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GENERAL OBLIGATION [18 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Finance
  • Accounting
DEF

In general, any payment made before it is due, or before the completion of an obligation for which it is to be paid.

CONT

Examples include money paid to a contractor at the beginning of a contract, to aid him in undertaking the work, or money paid to the consignee of a shipment, to enable him to meet expenses, and to be repaid upon sale of the shipment.

PHR

make an advance payment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Finances
  • Comptabilité
DEF

Somme versée avant que les marchandises ou les produits vendus n'aient été livrés ou les services fournis.

PHR

effectuer, faire un paiement anticipé.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comercio
  • Finanzas
  • Contabilidad
DEF

Pago realizado antes de la fecha de vencimiento de la obligación, de forma que el dinero se entrega antes del plazo fijado.

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Record 2 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 3 2015-11-16

English

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

... in Photo Production Ltd. v. Securicor Transport Ltd. His Lordship drew a distinction between the "general" secondary obligation to pay damages, which usually arises on the breach of any primary contractual obligation, and an "anticipatory" secondary obligation which may arise on termination.

French

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

obligation secondaire 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 4 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 5 2015-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

... the so called "New Jason clause" should be inserted in all bills of lading covering cargo shipped to or from american ports, which provides for a definite obligation of the cargo-owners to contribute in general average.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-09-24

English

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

[Burden of proof :] The obligation of proving facts. Used in a number of senses, eg :general burden(proving a case) ;specific burden(proving an individual issue) ;....(Curzon, p. 43)

French

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

charge spécifique; fardeau spécifique : 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 7 2013-08-29

English

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

A stipulation in civil and Roman law whereby an obligation can be reduced to a stipulation and then discharged by an acceptilation.

CONT

The Aquilian stipulation, in connexion with acceptilatio, was a means of general release for the dissolution of any obligation.

French

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

Parmi les stipulations novatoires, il faut mettre à part la stipulation Aquilienne, dont la formule a été composée par le jurisconsulte Aquilius Gallus. Elle s'applique non seulement aux obligations, mais aussi aux droits réels; elle se compose d'une stipulation et d'une acceptilation : la première sert à transformer en une créance unique tous les droits réels ou de créance qu'on a contre une personne; la seconde à éteindre la créance ainsi formée.

Spanish

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Record 8 2013-08-14

English

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

(Burden of proof :) The obligation of proving facts. Used in a number of senses, eg :general burden(proving a case) ;specific burden(proving an individual issue) ;....(Curzon, p. 43)

French

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

charge générale; fardeau 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 9 2010-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Dietetics
CONT

We relied heavily on General Comment 12, with specific attention to the normative principles of the right to food(adequacy, accessibility, availability) in their relation to the different levels of state obligation(respect, protect, fulfil).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Diététique
CONT

Nous nous sommes fortement appuyés sur l’Observation générale 12, en portant une attention particulière aux principes normatifs du droit à l’alimentation (adéquation, accessibilité, disponibilité) en rapport avec les trois obligations des États (respecter, protéger, donner effet).

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-03-25

English

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

In his memorandum the Attorney General argued that Part VII gives rise to no right or obligation. Specifically, the Attorney General maintained that a [TRANSLATION] “teleological approach by the OLA [Official Languages Act] makes it possible to conclude that Part VII sets out a commitment of a political nature” and that “Parliament did not intend to make Part VII of the OLA a source of obligations for the Government. ”

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
CONT

Dans son mémoire, le Procureur général soutient que la Partie VII ne génère aucun droit ou obligation. Plus précisément, le Procureur général prétend qu'une «approche téléologique de la LLO [Loi sur les langues officielles] permet de conclure que la Partie VII énonce un engagement de nature politique» et que le «Parlement n'a pas voulu faire de la Partie VII de la LLO une source d'obligations pour le gouvernement».

Spanish

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Record 11 2008-03-25

English

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

[38] Section 9-102(61) creates a new sub-category of general intangibles called "payment intangibles, "defined as general intangibles under which the account debtor's principal obligation is monetary.

