8 1990-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
DEF

An organization which occupies space in a facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
DEF

Organisme qui occupe un espace dans un immeuble.

Spanish

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