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ACTUAL CONSENT [10 records]

Record 1 2016-06-03

English

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

... the essentials of a valid marriage are(1) parties legally capable of contracting to marry,(2) mutual consent or agreement, and(3) an actual contracting in the form prescribed by law...

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
CONT

Le consentement mutuel des deux parties à un contrat de mariage est une condition essentielle à un mariage valide. Le consentement c’est l’accord de volonté entre deux personnes de s’unir pour former une société conjugale.

OBS

consentement mutuel : 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 2015-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Social Problems
DEF

The criminal or tortious act of taking another person by fraud, persuasion or violence.

CONT

A parent may complain of abduction or enticement of his child in violation of his right to legal custody, as when a girl of sixteen was persuaded to join a nunnery against her father’s will.

OBS

The taking need not be by force, either actual or constructive, and consent obtained by persuasiveness is no defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Problèmes sociaux
DEF

Fait de s'emparer de quelqu'un par séduction ou de l'emmener par violence ou par fraude.

OBS

Dans le Code criminel, «abduction» se rend par «enlèvement» ou «rapt» et «forcible abduction» par «rapt».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Problemas sociales
DEF

Apoderamiento de una persona utilizando medios violentos [...]

OBS

Se diferencia del secuestro en que los motivos de éste suelen ser de naturaleza económica, política o ideológica.

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Record 3 2014-01-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

Subsection(1) does not apply to a candidate, official agent or any other person acting on behalf of a candidate with the candidate's actual knowledge and consent...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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Record 4 2013-05-29

English

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

One who has a special interest in an article of property, amounting to a qualified ownership of it, such, for example, as a bailee's lien; as distinguished from the general owner, who has the primary or residuary title to the same thing. Some person holding property with the consent of, and as representative of, the actual owner.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 996)

French

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

propriétaire spécial : 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 2013-04-23

English

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

In order to control the orderly development of urban land, Provincial Statutes(relating to planning) control and regulate fragmentation of land holdings. Generally, a plan of subdivision is an actual survey, authenticated by the signatures of the surveyor and the owner and showing the location and boundaries of the lots and blocks. The survey would further show the location of streets and highways which by the registration of the plan of subdivision would be dedicated as public highways. A plan of subdivision would also generally require the consent and approval of the appropriate local planning bodies.("The Canadian Law Dictionary", 1980, pp. 284-285).

French

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

plan de lotissement : 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 6 2012-11-30

English

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

The landlord cannot exercise his right of distress for the purpose of obtaining a fraudulent advantage over execution creditors, and he cannot hold goods purchased at the distress sale with the tenant's consent, as against execution creditors unless there has been an actual and continued change of possession or compliance with the "Bills of Sale and Chattel Mortgage Act". [6 "C. E. D. "(Ont., 2nd), p. 120]

French

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

vente sur saisie-gagerie : 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 7 2011-09-01

English

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

Except on consent, points within the compensation rules for consequential harms or consequential loss of opportunity above level 3, or compensation for actual income loss, may only be awarded where the adjudicator has obtained and considered an expert's assessment of the extent and causation of the alleged psychological harms...

French

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

À moins d'avoir le consentement des parties, l'adjudicateur ne peut accorder des points selon les Règles d'indemnisation pour des préjudices indirects ou des pertes d'occasion indirectes de niveau supérieur à 3 et des indemnisations pour pertes de revenus réelles que s'il a obtenu et étudié l'évaluation d'un expert sur la portée et la cause des préjudices psychologiques allégués [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2005-09-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

[Informed consent is] consent given by an individual(or their power of attorney) with information and an understanding of the type of specific treatment to be provided, and the potential and actual risks and benefits of the same treatment.

OBS

actual risks: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • actual risk

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Dans le cas sous étude, les patientes ne disposaient pas d'une connaissance exacte des risques réels auxquels elles seraient exposées. Leur consentement n'était donc pas éclairé.

OBS

risques réels : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel

Key term(s)
  • risque réel
  • aléas réels
  • aléa réel

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
CONT

... misconduct of denturists includes... providing professional information regarding a patient to a third party without the actual consent of the patient, except where required to do so by law...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[ ... ] c'est aux articles 12 à 25 du Code civil [du Québec] que l'on retrouve les dispositions spécifiques aux soins. Ils traitent du consentement -- réel ou substitué -- aux soins selon que ceux-ci sont requis ou non par l'état de santé de la personne [ ... ]

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paramilitary
DEF

United Nations field operations in which international personnel... are deployed with the consent of the parties and under United Nations command to help control and resolve actual or potential international conflicts or internal conflicts which have a clear international dimension.

CONT

peacekeeping operations ... [are] relatively small, lightly armed military units which ... are stationed in the disputed territory ....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paramilitaire
DEF

[...] Emploi de personnel ou de forces militaires, paramilitaires ou civiles pour rétablir ou maintenir la paix dans une région où il existe un conflit politique.

CONT

Placées sous le commandement du Secrétaire général agissant sous l'autorité du Conseil de sécurité, les opérations de maintien de la paix ne sont déployées qu'avec le consentement des parties au conflit et l'accord des pays hôtes.

Spanish

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