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FUNDAMENTAL INTEREST [17 records]

Record 1 2024-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Accounting
OBS

The International Code of Ethics for Professional Accountants®... sets out fundamental principles of ethics for professional accountants, reflecting the profession's recognition of its public interest responsibility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Comptabilité
OBS

Le Conseil des normes internationales de déontologie comptable est un conseil indépendant de normalisation qui élabore et publie dans l'intérêt public des normes de déontologie de haute qualité et d'autres prises de position pour les professionnels comptables partout dans le monde.

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Record 2 2016-07-19

English

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

Community of interest is one of the fundamental principles of the electoral boundary readjustment process because : strict population equality may well mean the splintering of otherwise natural communities of interest into various parts...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géographie physique
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Le degré d'égalité de population qui est exigé et les chiffres que l'on utilise pour déterminer l'égalité (par exemple, la population totale, seulement les citoyens, seulement les électeurs inscrits, etc.) diffèrent d'un pays à l'autre. Environ la moitié des pays qui ont recours aux circonscriptions utilisent la population totale comme base pour déterminer l'égalité entre les circonscriptions électorales.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-06-11

English

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

We should pause here to emphasise what now appears as a fundamental distinction between land and chattels; land is held at common law by tenure and the tenant's interest is defined as an estate; chattels are not the subject of tenurial rights; they can be fully owned and estates in chattels, "e. g. ", in tail or for life, are not possible at law....(Crossley Vaines, 5th ed., 1973, p. 6).

French

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

droit de tenure : 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 4 2013-05-28

English

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

It is a fundamental principle... that property must not be rendered inalienable. It is therefore necessary to prohibit... immediate gifts which are subject to some permanent restraint upon alienation.... Restraints upon alienation attached to direct gifts of property are generally invalid on their face, as repugnant to the interest granted.(Megarry and Wade, p. 267)(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 267)

French

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

règle d'interdiction de l'inaliénabilité : 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 2013-05-15

English

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

A limitation or condition placed on the right to transfer property.

CONT

It is fundamental principle of English law that property must not be rendered inalienable. It is therefore necessary to prohibit not only indefeasible future interests which are unduly remote, but immediate gifts which are subject to some permanent restraint upon alienation.... Restraints upon alienation attached to direct gifts of property are generally invalid on their face, as repugnant to the interest granted.(Megarry and Wade, p. 267)

OBS

Restraints can take the form of conditions and covenants in deeds or restraints on use of the property. (Reilly, 2nd ed.,1982, p. 413)

French

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

restriction d'aliénabilité : 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 2012-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology (General)
CONT

It isn’t just a restructuring of institutions, a rebalancing of the economy... it's a fundamental shifting of values in favour of the national interest to override heedless individual and corporate greed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
CONT

Il est montré que le développement économique se traduit par un glissement des valeurs traditionnelles vers des valeurs rationnelles-légales sans toutefois supprimer les différences culturelles.

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Record 7 2011-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

A fundamental characteristic of the administrative contract is that it presupposes an inequality of interests between the parties(since one of them represents the public interest).... Also fundamental to this form of contract is the idea that the contractor is a participant in the furtherance of public purposes...

OBS

The administrative contract is found in French law and falls within the exclusive jurisdiction of the administrative courts.

OBS

administrative contract: Not to be confused with "government contract" and "Crown contract," as used in some jurisdictions such as the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States. Government contracts (or Crown contracts) are governed by the general rules of contracts, and unlike administrative contracts, they are not different in nature from private contracts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
DEF

Contrat passé par une personne publique ou pour son compte et soumis à la compétence et au droit administratifs soit par disposition expresse de la loi, soit en raison de la présence de clauses exorbitantes du droit commun dans ses stipulations, soit parce qu'il confère à son titulaire une participation directe à l'exécution d'une activité de service public.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contratos gubernamentales
CONT

La Administración satisface sus necesidades por sí misma o por medio de individuos, compañías o empresas con los cuales contrata su realización. Estos contratos (contratos administrativos) son de dos clases: civiles o privados, y públicos (contratos administrativos propiamente dichos, llamados usualmente contratas).

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Record 8 2010-09-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
  • Sociology of Ideologies
CONT

Just as ideas about national culture and heritage in Latin America are connected to the process of a nation's formation, interest in handicrafts is closely linked to indigenism. Since the 1920s, the national governments in those countries which had a great cultural tradition previous to the Spanish Conquest, have been involved in projects to recover their country's indigenous cultures, as a fundamental element in the consolidation of that nation's identity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Sociologie des idéologies
CONT

Dans son sens particulier, l'indigénisme désigne des mouvements politiques, sociaux et artistiques qui revalorisent tout ce qui relève du monde indigène. Dans son sens général, il désigne des tendances culturelles et politiques orientées vers des "types" et des "rapports" indigènes. Dans son sens universel, il décrit les relations des peuples dits autochtones avec ceux venus d'ailleurs : ainsi commence la rencontre de deux mondes. Dans ce dernier sens, l'indigénisme implique une connexion avec les dynamiques propres aux mondialisations.

