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GENERAL LAW [100 records]

Record 1 2026-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
DEF

[Under the Vienna Convention, a] norm accepted and recognized by the international community as a whole as a norm from which no derogation is permitted, and which can be modified only by a subsequent norm of general international law having the same character.

OBS

For example, the prohibition of torture is considered a peremptory norm of [general] international law.

Key term(s)
  • ius cogens

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
DEF

[Au sens de la Convention de Vienne, norme] acceptée et reconnue par la communauté internationale des États dans son ensemble en tant que norme à laquelle aucune dérogation n'est permise et qui ne peut être modifiée que par une nouvelle norme du droit international général ayant le même caractère.

OBS

La prohibition du génocide est une norme impérative du droit international général.

Key term(s)
  • ius cogens

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional
OBS

[Normas que] se imponen de modo absoluto a la voluntad de los particulares, en el sentido de que éstos no pueden sustituirlas ni alterarlas.

OBS

norma imperativa: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 2 2026-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

This duty of honesty "is a general doctrine of contract law that applies to all contracts" and consequently, parties are not free to exclude it... This means simply that parties must not lie or otherwise knowingly mislead each other about matters directly linked to the performance of the contract.... Recognizing a duty of honest performance flowing directly from the common law organizing principle of good faith is a modest, incremental step.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
CONT

[La partie] s'appuie sur l'obligation d'exécution honnête des contrats énoncée dans l'arrêt Bhasin. Cette obligation, qui s'applique à tous les contrats, «oblige les parties à faire preuve d'honnêteté l'une envers l'autre dans le cadre de l'exécution de leurs obligations contractuelles» [...] Même si cette formulation de l'obligation renvoie explicitement à l’exécution des obligations contractuelles, elle s'applique bien sûr tant à l'exécution des obligations qu'à l'exercice des droits prévus au contrat.

Spanish

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Record 3 2026-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Publicly available personal information is available to the general public. It can be made public through state or federal records or disclosures that are required by law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information

Spanish

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Record 4 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

There are reported Canadian family law cases where the woman has clearly been the aggressor. There is a need to take violence against men by their partners seriously, and to recognize that for some of these men a feeling of humiliation may make disclosure more difficult. However, it is also important to recognize that in general abuse of husbands is a less serious issue than abuse of wives, because of differences in social and economic power as well as strength.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

agresseur; agresseuse : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

As a general rule of Canadian evidence law, the previous out-of-court statements of a witness or victim are not to be the subject of testimony in court. In regard to statements by a child who is not called as a witness, any statements made by the child to others would normally be regarded as hearsay and therefore inadmissible. Although the general rules about the exclusion of previous consistent statements and hearsay are basically sound, they can be problematic when applied to cases involving children who are victims of abuse. Not infrequently in child abuse cases, the initial disclosures of abuse by the child to a parent or another trusted person are graphic and highly revealing. Conversely, if the accused argues that a child has been subject to improper coaching or interviewing to make the allegations, [an] inquiry into the circumstances in which the allegations were first made can be vitally important. As a result of these types of concerns Canadian judges have significantly liberalized the rules about admitting this type of evidence, making changes to the common law that in some other countries have been achieved by legislative reforms.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

victime de maltraitance : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Commercial Law
OBS

In 2009, the BRLP [Business and Regulatory Law Portfolio] re-established the CLS to assist the Portfolio ADM [assistant deputy minister], who is responsible for the functional coordination of the practice of commercial law across the Department [of Justice]. The CLS is a specialized headquarters unit serving the Department and is the focal point for functional coordination, advice and strategic direction in commercial law. On a limited number of files, the CLS renders its services on a cost recovery basis. For the purposes of the Section, commercial law is broadly defined to include bankruptcy, commercial, communications, competition, contract, corporate, procurement, intellectual property, technology and real property laws, and business law in general.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Droit commercial
OBS

En 2009, le PDADR [Portefeuille du droit des affaires et du droit réglementaire] a rétabli la SDC pour aider le SMA [sous‑ministre adjoint] du Portefeuille, responsable d'assurer la coordination fonctionnelle de la pratique du droit commercial dans tout le [ministère de la Justice]. La SDC est une unité spécialisée de l'administration centrale qui dessert le Ministère et qui est au centre de la coordination fonctionnelle, de la prestation de conseils et de l'orientation stratégique en matière de droit commercial. Dans un nombre restreint de dossiers, la SDC fournit ses services en mode de recouvrement des coûts. Pour les besoins de la Section, le droit commercial comprend globalement le droit de la faillite, du commerce, des communications, de la concurrence, des obligations contractuelles, des sociétés, de l'approvisionnement, de la propriété intellectuelle et de la technologie, ainsi que le droit immobilier et le droit commercial en général.

Spanish

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Record 7 2024-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Military Law
CONT

... of precluding the wrongfulness of State conduct not in conformity with one of the rules of the law of war which impose limitations on the belligerents regarding the means and methods of conducting hostilities between them, the general purpose being to attenuate the rigours of war...

CONT

Necessity and proportionality have always been core principles of both branches of the jus belli principles that apply to both the authority to employ military force and the regulation of actual employment. However, in the jus ad bellum context, they have never before been viewed as principles to regulate operational and tactical execution. Instead, in that context they frame the legality of national or multinational resort to military force in self-defense. Once the decision is made to employ force pursuant to this authority, the jus in bello variant of these principles (necessity of the mission and proportionality of collateral damage) operate to regulate the application of combat power during mission execution (in other words, they provide the foundation for the regulation of the application of combat power in the context of the self-defense-justified mission).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Droit militaire

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Software
  • Law of Evidence
  • Police
CONT

DEM systems integrate all digital evidence and information with the main purpose of expediting evidence management in general, and minimizing the amount of time and effort law enforcement must put into the disclosure process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logiciels
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Police
OBS

Un système de gestion des preuves numériques permet aux services de police de conserver toutes les preuves numériques et de les gérer plus efficacement de leur collecte à leur utilisation en cour.

Spanish

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Record 9 2023-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Logic (Philosophy)
DEF

The process of inferring a general law or principle from the observation of particular instances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logique (Philosophie)
DEF

Opération mentale consistant à généraliser un raisonnement ou une observation à partir de cas singuliers.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Lógica (Filosofía)
DEF

[Proceso mental de] extraer, a partir de determinadas observaciones o experiencias particulares, el principio general implícito en ellas.

OBS

inducción: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la voz "inducción" es un anglicismo desaconsejable con el sentido de "iniciación", "ingreso" o "curso introductorio". […] Sin embargo, los usos propios de "inducción" son mover a alguien a algo o darle motivo para ello, provocar o causar algo o extraer, a partir de determinadas observaciones o experiencias particulares, el principio general implícito en ellas […] Se trata de una traducción inadecuada del inglés "induction", que en esa lengua no solo equivale a lo que en español se entiende por "inducción", sino también a "iniciación", "introducción", "ingreso" o "instalación". A menudo se emplea, incluso, con el sentido más preciso de "curso" o "cursillo introductorio".

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Record 10 2022-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • International Relations
CONT

... pacific occupation was that which continued after the general close of military operations. In such situations, the occupying state could derogate from the application of the general law of occupation by concluding a special agreement with the occupied state to regulate post-conflict matters. Such occupation was not regarded as belligerent because its objectives were no longer to weaken the military forces of the enemy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Relations internationales
CONT

[...] l'occupation pacifique est celle qui débute à la fin générale des opérations militaires. Dans ce cas de figure, l'État occupant peut déroger à l'application du droit général de l'occupation en concluant avec l'État occupé un accord spécial régissant les questions ayant trait à l'après-conflit. Cette occupation n'est pas considérée comme belligérante, son objectif n'étant pas d'affaiblir les forces militaires de l'ennemi.

Spanish

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Record 11 2022-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Data Transmission
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

[According to] Nielsen's law[, ] in general, the speed of network connections for home users like you and me increases approximately 50% per year...

Key term(s)
  • Nielsen law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission de données
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

La «loi de Nielsen» permet aujourd'hui de constater que la vitesse de connexion au réseau pour l'utilisateur final [...] augmente de 50 % par an en moyenne.

