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OPINION [11 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Foreign Trade
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

opinion: An evaluation or judgment based on special knowledge and given by an expert.

CONT

Legal advice includes a course of action recommended or suggested by the Legal Branch or any course of action which is based on a legal opinion. Legal advice is more than a mere legal opinion, which is often requested and given in the abstract.

OBS

The context was taken in a letter from Jennifer Mc Queen, Deputy Minister at Labour Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
OBS

avis : Opinion donnée à titre consultatif en réponse à une question.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Comercio exterior
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
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Record 2 2021-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
OBS

General meaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Sens général.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fraseología
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Record 3 2017-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Audiovisual Journalism

French

Domaine(s)
  • Presse audiovisuelle
DEF

Se dit d'une émission d'information axée sur les problèmes soulevés par un événement.

CONT

Les techniques analytiques d'information; Voilà une bonne émission d'analyse; L'émission d'opinion bénéficie d'une marge de manœuvre plus large que la simple émission factuelle.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

We use the word [opinion] as denoting a belief, inference, or conclusion without suggesting that it is well or ill-founded. (McCormick, p. 22)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

opinion : 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).

Spanish

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Record 5 2010-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
DEF

An opinion or recommendation offered as a guide to action, conduct, etc.

CONT

The [Int.] Court [of Justice] would semble not give an advisory opinion on a purely academic question, but so long as the advice sought may ultimately assist the international organisation concerned in discharging its functions, the questions are not to be deemed purely academic.

CONT

for "opinion" : "Opinions" are comments on certain questions which have no binding effect.

OBS

for "opinion" : In international arbitration cases, any use of the word opinion refers to the advisory opinions which judges of the Permanent Court of International Justice, and subsequently the International Court of Justice may deliver under certain circumstances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

Pour une juridiction internationale, opinion donnée sur un point de droit.

OBS

En règle générale, l'avis n'a pas d'effet obligatoire; toutefois certains avis de la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes et de la Cour européenne des droits de l'homme sont obligatoires. Les avis de la Cour internationale de justice sont facultatifs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
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Record 6 2000-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • General Vocabulary
CONT

This document expresses the views of the authors and does not necessarily represent the official policy of ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Le présent document exprime le point de vue des auteurs et ne reflète pas forcément la politique officielle du [...]

CONT

Les opinions émises dans cette étude n'engagent que leurs auteurs.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 7 2000-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 8 2000-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 9 1998-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire

Spanish

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Record 10 1991-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems
CONT

Newspapers of every political complexion

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue
CONT

Des journaux de toutes les opinions (nuances) politiques (Les faux amis)

Spanish

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Record 11 1987-11-16

English

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

A comment is a statement of opinion on facts.

CONT

Not only statements of intention, but also statements of opinion, know to be false, may be actionable as deceit, because "the existence of the opinion in the person stating it is a question of fact. It is true that, where the facts are equally well known to both parties, a false opinion expressed thereon by one does not give a cause for complaint to the other. The real explanation for this, however, is not that a statement of opinion is not a statement of fact about the condition of one's mind, but that the parties, bargaining at arm's length, are assumed to be competent to draw their own conclusions.

OBS

statement of opinion: Par opposition à "statement of fact".

French

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

Spanish

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