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-04-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Movements
  • Sociology of Human Relations
CONT

Just as ideas about national culture and heritage in Latin America are connected to the process of a nation's formation, interest in handicrafts is closely linked to indigenism. Since the 1920s, the national governments in those countries which had a great cultural tradition previous to the Spanish Conquest, have been involved in projects to recover their country's indigenous cultures, as a fundamental element in the consolidation of that nation's identity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
CONT

Le patrimoine immatériel est un élément central du patrimoine culturel de l'humanité. Aussi ferons-nous en sorte d'en identifier certaines caractéristiques et d'en mettre en évidence le rôle dans un monde globalisé, en particulier à travers : le corps humain, le caractère performatif des rituels et des pratiques sociales, le mimétisme et l'apprentissage par mimétisme, l'autre et l'altérité, le besoin d'éducation inter- et transculturelle, et la nécessité d'une anthropologie philosophique, historique et culturelle.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Physics
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • Physics of Solids
CONT

The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 is an Exploration Systems’ transition flight experiment in the Human System Research and Technology area. BCAT-3 provides a unique opportunity to explore fundamental physics and simultaneously develop important future technology, including computers operating on light, complex biomolecular pharmaceuticals, clean sources of geothermal power, and novel rocket engines for interplanetary travel. These studies depend entirely on the microgravity environment provided by the International Space Station(ISS) ;in all other locations accessible to science, gravity dominates and precludes investigation of any other effects of interest. The experiment itself [consists of] photographing samples of colloidal particles with a digital camera onboard the ISS. Colloids are tiny nanoscale spheres of plexiglass a thousand times smaller than the width of a human hair(submicron radius) that are suspended in a fluid. They are ubiquitous(e. g., milk, smoke, and paint) and therefore interesting to study directly. Colloids are also small enough that they behave much like atoms and so can be used to model all sorts of phenomena because their size, shape, and interactions can be controlled. The 10 samples in BCAT-3 are made from the same ingredients, each a recipe with different proportions, and are grouped into three experiments : critical point, binary alloy, and surface crystallization. [Text followed by an illustration of a BCAT-3 sample holder. ]

CONT

BCAT-3 is comprised of three separate experiments, which are individually referred to as a binary alloy (BCAT-3-BA), surface crystallization (BCAT-3-SC) and critical point (BCAT-3-CP). The critical point investigation is continuing with additional samples on future ISS [International Space Station] expeditions and will be referred to as Binary Colloidal Alloy Test - 4. BCAT-4 will consist of two sets of samples referred to as BCAT - 3 and 4: Critical Point (BCAT-3-4-CP) and BCAT-4:Polydisperse (BCAT-4-Poly). ... The Binary Colloidal Alloy Test-3 (BCAT-3) hardware supported three investigations in which ISS crews photographed samples of colloidal particles (tiny nanoscale spheres suspended in liquid) to document liquid/gas phase changes, growth of binary crystals, and the formation of colloidal crystals confined to a surface. Colloids are small enough that in a microgravity environment without sedimentation and convection, they behave much as atoms and so can be used to model all sorts of phenomena because their size, shape, and interactions can be controlled. The BCAT-3 payload consists of ten small samples of colloid alloys in which the microscopic colloid particles are mixed together into a liquid. These ten samples are contained within a small case that is the size of a school textbook. At the start of an experiment run, all ten samples are shaken to completely remix the colloid samples, much in the same way that salad dressing must be shaken to remix oil and vinegar. After the samples are mixed, what remains is periodically photographed using a digital camera until the colloid and liquid components of those samples have separated or the polymers have formed crystals. The samples can be remixed to repeat the experiment. The ten samples in BCAT-3 were selected as part of three separate experiments examining different physical processes: critical point, binary alloys, and surface crystallization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique spatiale
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
  • Physique des solides
OBS

Contexte: recherches en microgravité sur les structures colloïdales; test avec alliages binaires (c'est-à-dire composés de deux éléments) mis à l'état colloïdal.

OBS

test BACT (croissance d'alliages binaires à partir de particules colloïdales en suspension) : il faut articuler le syntagme pour rendre compte de la réalité du texte où il est question de la croissance de cristaux binaires qui se développent à partir de particules colloïdales en suspension dans un liquide.