Spanish

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Record 12 2022-02-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Private International Law (Private Law)
OBS

[First published in 1994, the] UNIDROIT Principles of International Commercial Contracts(UPICC) constitute a non-binding codification... of the general part of international contract law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Droit international privé (Droit privé)
OBS

Publiés pour la première fois en 1994, les Principes d'UNIDROIT relatifs aux contrats du commerce international constituent une codification non contraignante de la partie générale du droit des contrats internationaux.

Spanish

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Record 13 2021-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • International Law
CONT

"Doctrine" means "the teaching of the most highly qualified publicists of the various nations. "It is considered a subsidiary means for the determination of the law, i. e. resorted to only in the absence of treaty, custom or general principles of law.

OBS

legal writings: Expression reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit international
DEF

Conception et interprétation du droit présentées par les auteurs dans leurs ouvrages de science juridique.

CONT

La Cour, dont la mission est de régler conformément au droit international les différends qui lui sont soumis, applique [...] les décisions judiciaires et la doctrine des publicistes les plus qualifiés des différentes nations, comme moyen auxiliaire de détermination des règles du droit.

OBS

Se distingue et parfois s'oppose à la jurisprudence, c'est-à-dire à la conception et à l'interprétation du droit qui se dégage des décisions arbitrales ou judiciaires.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Derecho internacional
DEF

doctrina científica: Es la doctrina de los autores que no constituye parte del ordenamiento jurídico pero tiene influencia en la vida jurídica.

OBS

doctrina científica: Expresión y definición reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 14 2020-07-28

English

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

[The] land, buildings, and anything attached to the land.

CONT

In early law, property was deemed "real" if the courts would restore to a dispossessed owner the thing itself[, ] and not merely give compensation for the loss... Consequently, a distinction was made between real property(or "realty"), which could be specifically recovered, and personal property(or "personalty"), which was not thus recoverable. In general, all interests in land are real property, with the exception of leaseholds[, ] which are classified as personalty.

French

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

Spanish

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

[...] terreno o cualquier propiedad o mejora localizada en este, como pueden ser casas, jardines, pozos [u otros.]

OBS

bienes raíces; bienes inmuebles; bienes inmobiliarios: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que la expresión "real estate", que puede aludir a un terreno o propiedad física o también al sector inmobiliario, puede traducirse al español como "bienes raíces". [...] Otras opciones también válidas podrían ser "capital inmobiliario" o "bienes inmobiliarios".

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Record 15 2020-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
CONT

… in the course of dispute settlement by means of international arbitration, arbitral tribunals are in general more readily disposed and able to apply non-State rules of law. This is due in part to the peculiarity of arbitration as a private dispute settlement process ordinarily outside the regular domestic judicial system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends

Spanish

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Record 16 2018-08-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

"Good faith, "as a technical legal term, has been recognized in many legal systems around the world as a general principle of contract law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit maritime
CONT

Le mot charte-partie est un terme juridique technique à appartenance exclusive. Il ne s'emploie guère aujourd'hui qu'en droit maritime.

Spanish

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Record 17 2018-07-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

... the equality of all persons regardless of sex, race, religion, or ethnic background has become a "general principle of law. "

OBS

general legal principle: terminology related to the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiating process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droits et libertés
CONT

... l'égalité de toutes les personnes sans égard au sexe, à la race, à la religion ou à l'horizon ethnique constitue maintenant un «principe général de droit».

OBS

principe général de droit : terminologie du processus d'établissement de la Zone de libre-échange des Amériques (ZLEA).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Derechos y Libertades
DEF

principios generales del derecho: Principios de derecho natural consistentes en un conjunto de verdades jurídicas establecidas universalmente por la recta razón (doctrina iusnaturalista).

OBS

principio general del derecho: designación utilizada generalmente en plural.

OBS

principio general del derecho: terminología relacionada con el proceso de establecimiento del Área de Libre Comercio de las Américas (ALCA).

Key term(s)
  • principios generales del derecho
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Record 18 2018-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Criminal Law
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

A crime or series of crimes, such as genocide, directed against a large group because of race, religion, country of origin, or other reason unconnected with any individual’s responsibility for having committed a criminal act.

CONT

Crime against humanity means murder, extermination, enslavement, deportation, imprisonment, torture, sexual violence, persecution or any other inhumane act or omission that is committed against any civilian population or any identifiable group and that, at the time and in the place of its commission, constitutes a crime against humanity according to customary international law or conventional international law or by virtue of its being criminal according to the general principles of law recognized by the community of nations, whether or not it constitutes a contravention of the law in force at the time and in the place of its commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal international
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
CONT

Meurtre, extermination, réduction en esclavage, déportation, emprisonnement, torture, violence sexuelle, persécution ou autre fait — acte ou omission — inhumain, d'une part, commis contre une population civile ou un groupe identifiable de personnes et, d'autre part, qui constitue, au moment et au lieu de la perpétration, un crime contre l'humanité selon le droit international coutumier ou le droit international conventionnel, ou en raison de son caractère criminel d'après les principes généraux de droit reconnus par l'ensemble des nations, qu'il constitue ou non une transgression du droit en vigueur à ce moment et dans ce lieu.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal internacional
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
DEF

Crimen de especial gravedad, como el asesinato, el exterminio, la esclavitud, la deportación o el traslado forzoso de población, la privación grave de la libertad o la tortura, que se comete como parte de un ataque generalizado o sistemático contra una población civil y con conocimiento de dicho ataque.

OBS

crimen de lesa humanidad; delito de lesa humanidad: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda utilizar la expresión "crimen de lesa humanidad" y no "delito de lesa humanidad".

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Record 19 2018-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
CONT

In International Law, equity may be considered a secondary source, and by Article 38(2) of the Statute of the International Court of Justice, referring to Article 38(1), «This provision shall not prejudice the power of the court to decide a case ex aequo et bono, if the parties agree thereto». Though the Court has thus not been expressly authorized to apply equity as distinguished from law, Article 38(1) c) expressly directs the application of «general principles of law recognized by civilized nations»... and in several States, as noted above, principles of equity have an established place in their municipal legal systems. No doubt the international judge can decide according to principles of equity in absence of rules of positive law, but it is doubtful whether he can decide «contra legem», i. e. contrary to such rules when they exist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
CONT

En Droit International, l'équité peut être considérée comme une source secondaire et, selon l'Article 38(2) du Statut de la Cour Internationale de Justice qui renvoie à l'Article 38(1), «la présente disposition ne porte pas atteinte à la faculté pour la Cour, si les parties sont d'accord, de statuer ex æquo et bono». Bien que la cour ne soit pas ainsi expressément autorisée à appliquer le principe d'équité, tel qu'il est conçu distinct du droit, l'Article 38(1) c) met la Cour dans l'obligation d'appliquer «les principes généraux de droit reconnus par les nations civilisées» [...] et dans plusieurs États, comme mentionné plus haut, les principes d'équité ont une place bien établie dans les systèmes de droit national. Il ne fait aucun doute que le juge international peut trancher suivant le principe de l'équité en l'absence de règles de droit positif, mais il est moins sûr qu'il puisse décider «contra legem», i.e. contrairement aux règles de droit quand elles existent.

Spanish

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Record 20 2018-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Transportation Insurance
  • Transportation Law
  • Maritime Law
DEF

The proportion payable by one of the parties involved in a general average act to make good the loss suffered in that act.

CONT

Subject to the conditions imposed by maritime law, a person who incurs a general average loss is entitled to receive from the other interested persons a rateable contribution, known as a general average contribution, in respect of the loss.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurance transport
  • Droit des transports
  • Droit maritime
CONT

Sous réserve des conditions imposées par le droit maritime, l'avarie commune donne le droit à la personne qui la subit de recevoir des autres intéressés, à l'égard de la perte, une contribution proportionnelle appelée contribution d'avarie commune.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguro de transporte
  • Derecho de transporte
  • Derecho marítimo
DEF

Participación económica que, en caso de avería común, corresponde a los interesados en el buque y/o en su cargamento.

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Record 21 2017-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
DEF

A law student undergoing training.

CONT

[An] articling student is not a barrister or solicitor and is not a member of [a law society] until they have been admitted following the completion of articles.

OBS

The concept designated by the French term "stagiaire en droit" is more general than that designated by the English term "articling law student. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
OBS

En français, on ne fait pas de distinction entre un étudiant en droit lié par une convention de stage («articled law student»), un étudiant en droit en train de faire son stage («articling law student») et le titre que porte cet étudiant pendant un tel stage («student-at-law»).

