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GENERAL FIELD SURVEY [3 records]

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Record 1 2013-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Technical Surveys
  • Territories (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Aboriginal Law
DEF

The determination of all the monuments or landmarks that mark a boundary and the survey of all the lines constituting the boundary. It includes the preparation of field notes and plans and any examination, approval or confirmation that may be required of the Surveyor General and other officers under the provisions of the Canada Lands Survey Act, or other statutory authority.

OBS

legal survey: term and definition taken from the Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement / Gwich’in, Mackenzie Delta; and, term usually used in the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Levés et relevés techniques (Arpentage)
  • Territoires (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Droit autochtone
DEF

Détermination de toutes les bornes et de tous les points de repère qui définissent une limite et levé de toutes les lignes constituant la limite. Le travail comprend la préparation des notes et des plans d'arpentage ainsi que les examens, les approbations et les confirmations de l'arpenteur général et des autres responsables, qui peuvent être nécessaires en vertu de la Loi sur l'arpentage des terres du Canada ou de tout autre document juridique.

OBS

levé officiel : terme et définition relevés dans l'Entente sur la revendication territoriale globale - Gwich'in, delta du Mackenzie.

OBS

arpentage officiel : terme relevé dans l'Entente sur la revendication territoriale globale - Dénés et Métis du Sahtu.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-06-10

English

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

In its general sense, the determination of astronomic bearings and distances between points permanently or temporarily marked on the ground and includes the keeping of records of all measurements used in the determination.

CONT

"Survey", in its legal sense, means the determination of all the monuments or landmarks that mark a boundary and the survey of all the lines constituting the boundary. It includes the preparation of field notes and plans and any examination, approval or confirmation that may be required of the Surveyor General and other officers under the provisions of the ["Canada Lands Survey"] "Act" or other statutory authority.("Manual of Instructions for the Survey of Canada Lands", 2nd ed. 1979, p. B2 : 3).

French

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

arpentage; levé : termes normalisés 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 3 1985-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astronautics
CONT

For the first 17 hours, it was to be manoeuvred during orbital night-times to aim the French Very Wide Field Camera(secured in the airlock) at different portions of the sky for a general survey of ultraviolet radiation sources.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astronautique

Spanish

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