French

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

[38] Le paragraphe 9-102(61) crée une nouvelle sous-catégorie de biens intangibles généraux appelés « biens intangibles à obligation de paiement », définis comme des biens intangibles généraux pour lesquels l'obligation principale du débiteur de compte est monétaire.

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sociology of Medicine
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Health Law
DEF

Moral duty to treat persons autonomously and refrain from harming them, and also contribute to their welfare.

CONT

In its most general form, the principle of beneficence asserts an obligation to help others further their important and legitimate interests. The obligation to confer benefits and actively to prevent and remove harms is important in biomedical contexts.

CONT

[The] beneficence principle is expanded and applied by bioethicists to their research by adhering to a standard of concern for the protection of human subjects.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie de la médecine
  • Éthique et Morale
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Droit de la santé
DEF

Le devoir de ne pas nuire, de prévenir ou de supprimer le mal ou la souffrance, de faire le bien ou de promouvoir le bien.

CONT

Le principe de bienfaisance est constamment réaffirmé en bioéthique. Il indique une sorte d'exigence minimale. [...] On l'exprime souvent sous la forme suivante : agir en fonction du plus grand bénéfice possible pour le patient.

CONT

Le principe de bienfaisance rappelle au praticien que son obligation originelle et fondamentale existe à l'égard de son patient.

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
  • Courts
DEF

In general, principle of "comity" that courts of one state or jurisdiction will give effect to laws and judicial decisions of another state or jurisdiction, not as a matter of obligation but out of deference, and mutual respect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
  • Tribunaux
OBS

«Comity» s'emploie ordinairement dans l'expression : «Comity of nations», laquelle se rend en français par «courtoisie internationale»; en droit interne, ce terme désigne l'adhésion courtoise ou déférente d'un tribunal à la décision rendue par un autre.

OBS

«Clause de courtoisie» est l'équivalent de «comity clause» selon le Lexique constitutionnel, BT-220, 1993

Spanish

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Record 14 1998-10-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Taxation Law
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Finance
DEF

General obligation municipal bond secured a pledge of tax receipts from a specific revenue source, usually real estate property taxes, a portion of the real estate taxes, or a group of specific taxes. Contrast with an unlimited tax bond, which is backed by the general taxing authority of the issue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit fiscal
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Finances

Spanish

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Record 15 1995-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
OBS

Securities issued by an agency of the Government of Canada provided that the same carry the full faith and credit of the Government of Canada

OBS

"Full faith and credit", sometimes only "faith and credit", is... used without the sense of doubling. In government bonds the two words are given distinctive meanings-"faith" in the sense of "faithfulness" plus "credit" in a money sense; so that a pledge of "full faith and credit" serves to distinguish general obligation from revenue bonds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)

Spanish

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Record 16 1989-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Government Accounting
CONT

Moody's Investors Service Inc. lowered the state of Louisiana's general obligation bond rating to Baa-1 form single-A. The rating affects $3. 52 billion of Louisiana's tax supported debt outstanding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Comptabilité publique

Spanish

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Record 17 1988-01-08

English

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

A practical difficulty in negotiating quality control clauses is that the countertrade contract is often simply a framework agreement under which the exporter undertakes a compensatory obligation couched in general terms, without details of the products which must be taken back.

French

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

(...) la nature de l'accord de contrepartie ne permet pas toujours à l'exportateur de déterminer les produits compensatoires qu'il devra acheter, car le contrat de contrepartie ne constitue souvent qu'un simple contrat-cadre par lequel ce même exportateur s'engage à exécuter une obligation compensatoire sans pour autant préciser les produits qui en feront l'objet.

Key term(s)
  • accord de contrepartie

Spanish

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Record 18 1987-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

... the Court observes that it is a principle of international law and even a general conception of law, that any breach of an engagement involves an obligation to make reparation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

Expression employée au singulier pour désigner ou qualifier une règle de droit international et faire apparaître ainsi son caractère général et son importance.

CONT

"(...) La Cour constate que c'est un principe du droit international, voire une conception générale du droit, que toute violation d'un engagement comporte l'obligation de réparer". C.P.J.I., série A, no 17, p. 29.

Spanish

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