Spanish

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Record 22 2017-12-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
DEF

A law student bound under articles of apprenticeship.

OBS

The concept designated by the French term "stagiaire en droit" is more general than that designated by the English term "articled law student. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
OBS

En français, on ne fait pas de distinction entre un étudiant en droit lié par une convention de stage («articled law student»), un étudiant en droit en train de faire son stage («articling law student») et le titre que porte cet étudiant pendant un tel stage («student-at-law»).

Spanish

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Record 23 2017-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
OBS

The vision of the Receivables Management Association of Canada (RMA) is to become the first National association of its kind; extending into every province and territory to set the professional standards of [the] industry. RMA Canada works with its members to promote the activities of all those connected to the industry by bringing their concerns to the attention of the authoritative bodies that control day-to-day activities.

OBS

RMA's mission as a National organization is to ensure that it reaches out to all those who have an interest in the Accounts Receivable Management industry representing credit grantors in the financial, telecommunication, retail, utility sector, government bodies, law firms, debt buyers and sellers, collection agencies and other regional ARM associations. [Its] aim is also to expand the Professional Development of [its] members through educational forums, round table discussions, and [its] annual General Meeting. [This association is] further committed to acting as a comprehensive, knowledge-based resource by sharing best practices, offering professional advice, and increasing member awareness on industry trends and issues through active communications. Additionally, RMA's intention is to give its members an opportunity to network with other professionals and to speak with industry experts on relevant topics.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
OBS

En tant que porte parole de l'industrie et gardien de ses normes et pratiques professionnelles au Canada, l'ACGC est une initiative unique et entièrement originale. L'association s'engage à protéger et défendre les droits de ses membres et de faire appel à sa collectivité pour appuyer des positions qui favorisent son développement, sa rentabilité et avancent le bien être et l'accroissement de toutes ses disciplines.

OBS

L'ACGC a pour mission de regrouper, d'informer et d'engager tous ceux qui travaillent dans le domaine de la gestion de créances de toutes les industries et secteurs: télécommunications, finance, vente au détail, services publics, secteurs gouvernementaux, cabinets d'avocats, courtiers, agences de recouvrement et toutes leurs associations professionnelles. L'ACGC a comme objectif de promouvoir le développement professionnel de ses membres par l'entremise de programmes d'éducation, de tables rondes et d'activités diverses durant sa conférence annuelle. Des ressources d'éducation et de développement propres au meilleures pratiques et procédures, gestion ainsi qu'un code d'éthique seront disponible pour le bénéfice des membres. L'association [vise] aussi à sensibiliser ses membres aux réalités et courants économiques actuels.

Key term(s)
  • Association Canadienne de la Gestion de Créances

Spanish

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Record 24 2017-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

The International Association of Refugee Law Judges seeks to foster recognition that protection from persecution on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion is an individual right established under international law, and that the determination of refugee status and its cessation should be subject to the rule of law. The Association's membership consists of specialists in refugee law issues, members of specialized tribunals such as Canada's Immigration and Refugee Board(IRB) ;members of courts of first instance having general jurisdiction, similar to Canada's Federal Court; and members of appellate courts having powers of review over administrative determinations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

L'Association internationale des juges aux affaires des réfugiés veut faire davantage reconnaître que la protection contre la persécution en raison de la race, de la religion, de la nationalité, de l'appartenance à un groupe social ou des opinions politiques est un droit individuel reconnu par le droit international et que l'attribution, ou la perte, du statut de réfugié doivent être décidées en conformité avec le principe de la légalité. L'Association regroupe des spécialistes des questions touchant le droit des réfugiés, des membres de tribunaux spécialisés (du genre de la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié au Canada (CISR)), des membres de tribunaux de première instance ayant une compétence générale (comme la Cour fédérale du Canada) et des membres de cours d'appel habilitées à réexaminer des décisions administratives.

Key term(s)
  • Association internationale des juges œuvrant dans le domaine du droit des réfugiés
  • Association internationale des juges des affaires aux réfugiés
  • Association internationale des juges œuvrant en droit des réfugiés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
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Record 25 2017-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright
CONT

A work for hire is an exception to the general rule that the person who creates a work is the legally recognized author of that work. Under U. S. copyright law and in some other jurisdictions, if a work is "made for hire, "the employer, not the employee, is considered the legal author.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits d'auteur
CONT

Une œuvre à louer constitue une exception à la règle voulant que la personne qui crée une œuvre est juridiquement considérée comme son auteur. Selon la loi américaine du droit d’auteur et dans certaines autres juridictions, lorsqu’une œuvre est faite sur commande et payée (œuvre à louer), c’est l’employeur et non l’employé qui est considéré comme son auteur.

OBS

En matière de droit d'auteur, on préfère la notion «œuvre sur commande» au lieu de «travail à la commande» pour traduire «work for hire».

Spanish

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Record 26 2016-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
OBS

The concept designated by the English terms "old law, ""earlier law" and "former law" is more general than that designated by the French term "droit ancien. "In English, no distinction is made between a law no longer in effect that is only of historical interest("droit ancien") and the law that precedes the amendment of rules in effect and the state of the law("droit antérieur").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
DEF

[Droit] maintenant révolu, aboli, disparu, périmé, caduc, dépourvu d’effet et de réalité actuelle, ne présentant plus qu’un intérêt historique.

OBS

En français, on utilise le terme «droit ancien» pour désigner le droit qui n'est plus en vigueur et qui ne présente plus qu’un intérêt historique et le terme «droit antérieur» pour désigner le droit qui précède la modification de règles en vigueur, de l’état du droit, suivant l’adoption de nouvelles règles ou l’abrogation de règles de droit. Dans les deux cas, les équivalents anglais sont «old law», «former law» et «earlier law».

Key term(s)
  • ancien droit

Spanish

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Record 27 2016-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
OBS

The concept designated by the English terms "old law, ""earlier law" and "former law" is more general than that designated by the French term "droit antérieur. "In English, no distinction is made between the law that precedes the amendment of rules in effect and the state of the law("droit antérieur") and a law no longer in effect that is only of historical interest("droit ancien").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
DEF

[Droit qui précède] la modification de règles en vigueur, de l’état du droit [...]

OBS

En français, on utilise le terme «droit antérieur» pour désigner le droit qui précède la modification de règles en vigueur, de l’état du droit, suivant l’adoption de nouvelles règles ou l’abrogation de règles de droit et le terme «droit ancien» pour désigner le droit qui n'est plus en vigueur et qui ne présente plus qu’un intérêt historique. Dans les deux cas, les équivalents anglais sont «old law», «former law» et «earlier law».

Spanish

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Record 28 2016-05-31

English

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

... the clearest instance of concurrent torts is one where the injury in question would not have occurred but for both torts: where, if only one had been committed, the injury would not have occurred at all.

OBS

The study mainly concerns the position of the rules of concurrent torts in tort law, but it also deals with their position in the law of obligation in general and their relationship to the criminal law rules governing complicity.

French

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

Délits civils qui concourent au même préjudice.

OBS

délits civils concurrents; délits concurrents : termes habituellement utilisés au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 29 2016-05-31

English

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

The liability of occupiers hinges on the inveterate distinction... between activities creating risks of harm and the failure to take affirmative action to prevent harm.... the common law... was generally cool to the plea that anyone should be obliged to exert himself on behalf of another, at least in the absence of some corresponding benefit. This factor goes far to explain the erstwhile reluctance to expose occupiers to the discipline of a general duty of care....(However) the mere fact that the defendant happens to be an occupier does not mean his duties are necessarily and exclusively defined by his "occupancy" duties : they may well be augmented by a general duty of care as the result of some additional factor colouring his relationship to the plaintiff...

French

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

Spanish

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Record 30 2016-04-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • The Executive (Constitutional Law)
  • Police
  • Penal Administration
OBS

The Solicitor General was the Cabinet minister with primary responsibility in the fields of corrections and law enforcement. He/she was also responsible for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, the Correctional Service of Canada, the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, and the National Parole Board.

OBS

The office of Solicitor General of Canada was created in 1892. The incumbent was then designated an officer to assist the Minister of Justice. When the office was abolished in 1935, its former responsibilities were taken over by the Attorney General of Canada. The office was reestablished in 1945 and became a cabinet post. Sixty years later, the office of Solicitor General was abolished, when the office of Minister of Public Safety and Emergency Preparedness was created on April 4, 2005.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Pouvoir exécutif (Droit constitutionnel)
  • Police
  • Administration pénitentiaire
OBS

Le solliciteur général [était] le ministre du cabinet principalement chargé des questions correctionnelles et d'application de la loi. Il [était] également responsable de la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, du Service correctionnel du Canada, du Service canadien du renseignement de sécurité et de la Commission nationale des libérations conditionnelles.