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Record 11 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The fourth factor is the nature of the interest affected. This involves the right of parents to choose the language in which their children will be educated. Despite the importance some have sought to attribute to this right, it must be noted that neither in Canada nor abroad is this regarded as a fundamental right.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Le quatrième facteur est la nature du droit touché. Il s'agit ici de la possibilité, pour les parents, de choisir la langue d'instruction de leurs enfants. Malgré l'importance que certains voudraient attribuer à ce droit, force est de constater que ni au Canada, ni à l'étranger, ce droit n'est considéré comme un droit fondamental.

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

The British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Centre(BCPIAC) is a non-profit, public interest law office. Its creation in 1981 reflected the fundamental belief that it should not only be the rich and powerful that are represented before our courts and regulators. For those bodies to function as they should, they must hear all of those affected by their decisions. Our task is to provide representation to groups that would not otherewise have the resources to effectively assert their interests.

Key term(s)
  • British Columbia Public Interest Advocacy Center
  • B.C. Public Interest Advocacy Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens

Spanish

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Record 13 2000-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
CONT

There are numerous numerical techniques to discretize..., one-step methods, multi-step methods, etc. Our interest will be in a mating between two fundamental one-step methods : the Euler method and the Heun method.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques
DEF

Méthode numérique de discrétisation pas à pas.

Spanish

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Record 14 1999-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Bird Watching (Hobbies)
CONT

This lack of a resource so crucial and fundamental to ornithological research may to some extent explain a certain lack of interest on the part of most Québec ornithologists in systematics, taxonomy, and bird evolution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Observation des oiseaux (Passe-temps)
CONT

Cette absence d'une ressource aussi importante et aussi fondamentale à la recherche ornithologique peut expliquer dans une certaine mesure le manque d'intérêt de la plupart des ornithologistes du Québec envers la systématique, la taxinomie et l'évolution des oiseaux.

Spanish

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Record 15 1999-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
OBS

The ten Bandung Principles which are the foundation of the Movement of Non-Aligned Countries are as follows : 1) Respect for fundamental human rights and for the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations. 2) Respect for the sovereignty and territorial integrity of a nation. 3) Recognition of the equality of all races and of the equality of all nations. 4) Abstention from the intervention or interference in the internal affairs of another country. 5) Respect for the right of each nation to defend itself singly or collectively, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations. 6) Abstention from the use of arrangements of collective defence to the particular interests of the big powers. b) Abstention by any country from exerting pressures on other countries. 7) Refraining from acts or threats of aggression or the use of force against territorial integrity or political independence of any country. 8) Settlement of all international disputes by peaceful means, in conformity with the Charter of the United Nations. 9) Promotion of mutual interest and cooperation. 10) Respect for justice and international obligations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)

Spanish

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Record 16 1999-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

Hypothetical bond, with fundamental characteristics identical to a real bond, but whose capital, nominal interest rate, due date and form of trade have been fixed by the management body of a futures market in an artificial way to facilitate trading, particularly with regards to the possibility of complying with delivery with different existing issues at any given time.

OBS

notional bond: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

Obligation hypothétique, dont les caractéristiques principales sont identiques à une obligation réelle mais où le principal, le taux d'intérêt nominal, l'échéance et la forme de transaction ont été fixées de manière artificielle par l'organe directeur d'un marché d'opérations à terme, de manière à faciliter sa transaction, en particulier en ce qui concerne la possibilité de remise de différentes émissions existantes à chaque moment.

OBS

Définition extraite du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduite avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bolsa de valores
DEF

Bono hipotético, con características fundamentales idénticas a un bono real, pero cuyo principal, tipo de interés nominal, vencimiento y forma de contratación han sido fijados por el órgano director de un mercado de futuros de forma artificial para facilitar su contratación, especialmente en cuanto a la posibilidad de cumplir la entrega con distintas emisiones existentes en cada momento.

OBS

bono nocional: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 17 1994-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
  • Military (General)
CONT

At the most fundamental level, Canada has an interest in fostering collective security, so that unprovoked aggression can be firmly deterred through internationally agreed sanctions, and swiftly opposed by the international community, should deterrence fail.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Militaire (Généralités)
CONT

Il est donc pour nous du plus grand intérêt de promouvoir la sécurité collective, afin que la communauté internationale puisse intervenir avec fermeté pour décourager les actes d'agression caractérisée, au moyen de sanctions approuvées internationalement, et s'y opposer sans délai si les mesures dissuasives échouent.

Spanish

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