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Record 1 2017-02-21

English

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

[The Negligence Act of Ontario] further stipulates that "If it is not practicable to determine the respective degree of fault or negligence as between any parties to an action, such parties shall be deemed to be equally at fault or negligent. "If the action is tried by a jury, it is for them to determine the degree of fault or negligence as a question of fact. If it is a trial by judge alone, "apportionment of fault is primarily and properly a matter within the discretion of the trial judge... "(and) "except in a strong and exceptional case, an appellate Court will not feel free to substitute its apportionment of fault for that made by the trial Judge, unless there has been palpable and demonstrable error in appreciation of the legal principles to be applied or misapprehension of the facts by the trial Judge. "

French

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-30

English

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

Liability that imputed responsibility of one person for the acts of another; occurs "when the law holds one person responsible for the misconduct of another, although he is himself free from personal blameworthiness or fault. It is therefore an instance of strict(no fault) liability".

French

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

Acception propre au droit des délits.

OBS

Le mot «vicariale» est un anglicisme en ce sens. Dans la langue générale, c'est un adjectif qui désigne ce qui est relatif aux vicaires.

OBS

responsabilité du fait d'autrui : 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 2015-10-26

English

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

Culpability descends from the latin concept of fault(culpa), which is still found today in the phrase mea culpa(literally "my fault"). The concept of culpability is intimately tied up with notions of agency, freedom and free will.

French

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

Coupable. - Celui qui est en faute ou regard de la loi pénale [...]. Le mot coupable ne s'emploie pas en matière civile, même lorsque la responsabilité est fondée sur une faute.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Software
DEF

The extent to which software meets its specified requirements, user expectations and is free from design defects and from coding defects; that is, fault free.

OBS

correctness: term and definition standardized by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Logiciels
DEF

Qualité qui indique dans quelle mesure le logiciel est conforme aux exigences spécifiées, répond aux désirs de l'utilisateur et est exempt de défauts de conception et de programmation, c'est-à-dire parfaitement au point.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Soporte lógico (Software)
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Record 5 2005-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Thread Spinning (Textiles)
DEF

The process which results in producing a good package of long length and fault free yarn.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Filature (Textiles)
DEF

Opération [...] qui consiste à partir d'un fil provenant de la filature de le déposer sur une autre bobine dont l'enroulement est différent.

OBS

Au cours de cette opération on épure le fil.

Spanish

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