OBS

La fonction de solliciteur général du Canada fut créé en 1892, le titulaire était alors un agent chargé d'aider le ministre de la Justice. Lorsque la fonction fut abolie en 1935, c'est le procureur général du Canada qui assuma ses responsabilités. La fonction fut rétablie en 1945, et le solliciteur général devient membre du cabinet. Soixante ans plus tard, la fonction de solliciteur général fut abolie alors que celle de ministre de la Sécurité publique et de la Protection civile fut créée le 4 avril 2005.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puestos gubernamentales
  • Poder ejecutivo (Derecho constitucional)
  • Policía
  • Administración penitenciaria
OBS

Solicitador General de Canadá; Solicitadora General de Canadá: cargo anulado en 2005.

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Record 31 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
DEF

A general truth or law, either assumed or proved.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
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Record 32 2016-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

"Where a public employee is employed under a contract of employment, regardless of his or her status as a public office holder, the applicable law governing his or her dismissal is the law of contract, not general principles arising out of public law. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
CONT

"Dans le cadre d'un contrat d'emploi à durée indéterminée, une partie peut procéder à la résiliation unilatérale du contrat. Cette résiliation est qualifiée de congédiement, si elle origine de l'employeur, ou de démission, si elle origine de l'employé."

OBS

contrat d'emploi : 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 33 2016-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

Under the general law of contract, said Lord Wilberforce, acceptance of a repudiatory breach does not bring about rescission ab initio’. It follows, therefore, that if an innocent party, the victim of a breach of contract that is sufficiently important, chooses to treat the contract as discharged, for example, where goods sold to a buyer are defective and the buyer rejects them, his conduct is not to be looked upon as involving rescission of the contract.

French

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

anéantissement rétroactif : 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 34 2016-01-18

English

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

The classical pronouncement of a general formula for "duty" is Lord Atkin's... "neighbour test" in Donoghue v. Stevenson :... You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.

OBS

Technical sense.

French

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

prochain : : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 35 2016-01-18

English

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

The classical pronouncement of a general formula for "duty" is Lord Atkin's... "neighbour test" in Donoghue v. Stevenson :... You must take reasonable care to avoid acts or omissions which you can reasonably foresee would be likely to injure your neighbour. Who then, in law, is my neighbour? The answer seems to be-persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question.

French

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

critère du prochain : : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2

Spanish

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Record 36 2015-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

Some uncertainty remains regarding the position of commercial credit agencies and trade protection societies which supply information concerning the financial credit of others at the request of trade subscribers.(It has been held that) a defendant's contractual duty to supply the information desired by customers could not by itself create a social duty recognized by law for the welfare of the general public.

French

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

obligation contractuelle : 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 37 2015-11-16

English

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

... the word "anticipatory" describes the fact that the promisee’s damages are assessed by reference to those obligations which would have fallen due for performance at some time in the future.

CONT

Where such an election is made(a) there is substituted by implication of law for the primary obligations of the party in default which remain unperformed a secondary obligation to pay monetary compensation to the other party for the loss sustained by him in consequence of their non-performance in the future and(b) the unperformed primary obligations of that other party are discharged. This secondary obligation is additional to the general secondary obligation; I will call it "the anticipatory secondary obligation".

French

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

Anticipative est une dérivation nominale d'«anticipée», qui rend le sens de quelque chose qui sera effectuée dans un temps futur.

OBS

obligation secondaire anticipative : 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 38 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

This state of the law sometimes causes dissatisfaction, particularly when it is alleged that "excessive" profits have been made out of government contracts; or, when, in times of scarcity, it is said that "excessive" prices are charged for goods or services or accommodation. But the courts are not well equipped to deal with the social and economic questions involved in determining whether a bargain is fair; and it seems that their refusal in general to judge the adequacy of consideration is correct.

Key term(s)
  • consideration adequacy

French

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

adéquation de la contrepartie : 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 39 2015-10-30

English

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

Damage in law, or general damage, is where no actual damage has been caused, but where the person whose right has been infringed brings an action to vindicate that right.

French

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

dommage de droit, préjudice de droit: termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 40 2015-10-29

English

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

The act itself that causes injury to the plaintiff’s person, property or rights which involves immediate force or violence.

OBS

General sense. "All forcible, direct and immediate injury to the plaintiff's person, land or goods. "Dukelow and Nuse, Dictionary of Canadian Law, 2nd edition, pp. 1284-1285.

French

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

En droit anglais moderne on peut employer «atteinte» tout court, en raison de l'évolution jurisprudentielle en Angleterre, ou lorsque le contexte est clair.

OBS

Pour la forme verbale, on peut dire «commettre une atteinte directe».

OBS

atteinte directe : 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 41 2015-10-29

English

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

A branch of the law of obligations, where the legal obligations to refrain from harm to another, and, if, harm is done, to repair it or compensate for it are imposed not by agreement, but independently of agreement by force of the general law.

French

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

En droit de la responsabilité délictuelle, une règle fondamentale veut que le demandeur prouve deux choses. D'abord, il doit prouver que le défendeur a manqué à une obligation envers lui. Ensuite, le demandeur doit prouver que le manquement a causé la perte dont il veut être indemnisé.

OBS

droit de la responsabilité délictuelle; droit de la responsabilité civile délictuelle : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 42 2015-10-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

The idea that contractual obligations are based on agreement must... be qualified in relation to the scope of the principle of freedom of contract. In the nineteenth century, judges took the view that persons of full capacity should in general be allowed to make what contracts they like, the law only interfered on fairly specific grounds such as misrepresentation, indue influence or illegality.

Key term(s)
  • contract freedom

French

Domaine(s)
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
DEF

Principe consacrant le droit de toute personne de s'engager librement dans un contrat.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Doctrinas, políticas y sistemas económicos
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
DEF

Principio económico del liberalismo que defiende la posibilidad de concluir toda clase de acuerdos o convenios privados, para la realización de cualquier tipo de obra, proyecto, compraventa, etc.

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Record 43 2015-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Security
CONT

Under the PPSA, the general rule is that the first creditor to register or take possession has priority. This rule is different from the rule that applies under the existing law. Currently, if a company created two charges in favour of two separate creditors, it is the creditor whose charge was created first that takes priority(so long as that creditor has registered within the 30-day period required by the Companies Act). The general rule under the PPSA is that first to register or take possession takes priority no matter which charge is signed first. One consequence is that creditors, such as banks, are likely to require registration of a financing statement as a condition precedent to advancing funds to a debtor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

créancier de premier rang; créancière de premier rang : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l’accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 44 2015-09-18

English

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

The recourse to general principles of justice(the naturalis equitas of Roman jurists) to correct or supplement the provisions of the law.(Oxford)

OBS

The term is used as contrasted with strict rules of law, aequitas as against strictum jus or rigor juris; in this sense equity is the application to particular circumstances of the standard of what seems naturally just and right, as contrasted with the application to those circumstances of a rule of law, which may not provide for such circumstances or provide what seems unreasonable or unfair. (Walker, p. 424)

French

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

équité : 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 45 2015-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
  • Sales (Marketing)
CONT

The rules of the common law, including the law merchant, save in so far as they are inconsistent with the express provisions of this Act, and in particular the rules relating to the law of principal and agent and the effect of fraud, misrepresentation, duress or coercion, mistake, or other invalidating cause, continue to apply to contracts for the sale of goods.

OBS

... that part of the law of England which governs mercantile transactions. It is founded upon the general custom of merchants of all nations, which, though different from the general rules of the common law, has been gradually engrafted into it and made to form part of it.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
  • Vente
OBS

Branche du droit qui a pour objet, au Moyen Âge, l'activité de la catégorie sociale des marchands.

