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FOREIGN ATTACHMENT [3 records]

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Record 1 2016-01-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tools and Equipment (Mechanics)
  • Hand Tools
DEF

A compressed air-blowing nozzle controlled by a valve.

OBS

... designed for attachment to the discharge end of a compressed air line, for blowing dirt or other foreign substances from motors, machinery, and the like.

OBS

blow gun; duster: terms and definition standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage (Mécanique)
  • Outillage à main
DEF

Buse de soufflage d'air comprimé commandée par une valve.

OBS

[Cet appareil est] destiné à être fixé à l'extrémité, côté sortie, d'une canalisation d'air comprimé pour chasser la saleté et les autres corps étrangers des moteurs, machines, etc.

OBS

soufflette : terme et définition normalisés par l'ISO; terme uniformisé par le Canadien national.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
DEF

The seizure of movables within the jurisdiction to find jurisdiction against their owner, being a foreigner ...

CONT

arrestment jurisdictionis fundandae causa, i. e. the seizure of movables within the jurisdiction to find jurisdiction against their owner, being a foreigner; this procedure, which is not, however, strictly a "diligence, "as it does not bind the goods, is analogous to the French saisie-arret, and to the obsolete practice in the mayor's court of London known as "foreign attachment"(see Glyn and Jackson, Mayor's Court Practice, 2nd ed., vii. 260)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
OBS

Il s'agit d'une mesure préventive prise par les tribunaux contre les biens d'un étranger intentant une poursuite judiciaire dans un autre pays. Le but consiste à protéger toute personne ayant fait l'objet d'une poursuite judiciaire d'un étranger afin d'être dédommagé dans le cas il y aurait une condamnation défavorable.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ship's Aircraft (Military)
CONT

[He] enthusiastically volunteered to partake in the de-snagging and ground maintenance run of a [CF18]. During the engine run up [he] noticed that the tail hook flag had separated from its braided attachment and was being blown forward towards the right engine intake. [This] was instrumental in preventing foreign object damage from being ingested into the right engine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aéronefs embarqués (Militaire)

Spanish

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