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TITULAIRE PRIVILEGE [3 records]

Record 1 2015-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Security
DEF

The holder or owner of a lien upon the real property or personal property of another. (Ballentine's Law Dictionary, 1994, 3rd ed., p. 737.)

OBS

Lienee means [in American English] "one whose property is subject to a lien," but in Australia it is synonymous with lienholder. The Australian usage mangles any sense left in the suffix –ee ... [A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 1995, 2nd ed., p. 529.]

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

titulaire de privilège : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-08-19

English

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

A privilege is personal to its holder ... If the holder of a privilege voluntarily discloses the information there is no longer any reason for the privilege. (L.R.C., Report on Evidence, 1975, p. 77)

CONT

Ordinarily a privilege is held by a person, who can assert or waive it; depending on the privilege, another person may be under a duty to assert the privilege on behalf of the holder. (Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 446)

French

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

titulaire d'un privilège : 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 3 2012-02-13

English

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

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
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