Spanish

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Record 46 2015-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
CONT

Other titles for treaty instruments, sometimes used, are : accord... ;act(French equivalent : acte) for a treaty laying down general rules of international law...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
DEF

Titre donné, souvent avec un complément qui le précise, soit officiellement, soit par la doctrine, à certains accords internationaux [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
OBS

acta: sustantivo femenino que comienza por /a/ tónica. Obligatoriamente el artículo femenino "la" toma la forma "el" cuando se antepone inmediatamente a "acta". Si entre ambos se interpone otro elemento, se conserva el artículo "la": "la última acta". Los adjetivos referidos a este sustantivo exigen la concordancia en femenino: "el acta constitutiva".

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Record 47 2015-06-01

English

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

The definition of "bastardy" at common law was complex. It distinguished between "general bastardy, "where the parents did not marry after the child's birth, and "special bastardy" where they did later marry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

bâtardise générale : 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 48 2015-06-01

English

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

The definition of bastardy at common law was complex. It distinguished between general bastardy, where the parents did not marry after the child's birth, and special bastardy where they did later marry.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

bâtardise spéciale : 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 49 2015-05-22

English

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

... there are three theories of detterence that contribute to the accident prevention role of tort law : specific deterrence, general deterrence and market deterrence.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 50 2015-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

... "it is difficult to make any general statement about the law of hearsay which is entirely accurate. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 51 2015-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
OBS

The general economic and social facts that the judge uses in determining the law have been referred to as legislative facts. In the past judges have most frequently taken judicial notice of them expressly in determining the constitutional validity of statutes. For instance in determining the constitutional validity of a provincial statute imposing a tax on banks, the courts have taken judicial notice of economic facts in assessing the impact of the tax on banks. Also in determining customary international law, courts have taken judicial notice of general and particular acts of state practice.

OBS

... adjudicative facts are so named because they pertain to factual basis of the case ... legislative facts concern matters of law and policy ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
DEF

Élément d'information d'ordre économique ou social dont le juge se sert dans la détermination de la loi. Il se distingue notamment du fait d'intérêt privé.

OBS

On parle de faits législatifs pour désigner les éléments généraux d'ordre économique et social dont le juge se sert dans la détermination de la loi. Dans le passé, il est arrivé très souvent à des juges de les prendre expressément sous connaissance d'office en déterminant la validité constitutionnelle d'une loi. C'est ainsi qu'en scrutant la constitutionnalité d'une loi provinciale frappant les banques d'une taxe, les tribunaux ont pris connaissance d'office de certains faits d'ordre économique en évaluant les effets de la taxe sur les activités bancaires. De même, les tribunaux appelés à déterminer le droit international coutumier ont pris sous connaissance d'office des pratiques générales et particulières propres aux États.

Spanish

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Record 52 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Bowmans counsel objected to Smith s testimony, arguing that his statements constituted "non-verbal hearsay," improper lay testimony, and opinion testimony offered to prove an ultimate issue of fact.

OBS

Hearsay in its most general and oldest meaning is a term used in the law of evidence to describe an out of court statement offered to establish the facts asserted in that statement. Hearsay is generally not admissible in common law courts because it is of suspect value, but there are many exceptions to this prohibition.

Key term(s)
  • nonverbal hearsay

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 53 2015-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
DEF

A law suit.

OBS

Though it may seem unidiomatic to make litigation a count noun(hence a plural), the usage is old and is today common. "E. g. ", "[The] first and second parties now have certain litigations pending in the Mercer Circuit Court. "... "a single automobile litigation... consumed sixty-three trial days". "The firm engages in general civil practice with emphasis on business litigations". "No court in which a litigation to that end might be brought... This word is best not used, however, as an equivalent of action or suit :"Whether such claims are just need not be decided to determine the rights of the parties to this litigation [read suit]". Properly, litigation=the action or process of carrying on a suit in law or equity("OED") ;thus it does not refer to the suit itself, but to the maintenance of it. Here it seems to be used for trial :"As the rules became more numerous and more nicely distinguished, they became also less easily understood and applied by the great mass of people, until finally no one who had not given the subject particular attention could safely assume to conduct a litigation [read trial]".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
DEF

Désaccord entre deux ou plusieurs personnes porté devant un tribunal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
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Record 54 2015-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Penal Law
OBS

The Public Prosecution Service of Canada(PPSC) is a federal government organization, created on December 12, 2006, when the Director of Public Prosecutions Act, Part 3 of the Federal Accountability Act, came into force. The PPSC fulfills the responsibilities of the Attorney General of Canada in the discharge of his criminal law mandate by prosecuting criminal offences under federal jurisdiction and by contributing to strengthening the criminal justice system. In this regard, the PPSC assumes the role played within the Department of Justice Canada by the former Federal Prosecution Service(FPS), and takes on additional responsibilities for prosecuting new fraud offences under the Financial Administration Act as well as offences under the Canada Elections Act. Unlike the FPS, which was part of the Department of Justice, the PPSC is an independent organization, reporting to Parliament through the Attorney General of Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Droit pénal
OBS

Le Service des poursuites pénales du Canada (SPPC) est un organisme du gouvernement fédéral créé le 12 décembre 2006, lorsque la Loi sur le directeur des poursuites pénales, partie 3 de la Loi fédérale sur la responsabilité est entrée en vigueur. Le SPPC assume les fonctions du procureur général du Canada dans l'exécution de son mandat dans le domaine du droit pénal, en poursuivant les infractions criminelles relevant de la compétence du gouvernement fédéral et en contribuant à renforcer le système de justice pénale. À cet égard, le SPPC assume les fonctions de l'ancien Service fédéral des poursuites (SFP) du ministère de la Justice, tout en prenant des responsabilités supplémentaires en matière de poursuites relatives aux infractions de fraude prévues à la Loi sur la gestion des finances publiques ainsi qu'aux infractions en vertu de la Loi électorale du Canada. À la différence du SFP, qui était une composante du ministère de la Justice, le SPPC est un organisme indépendant, qui rend compte au Parlement par l'intermédiaire du procureur général du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 55 2014-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Soccer (Europe: Football)
OBS

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association(FIFA) is an association governed by Swiss law founded in 1904 and based in Zurich. It has 209 member associations and its goal, enshrined in its Statutes, is the constant improvement of football. FIFA employs some 310 people from over 35 nations and is composed of a Congress(legislative body), Executive Committee(executive body), General Secretariat(administrative body) and committees(assisting the Executive Committee).

Key term(s)
  • International Football Association

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Soccer (Europe : football)
OBS

La Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) est une association de Droit Suisse fondée en 1904 dont le siège se situe à Zurich. 209 associations nationales la composent. Son but, énoncé dans les statuts, est d'améliorer constamment le football à travers différentes actions. La FIFA compte quelque 310 employés venant de plus de 35 pays et s'organise comme suit : le Congrès (organe législatif), le Comité Exécutif (organe exécutif), le Secrétariat Général (organe administratif) et les Commissions (qui assistent le Comité Exécutif).

Key term(s)
  • Association internationale de football

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Fútbol
OBS

La Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) es una asociación de derecho suizo fundada en 1904 con sede en Zúrich. Está compuesta por 208 asociaciones nacionales. Su objetivo es mejorar constantemente el fútbol. La FIFA cuenta con unos 310 empleados procedentes de más de 35 países y está organizada como sigue: el Congreso (órgano legislativo), el Comité Ejecutivo (órgano ejecutivo), la Secretaría General (órgano administrativo), y las Comisiones (que asisten al Comité Ejecutivo).

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Record 56 2014-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Courts
DEF

A court’s authority to hear a wide range of cases, civil or criminal, that arise within its geographic area.

CONT

Involving the European Parliament in the decision making process and giving the European Court of Justice general jurisdiction over these policies is vital to respecting democratic values and the rule of law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Tribunaux
CONT

La participation du Parlement européen au processus décisionnel et l'attribution à la Cour de justice des Communautés européennes d'une juridiction générale pour ces politiques joueraient un rôle primordial dans le respect des valeurs démocratiques et des règles de droit.

Spanish

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Record 57 2014-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

In situations in which conflicting applications have the same effective filing date, the application with the earliest date of execution will be published in the “Official Gazette” for opposition or issued on the Supplemental Register.

CONT

Any provision of law, private act or general act of local application in conflict with any provision of this chapter and chapters 1 and 6 of this title is hereby repealed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

[...] la demande en litige ne bénéficiait de la priorité qu'à partir de la date de dépôt et le document D8 était compris dans l'état de la technique au sens de l'art. 54(2) Convention sur le brevet européen (CBE 1973).

