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FORCED SALE [10 records]

Record 1 2017-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Merchandising Techniques
  • Sales (Marketing)
OBS

forced sale by post : term extracted from the “Glossaire de l'économie” and reproduced with permission of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques marchandes
  • Vente
OBS

Envoi de marchandises non demandées, en indiquant au consommateur qu'il doit, soit verser le prix, soit retourner les marchandises intactes dans un délai déterminé.

OBS

vente par envoi forcé : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’économie» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-09-18

English

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

foreclosure : The legal process by which an owner's right to a property is terminated, usually due to default. Typically involves a forced sale of the property at public auction, with the proceeds being applied to the mortgage debt.

French

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

action en forclusion ou vente : 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 3 2015-09-18

English

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

foreclosure : The legal process by which an owner's right to a property is terminated, usually due to default. Typically involves a forced sale of the property at public auction, with the proceeds being applied to the mortgage debt.

French

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

action en forclusion et vente : 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 4 2013-02-01

English

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

The dwelling house and the adjoining land where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the family, with the land, usual and customary appurtenances, and buildings surrounding the main house. Technically, and under the modern homestead laws, an artificial estate in land, devised to protect the possession and enjoyment of the owner against the claims of his creditors, by withdrawing the property from execution and forced sale, so long as the land is occupied as a home.(Black, 6th ed., 1990, p. 734).

CONT

In the western provinces, dower and curtesy in the historical legal sense have been abolished and replaced with an equivalent life estate in certain lands of the deceased spouse, referred to as his or her "homestead". This term is variously defined in the several provinces, but generally, it includes the matrimonial home together with adjoining land. (Anger and Honsberger, 2nd, p. 212)

French

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

propriété familiale : 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 2012-11-23

English

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

(A marketable) title is a title that is free from plausible or reasonable objections and from material defects, called defects in title.... ("Canadian Law Dictionary", 1983, p. 131)

CONT

Although an unmarketable title does not mean that the property cannot be transferred, it does mean that there are certain defects in the title which may limit or restrict its ownership, and the purchaser cannot be forced to accept a conveyance which is materially different from the one bargained for in the contract of sale.(Reilly, 1977, p. 272)

OBS

Any fact calculated to prevent the purchaser obtaining such a title to the property as he was led to expect constitutes a defect of title .... (Halsbury, 3rd ed., Vol. 34, p. 219).

Key term(s)
  • title deficiency

French

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

vice de titre : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Corporate Economics
  • Accounting
DEF

The amount which might be realized on a forced sale of assets or on the winding-up of the business.

OBS

liquidation value: term reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

Key term(s)
  • break up value

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Économie de l'entreprise
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Montant que rapporterait la vente forcée d'un ou plusieurs biens de l'entreprise dans un délai limité, lors de la liquidation de ses affaires.

OBS

L'entreprise, dans ce cas, ne pose plus l'hypothèse de la continuité de son exploitation et il en résulte que des biens ayant une valeur importante dans le cadre d'une utilisation normale subissent, lors de la liquidation, des moins-values notables parce qu'ils ne présentent pas la même utilité pour l'acquéreur ou parce que leur vente entraîne des frais.

OBS

valeur de liquidation : terme extrait du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduit avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Economía empresarial
  • Contabilidad
DEF

Valor de los activos cuando se venden de forma independiente y rápida. En el caso de liquidación de una empresa se supone que no interesa que continúe su marcha normal. Es inferior al valor en funcionamiento, al perder el fondo de comercio e incurrir en costes de cierre extraordinarios.

OBS

valor en liquidación: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 7 2003-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Air Transport
CONT

Because of this security tax, I have been forced to lower my fares to compete with a competitor who just happens to fly out of airports not on the designated list. I also had to cancel all my weekend flights indefinitely as well as cancel my mid-afternoon flight until further notice. Sadly, in addition I have had to contact an aircraft broker to place my backup aircraft for sale.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transport aérien
CONT

À cause de la taxe de sécurité, j'ai dû réduire mes tarifs pour faire concurrence à un compétiteur qui utilise des aéroports non désignés. J'ai également dû annuler indéfiniment tous mes vols de fin de semaine ainsi que mon vol du milieu de l'après-midi jusqu'à nouvel ordre. Malheureusement, j'ai dû également communiquer avec un courtier en aéronefs pour mettre mon aéronef de réserve en vente.

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Succession (civil law)
CONT

Forced alienation of immovables subject to collation. But if the donee has been forced to alienate the immovable property, he shall be obliged to collate by taking less the price he has received from this sale and no more.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
CONT

L'aliénation forcée découle de la vente en justice en vertu du Code de procédure civile ou de la vente sous contrôle de justice exercée en vertu du régime des droits hypothécaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
  • Derecho hereditario (derecho civil)
DEF

Uno de los tres modos de efectuar la realización forzosa de los bienes embargados.

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Record 9 1995-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Commercial Establishments
OBS

When the point of sale terminal is down and a merchant has to call for authorization of a credit card transaction, this can be referred to as a forced transaction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Établissements commerciaux
OBS

Terme utilisé dans un texte sur l'autorisation d'un achat par crédit.

Spanish

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Record 10 1975-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
CONT

Experience has shown that a forced sale of business assets, inventory and stock-in trade, real estate and similar non liquid items mean tremendous losses.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité

Spanish

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