Spanish

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Record 58 2014-02-21

English

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

An estate resulting from the statute of "De Donis Conditionalibus" operating upon the old common law conditional fee. The estate is limited to the grantee and his lineal heirs, which may be an estate tail "general, "as where the grant is to the grantee and the heirs of his body generally, or an estate tail "special. "... [Cartwright, 1972, p. 361].

French

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

domaine taillé ordinaire; fief taillé ordinaire : 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 59 2014-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

The most common of the limited grants of administration occurs for the protection of the estate where there is likely to be delay in the appointment of a permanent administrator and the Court appoints someone to collect the assets and preserve them until a general or permanent grant can be made. This type of limited grant is known as a grant "ad colligenda bona. "[Freeney, "The Canadian Law of Wills, "1982, vol. 1, p. 167].

Key term(s)
  • grant ad colligenda bona defuncti
  • grant ad colligendum
  • grant ad colligendum bona defuncti

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

lettres d'administration conservatoires : 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).

OBS

lettres d'administration conservatoires : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • lettre d'administration conservatoire

Spanish

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Record 60 2014-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

Although it used to be said that "all devises are general, "a "devise" is one that specifies and describes the land concerned, and a "general devise"(or a "residuary devise") is one that does not... "General devise" usually refers to a devise in general terms... [Feeney, "The Canadian Law of Wills, "1982, vol. 11, p. 140].

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

general devise : terme explicatif qui n'a pas la même extension technique que «general bequest» et «general legacy».

OBS

«Legs général» est la forme elliptique de «legs général de biens réels».

OBS

legs général de biens réels; legs général : 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 61 2014-02-21

English

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

In English law, the issue in tail, who claims "per formam doni," by the form of the gift. [Black, 6th, p. 724].

CONT

An heir general took by descent as fixed by law, as opposed to an heir special or heir in tail, who claimed as issue in tail "per formam doni, "i. e., according to the nature of the estate tail. [Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 897].

French

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

héritier en fief taillé; héritier particulier : 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 62 2014-02-21

English

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

This phrase is a general denomination of personal property, as distinguished from real property. In the law of wills, the term "goods and chattels" will, unless restrained by the context, pass all the personal estate.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 624).

CONT

"Goods and chattels," at the time when these words were introduced into English law, were used to embrace all property not included in "lands, tenements and hereditaments" which are technically descriptive of realty. As such, the expression "goods and chattels" is used as equivalent to "personalty," but in the interpretation of dispositions and of statutes, this must not always be accepted. (Goodeve, 1937, pp. 8-9).

OBS

goods and chattels: term used in plural in this context.

French

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

L'expression «goods or chattels» est souvent utilisée dans les textes législatifs. L'équivalent normalisé (biens personnels) ne s'emploie que lorsque l'anglais «or» est conjonctif. Dans les autres cas, il faut employer les équivalents distincts de «goods» et de «chattels».

OBS

biens personnels : 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).

OBS

biens personnels : terme utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 63 2014-02-21

English

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

A "general boundary" means that the exact line of the boundary has been left undetermined-"as, for instance, whether it includes a hedge or wall and ditch, or runs along the centre of a wall or fence, or its inner or outer face, or how far it runs within or beyond it; or whether or not the land registered includes the whole or any portion of an adjoining road or stream. "... The general boundaries rule was not, in fact, an innovation but was the sensible reintroduction of a rule of law which had governed conveyancing in England for centuries.(Rowton Simpson, 1976, pp. 134-135).

French

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

general boundary : expression utilisée en Angleterre. Elle est presque toujours employée au pluriel.

OBS

limite générale : 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 64 2014-02-21

English

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

In general an executor cannot assign his office because it is an office of personal trust. However section 7 of the "Administration of Estates Act 1925" provides for the automatic transmission of the office on death through proving executors. This important provision must now be considered. 1. Executor by representation. Say X is the sole, or last surviving, executor of a testator T. X has obtained probate of T's will. X dies, having by his will appointed Y to be his executor, and Y obtains probate of X's will. Y is the executor of X and the executor by representation of T. ["Parry & Clark on the Law of Succession, "7th ed., 1977, p. 137].

French

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

exécuteur testamentaire par représentation : 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 65 2014-02-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

A general gift may be a gift of all the testator's assets, such as "all my property"; or a gift of all the testator's assets of a particular nature, such as "all my realty"; or a gift of the testator's residuary estate, or of his residue of a particular nature, such as "all my property remaining after the payment of my legacies, "or "all my personal property remaining after the payment of any legacies. "The characteristic of all general gifts is that no particular item of the specified property is identified.(Mellows, "The Law of Succession, "4th ed., 1983, p. 143)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

legs général : 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 66 2014-02-21

English

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

A "general boundary" means that the exact line of the boundary has been left undetermined-"as, for instance, whether it includes a hedge or wall and ditch, or runs along the centre of a wall or fence, or its inner or outer face, or how far it runs within or beyond it; or whether or not the land registered includes the whole or any portion of an adjoining road or stream. "... The general boundaries rule was not, in fact, an innovation but was the sensible reintroduction of a rule of law which had governed conveyancing in England for centuries. [Rowton Simpson, 1976, pp. 134-135].

French

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

règle des limites générales : 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).

OBS

Expression utilisée en Angleterre.

Spanish

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Record 67 2014-02-21

English

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

He who, after his ancestor dies intestate, has a right to all lands, tenements, and hereditaments which belonged to him or of which he was seised. The same as "heir general" ... [Black’s, 5th ed., 1979, p. 854].

CONT

The feudal rules of succession applied to find the heir were based on the succession of males in preference to females, on primogeniture among males, and on representation, whereby a descendant of a pre-deceased heir, e. g. a grandson, took in preference to a collateral of the deceased, e. g. a brother. An heir general or heir at law is such an heir. [The "Oxford Companion to Law, "1980, p. 559].

CONT

The reason why words of procreation were required was that "heirs," extended to all the "heirs general," including relatives other than descendants of the grantee, such as his brothers, uncles or cousins. An entail, however, was an interest which could pass only to lineal descendants of the original grantee (heirs special) and so "heirs" had to be restricted by the addition of words of procreation. [Megarry and Wade, p. 57].

French

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

héritier légal; héritier général : 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 68 2014-02-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Penal Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Civil damages are usually monetary awards due to a winning plaintiff by a losing defendant in a court of law. Civil damages can be general, punitive or special, or any combination of these.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit pénal
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

En matière de responsabilité civile ou pénale, toute personne qui commet une faute intentionnelle ou un délit qui porte atteinte aux droits/biens matériels d'un autre, doit indemniser la victime pour les préjudices subis en guise de réparation.

OBS

Lorsqu'une personne est blessée par suite d'un acte criminel, le contrevenant peut être poursuivi au criminel tout aussi bien qu'en dommages-intérêts au civil.

OBS

Le terme «réparations civiles d'un acte criminel» s'écrit au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 69 2014-02-03

English

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

HEIR, GENERAL. Heir at common in the English law. The heir at common law is he who, after his father or ancestor's death has a right to, and is introduced into all his lands, tenements and hereditaments. He must be of the whole blood, not a bastard, alien.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (droit civil)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

L’héritier universel ou à titre universel répond indéfiniment des dettes et charges qui dépendent de la succession.

Spanish

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Record 70 2013-11-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • National and International Security
OBS

The Commissioner's mandate is threefold : to review the activities of the Communications Security Establishment Canada(CSEC) for compliance with the law and to advise the Minister of National Defence and the Attorney General of Canada of any CSEC activity that the Commissioner believes may not be in compliance with the law; to receive complaints about the lawfulness of CSEC activities; and to carry out specific duties under the "public interest defence" provisions of the Security of Information Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
OBS

Le mandat du commissaire porte sur trois domaines : examiner les activités du Centre de la sécurité des télécommunications Canada (CSTC) pour en contrôler la légalité et aviser le ministre de la Défense nationale et le procureur général du Canada de tous les cas où, à son avis, le CSTC pourrait ne pas avoir agi en conformité avec la loi; recevoir les plaintes relatives à la légalité des activités du CSTC; s'acquitter de fonctions spécifiques établies en vertu des dispositions de la Loi sur la protection de l'information en matière de «défense d'intérêt public».

Spanish

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Record 71 2013-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Thermodynamics
  • Energy (Physics)
DEF

The temperature at which a gas would show no pressure if the general law for gases would hold for all temperatures. It is equal to-273. 16°C or-459. 69°F.

CONT

The concept of absolute zero as a limiting temperature has many thermodynamic consequences. For example, all molecular motion does not necessarily cease at absolute zero, but none is available for transfer to other systems, and it is therefore correct to say that the energy at absolute zero is minimal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Thermodynamique
  • Énergie (Physique)
DEF

Température égale à 0 °K ou -273,16 °C ou -459,72 °F.

CONT

Le zéro absolu se place à 273 °C au-dessous du point de congélation de l'eau, point zéro de l'échelle centésimale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Metrología y unidades de medida
  • Termodinámica
  • Energía (Física)
DEF

Temperatura a la cual la energía del movimiento molecular es nula. En la escala de temperaturas Celsius corresponde a -273,15ºC.

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Record 72 2013-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

"Laws of general application" means all federal, territorial and local government laws of general application according to common law definition....

OBS

law of general application : term used in the plural in the Nisga’a Final Agreement [the letter "g" should be underlined].

Key term(s)
  • law of general application

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Droit autochtone
CONT

S'entend des règles de droit fédérales, territoriales et locales d'application générale, au sens donné à ce terme par la common law.

OBS

loi d'application générale : terme utilisé au pluriel dans l'Accord définitif Nisga'a [la lettre «g» dans Nisga'a devrait être soulignée].

Key term(s)
  • loi d'application générale

Spanish

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Record 73 2013-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
OBS

The doctrine of "judicial notice" enables the court to accept the truth of a matter relevant to the resolution of the dispute before it without the necessity of formal proof by a party. The notice taken may be of a matter of fact or law. In general, courts will take judicial notice of any matter that is so notorious as to be common knowledge or that is clearly established or capable of demonstration by references to a readily obtainable source of indisputable accuracy.

OBS

judicial notice: title of sections 17 and 18 respectively of the Canada Evidence Act, R.S.C., 1970 and 1985.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

connaissance d'office : 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 74 2013-06-26

English

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

Prior to the enactment of s. 13 of the "Conveyancing and Law of Property Act", whether, in a grant to two or more persons, the grantees took as joint tenants or as tenants in common depended, as a general rule, upon whether the grant contained "words of severance" : that is, words that indicated that the grantees were to take separate and distinct shares. Words of severance, typically included the following expressions :"in equal shares", "share and share alike", "to be divided between", and "equally".(Mendes da Costa and Balfour, 1982, p. 809).

OBS

words of severance: term used in the plural in this context.

French

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

termes de disjonction : 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).

OBS

termes de disjonction : terme utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 75 2013-06-14

English

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

Title is a common term used to denote the facts which, if proved, would enable a person to recover or retain possession of something. (Reilly, p. 480)

OBS

The term "title" has been described as the means whereby the owner of lands has the just possession of his property. It is often used as a synonym for ownership and, in general, this terminology causes little difficulty. However, it should be remembered that the common law did not recognize allodial title, that is to say, ownership of the land. Rather it recognized tenurial title, which means ownership of an estate in land held either directly or indirectly from the Crown. Hence, it is more accurate to say that "title" connotes the lawful right of possession of an estate in land.(Anger and Honsberger, 2nd, p. 1258)

French

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

Acception usuelle en droit des biens.

OBS

titre : 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 76 2013-06-12

English

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

Power to make a will. (Black’s, 5th ed., 1979, p. 1322)

CONT

The general rule is clear that the testator in making his will must declare his wishes and not leave it in wide and uncertain terms to some one else to make a will for him. He must at least name the beneficiaries and cannot leave it to his trustees or anyone else to select the beneficiaries for him. This principle is sometimes expressed that a testator cannot delegate his testamentary power.(Williams "Law Relating to Wills", 4th ed., 1974, p. 63)

French

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

pouvoir de tester : 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 77 2013-06-10

English

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

The word "survive" and its derivatives are, following the general rule, ordinarily given their strict and proper meaning and refer to the longest in duration of lives running concurrently. They may, however, refer not to concurrent lives, but to the fact of living after a named event or person.(Williams’ "Law relating to Wills", 5th ed., 1980, p. 551)

French

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

L'équivalent se construira avec la préposition «à». Contrairement à l'anglais, le verbe «survivre» ne s'emploie plus à la forme transitive directe («survivre quelqu'un»).

OBS

survivre : 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 78 2013-06-10

English

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

Copyholds, which were abolished by the Law of Property Act, 1922, were not, as a general rule, alienable by any of the common law assurances. The principal mode of aliening copyholds was by surrender.(Jowitt, p. 1732)

French

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

résignation : qualifiant ce terme d'historique, le Comité de normalisation du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO) n'a pas tenu à le normaliser.

Spanish

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Record 79 2013-05-15

English

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

A means of making a will take effect as if it had been written not at the date when it was written, but at the subsequent date of republication. (Mellows, "The Law of Succession", 3rd ed., 1977, p. 136)

OBS

A testator may "republish" a will or codicil. The term "republication" has been an anachronism since section 13 of the Wills Act 1837 made publication of a will unnecessary. It might be better if the term "confirmation" came into general use instead, because this is the sense in which republication has been used since 1837. The difference between revival and republication is that the former revives a revoked will or codicil whereas the latter confirms an unrevoked will or codicil.("Parry & Clark on the Law of Succession", 7th ed., 1977, p. 63)

French

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

confirmation : 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 80 2013-05-15

English

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

A right, in its most general sense, is either the liberty(protected by law) of acting or abstaining from acting in a certain manner, or the power(enforced by law) of compelling a specific person to do or abstain from doing a particular thing.(Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1581).

CONT

[A] licence does not create an interest in land but rather gives the right to use property in a manner which otherwise would be a trespass. (Anger and Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 225).

CONT

Care should be taken when speaking of a right not to confuse it with other property interests. (Cartwright, p. 821)

French

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

Le terme s'emploie dans toutes ses acceptions générique et spécifique.

OBS

droit : 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 81 2013-05-03

English

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

A right at common law or under statute pertaining to the public generally and exercisable by any member thereof, such as the right to pass along a highway, as contrasted with a private right attaching to an individual. ("The Oxford Companion to Law", 1980, p. 1016).

CONT

An easement must always be appurtenant to land; it is a right exercisable by the owner for the time being by virtue of his estate in the land. A public right, on the other hand, is a right exercisable by anyone, whether he owns land or not, merely by virtue of the general law.(Megarry and Wade, p. 815)

French

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

droit public : 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 82 2013-04-29

English

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

A principle of law is a statement in general terms applicable to a large, and frequently uncertain, range of circumstances, such as : an employer must take reasonable care and precautions for the safety of his employees....(Walker, 3rd ed., 1982, Vol. 1, p. 30).

OBS

Principles have a dimension that rules do not - the dimension of weight or importance. When principles intersect (the policy of protecting automobile consumers intersecting with principles of freedom of contract, for example). one who must resolve the conflict has to take into account the relative weight of each. (It is an integral part of the concept of a principle that it has this dimension, that it makes sense to ask how important or how weighty it is. Rules do not have this dimension. We cannot say that one rule is more important than another within the system of rules, so that when two rules conflict one supersedes the other by virtue of its greater weight. If two rules conflict, one of them cannot be a valid rule. (Dworkin, 1977, pp. 26-7).

French

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

principe : 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 83 2013-04-26

English

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

The grantor's offer coupled with the grantee's acceptance in due form creates a contract for sale, the terms of which will be regulated either as provided by the pre-emption agreement or under the general law. This bilateral contract brings the parties into a new legal relationship. It supersedes the right of pre-emption and should itself be protected by registration in the appropriate manner.(Barnsley, p. 153)

Key term(s)
  • preemption agreement

French

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

convention de préemption : 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 84 2013-04-15

English

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

Until a registrable interest has been registered, it is only a minor interest... and so liable to be void against a transferee for value.... The general rule is that a transferee of registered land for valuable consideration will take it free of any minor interest which have not been protected by an appropriate entry on the register whether or not he knows of the interest.(Holdsworth, Land Law", 1927, p. 457).

French

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

intérêt mineur : 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).

OBS

intérêt mineur : terme utilisé en Angleterre.

Spanish

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Record 85 2013-02-12

English

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

In addition to the terms which the parties have expressly adopted, there may be other terms imported into the contract, these latter being generally known as implied terms, though this nomenclature is misleading in that it covers a number of dissimilar notions. As a general rule, the courts will enforce not only the terms expressly agreed between the parties, but also those which are to be logically implied from those express terms.... Even where a term may not be logically implied from the words used, the law admits of certain other terms to be implied as follows :(1) terms which the parties probably had in mind but did not express;(2) terms which the parties, whether or not they actually had them in mind, would probably have expressed if the question had been brought to their attention; and(3) terms that, whether or not the parties had them in mind or would have expressed them if they had foreseen the difficulty, are implied rules of law.(9 Hals., 4th ed., p. 224)

French

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

clause implicite : 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 86 2013-02-12

English

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

(Implied :) This word is used in law in contrast to "express"; i. e., where the intention in regard to the subject-matter is not manifested by explicit and direct words, but is gathered by implication or necessary deduction from the circumstances, the general language, or the conduct of the parties.(Black, 5th ed., 1979, p. 679)

French

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

Acception courante de «agreement».

OBS

consentement tacite; accord tacite : 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 87 2013-02-06

English

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

The privileged position of the gratuitous bailor or donor had not been a deliberately conceived exception to the general principle of liability, but merely an illustration of the undeveloped state of the law in the nineteenth century.(Palmer, p. 353)

French

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

baillant à titre gratuit : 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 88 2013-02-05

English

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

If under the terms of a will an executor is appointed of a specific item of property... the executor is entitled to a grant limited to that property. Where the general executors wish to take out a grant before the limited grant is issued, they will take a grant Save and Except(the specific property).(Mellows, "The Law of Succession", 4th ed., 1983, p. 253)

French

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

lettres avec exclusion : 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).

OBS

lettres avec exclusion : terme employé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • lettre avec exclusion

Spanish

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Record 89 2013-02-01

English

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

Powers of appointment have generally been divided into three categories :general, special and hybrid.... The term "hybrid powers", if not ideal, is a convenient expression, "faute de mieux", to cover an intermediate group of powers where the donee can appoint to anyone with certain exceptions, for example an exception of himself or an exception of named persons or classes of persons....("William's Law Relating to Wills", 1980, pp. 387 & 400)

CONT

A power to appoint to anyone except a named person or group is perhaps best regarded as forming a third category, sometimes called a "hybrid" or "intermediate" power. (Megarry and Wade, p. 464)

French

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

pouvoir hybride; pouvoir hybride de désignation; pouvoir hybride d'attribution : termes normalisés 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 90 2013-01-24

English

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

The term "general right of way" is applied to private rights of way upon which there are no restrictions other than the necessary qualifications which nature or the law requires with regard to all private rights of way.(Halsbury, 4th ed., Vol. 14, p. 69).

French

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

droit de passage général : 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 91 2013-01-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

A full executor is more usually called a general executor, being an executor to whom a general grant is made and therefore competent to deal with the whole estate whereas a limited executor can deal only with that part of the estate to which the grant to him is limited.("Williams’ Law Relating to Wills", 5th ed., vol. 1, 1980, p. 158)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

exécuteur testamentaire général : 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 92 2012-12-11

English

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

English law does recognise one exception to the general rule that the servient owner is under no duty to repair in the case of the easement of fencing, a peculiarity which has led to that easement being described as "spurious".(Jackson, 1978, p. 64).

French

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

servitude de clôture : 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 93 2012-12-03

English

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

In English law, a promise is not, as a general rule, binding as a contract unless it is either made under seal or supported by some "consideration". The purpose of the doctrine of consideration is to put some legal limit on the enforceability of agreements even where they are intended to be legally binding and are not vitiated by some factor such as mistake, misrepresentation, duress or illegality.... The present position therefore is that English law limits the enforceability of agreements not under seal by reference to a complex and multifarious body of rules known as "the doctrine of consideration. "(Chitty on Contracts, 26th ed., 1989, Vol I, pp. 105-106).

French

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

doctrine de la contrepartie : 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 94 2012-11-14

English

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

Coparcenary arose where two or more persons took hereditaments by the same title by descent. This might be at common law or by special custom. Coparcenary arose at common law where upon the death of a man seised in fee or in tail the land descended upon two or more females as heirs general or heirs in tail; it arose by custom where, according to the custom of gavelkind, the land descended upon two or more male persons. Such persons were called "coparceners"; they constituted but one heir to their ancestor; they had a joint seisin, and they had equal rights in the land as regards each other.(Halsbury, 4th ed., Vol. 39, pp. 371-2)

Key term(s)
  • co-parcenary
  • coparcenery
  • coparceny

French

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

cotenance héréditaire : 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 95 2012-10-19

English

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

Contrary to the general rule regarding the interpretation of the term "issue", the better view of the law is that the term, as used in the antilapse sections, does not include a child en ventre sa mère at the time of the death of the donee or beneficiary. By legislation in all provinces it does include an adopted child and a legitimated child. In some provinces, by more recent legislation, "issue" also includes an illegitimate child.(Feeney, 2nd, vol. I, p. 114)

French

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

enfant conçu : 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 96 2012-10-01

English

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

The difference in effect between the acquisition of an estate by descent and by purchase, consisted at common law principally in these two points : 1. That by purchase the estate acquired a new inheritable quality, and descended to the owner's blood in general without preference to the blood of a particular ancestor. For, when a man took an estate by purchase, he took it not at feudum paternum or maternum which would descend, by the common law, only to the heirs by the father's or the mohter's side; but he took it ut feudum antiqueum, as a feud of indefinite antiquity : whereby it became inheritable to heirs general.

French

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

acquisition par succession héréditaire : 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 97 2012-09-14

English

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

Down to 1881 it was customary to insert in every conveyance after the grant of the parcels and the general words the following words :"And all the estate right title interest claim and demands of the grantor unto and upon the said premises. "Even before 1881 these words-known as the "estate clause, "or "all estate clause"-had no effect in law : nothing passed under them which would not pass without them; and now they are omitted in reliance on the "Law of Property Act", 1925,... which enacts that every conveyance shall pass all the estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand of the grantor unless a contrary intention is expressed.(Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 725).

French

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

clause de transport intégral : 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 98 2012-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • International Bodies (Intl. Law)
CONT

The 71 draft articles were then submitted to the United Nations General Assembly for information purposes and the vast majority of States decided that they should form the basis of a multilateral instrument codifying consular law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
  • Traités et alliances
  • Organismes internationaux (Droit)
CONT

Les 71 projets d’article ont ensuite été soumis à l’Assemblée générale pour information, et les États ont décidé, dans leur immense majorité, qu’ils devaient constituer le noyau d’un instrument multilatéral codifiant le droit consulaire.

Spanish

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Record 99 2012-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

instruction which is geared to the individual student’s competence and aptitude (rather than those of a hypothetical average student in a group.

DEF

Instruction tailored to the needs of individual students and situations.

CONT

"Individualised instruction" is now in fashion : The practical consequence of the fact of individual differences is that every general law of teaching has to be applied with consideration of the particular person in question.

CONT

Can the software offer individualised instruction?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Enseignement donné selon les principes d'individualisation du travail.

CONT

[...] l'individualisation de l'enseignement [...] Sans un enseignement individualisé, l'élève lent peut être frustré et l'élève doué devenir mentalement paresseux. Si les outils éducatifs sont suffisamment diversifiés, les élèves qui apprennent à un rythme différent peuvent avoir une partie de l'enseignement adaptée à leur niveau, même s'il y a beaucoup d'enfants dans chaque classe [...]

Spanish

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Record 100 2012-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Ships and Boats
  • Naval Forces
OBS

The primary role of KINGSTON Class MCDV's will be coastal surveillance and patrol. This will involve a wide variety of missions including general naval operations and exercises, search and rescue and support to other government departments for various activities such as law enforcement, resource protection, and pollution control.

OBS

maritime coastal defence vessel; MCDV: term and abbreviation officially approved by the Department of National Defence and the Canadian Forces.

Key term(s)
  • maritime coastal defense vessel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de bateaux
  • Forces navales
OBS

La mission première de ces navires est de patrouiller et surveiller les côtes, ce qui comprend une grande variété de tâches comme les opérations et exercices navals généraux, la recherche et sauvetage, et le soutien d'autres ministères dans le cadre de diverse activités, par exemple la répression des activités criminelles, la protection des ressources et la lutte contre la pollution.

OBS

navire de défense côtière; NDC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le ministère de la Défense nationale et les Forces canadiennes.

Spanish

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