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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2023-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meteorological Forecasting, Data Measurement and Analysis
CONT

With the apparent successes of deep learning in modeling high-dimensional data in other domains such as computer vision and natural language processing, a natural question to ask is whether numerical weather models can also be learned purely from data. This question sparked some debate after initial studies showed the general feasibility of such an approach for medium-range weather forecasting.

Key term(s)
  • medium range weather forecasting
  • medium term weather forecasting

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prévisions météorologiques et mesure et analyse des données
Key term(s)
  • prévision météo à moyen terme
  • prévision météo à moyenne échéance

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Recruiting of Personnel
CONT

The [questionnaire] mainly focuses on the firm's reasons for cancelling job vacancies.... a first question asks if the firm has interrupted the search of new workers without finding a suitable candidate... If the answer is yes, a further question asks how many cancelled job vacancies broken down by possible reasons. The following reasons have been suggested : the firm met difficulties in finding suitable candidates; the firm exaggerated its need for new workers; the general economic situation changed; the economic situation of the firm worsened[, ] and there was a reduction of the annual budget for hiring new workers; and job vacancies were filled by means of reorganization using internal employees. As... mentioned, firms were also asked to specify other possible reasons for withdrawing job vacancies from the labour market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Recrutement du personnel

Spanish

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Record 3 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 4 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 5 2015-11-04

English

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

While, as a general rule, good faith does not require that parallel negotiations be disclosed, there are however some extremely important exceptions, including the necessity to inform a co-contractor who believes the negotiations are unique or who asks a question in this regard.

French

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

cocontractant, cocontractante : 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 6 2015-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

The doctrine of mootness is an aspect of a general policy or practice that a court may decline to decide a case which raises merely a hypothetical or abstract question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

La doctrine relative au caractère théorique est un des aspects du principe ou de la pratique générale voulant qu'un tribunal peut refuser de juger une affaire qui ne soulève qu'une question hypothétique ou abstraite.

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

Mootness — The doctrine of mootness is an aspect of a general policy or practice that a court may decline to decide a case which raises merely a hypothetical or abstract question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

Le caractère théorique — La doctrine relative au caractère théorique est un des aspects du principe ou de la pratique générale voulant qu'un tribunal peut refuser de juger une affaire qui ne soulève qu'une question hypothétique ou abstraite.

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Insurance
CONT

Where the subject-matter of the contract lacks some quality which it is believed to have, the first question is whether the quality forms part of the contractual description of the thing.... If there is no contractual misdescription, mistake as to quality has in general no effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Assurances

Spanish

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Record 9 2014-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Search and Rescue (Paramilitary)
DEF

The likelihood or probability that the subject is located in a specific area ...

CONT

Assignment of POA can differ depending upon the phase of the search, from quick general probability methods during the initial phase to more formal methods that occur later on.... Upon reaching the formal stages of search planning, POA is absolutely required to conduct optimal effort allocation. Simply put, POA helps answer the question :“Where do we look next?”

OBS

... expressed as a percentage (e.g. 50%) or decimal number (e.g. .50).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recherche et sauvetage (Paramilitaire)
DEF

[...] probabilité que le sujet se trouve à un emplacement donné [...]

OBS

[...] exprimée en pourcentage (p. ex. 50 p. 100) ou en nombre décimal (p. ex. 0,50).

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-04-18

English

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

Disclaimer of onerous gifts. Where there are two(or more) gifts to the same beneficiary, one onerous and the other beneficial, the question has in some cases arisen whether he is bound to take all or none, or whether he can elect to take the beneficial and reject the onerous gift. The general rule is that where several independent gifts are made to the same beneficiary, he may reject the onerous gifts without forfeiting the others.("Theobald on Wills", 14th ed., 1982, p. 134)

French

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

legs onéreux : 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 11 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 12 2013-01-23

English

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

In a deed, the description is normally divided into two parts : the general and the specific descriptions. The general description usually identifies the parcel in question by location, name, or reference to previous known owners. It leads into the specific description with the phrase "more particularly described as follows, "or by reference to public maps, plats, or other recorded information. The specific description exactly defines the limits of the property involved.(Reilly, 2nd ed., 1982, p. 138)

French

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

description 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 13 2012-10-09

English

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

Where there are two(or more) gifts to the same beneficiary, one onerous and the other beneficial, the question has in some cases arisen whether he is bound to take all or none, or whether he can elect to take the beneficial and reject the onerous gift. The general rule is that where several independent gifts are made to the same beneficiary, he may reject the onerous gifts without forfeiting the others.(Theobald, p. 134)

French

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

legs avantageux : 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 14 2012-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Form Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Communication and Information Management
OBS

In many instances Cabinet Ministers are asked questions in the House of Commons as a result of news reports or information derived from other sources. Therefore, in this order, "unusual incident" means any occurrence, major or minor, including news reports, that will or may create public interest, or is likely to be the subject of questions to the Minister or Associate Minister directly or in the House of Commons. Incidents that fall within the "may" aspects of this definition are anticipatory and as such must be assessed against the criteria :"is it possible that the incident will create public interest and form the subject of question to NDHQ or Ministers? As a general rule, any unusual incident that involves or could involve the public should be assessed as a possible subject for a Significant Incident Report or an Item of Possible Interest to Ministers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires (Forces armées)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information

Spanish

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Record 15 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 16 2008-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

Determination of refugee status is a process which takes place in two stages. Firstly, it is necessary to ascertain the relevant facts of the case. Secondly, the definitions in the 1951 Convention and the 1967 Protocol have to be applied to the facts thus ascertained.

OBS

Due to the fact that the [determination of refugee status] is not specifically regulated by the 1951 Convention, procedures adopted by States parties to the 1951 Convention and to the 1967 Protocol vary considerably. In a number of countries, refugee status is determined under formal procedures specifically established for this purpose. In other countries, the question of refugee status is considered within the framework of general procedures for the admission of aliens. In yet other countries, refugee status is determined under informal arrangements, or ad hoc for specific purposes, such as the issuance of travel documents.

OBS

determination of refugee status; refugee status determination; refugee determination: Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

OBS

determination of refugee status; refugee status determination; RSD: Terminology used by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

reconnaissance du statut de réfugié; détermination du statut de réfugié : Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

OBS

détermination du statut de réfugié; DSR : Terminologie employée par le Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
CONT

La determinación de la condición de refugiado es un proceso que se desarrolla en dos etapas. En primer lugar, es necesario comprobar los hechos que son del caso. En segundo lugar, es preciso aplicar las definiciones de la Convención de 1951 y del Protocolo de 1967 a los hechos así comprobados.

OBS

Como la cuestión [de la determinación de la condición de refugiado] no está regulada expresamente en la Convención de 1951, los procedimientos adoptados por los Estados partes en la Convención de 1951 y en el Protocolo de 1967 varían considerablemente. En varios países, la condición de refugiado se determina con arreglo a procedimientos formales expresamente establecidos con este fin. En otros países, la cuestión de la condición de refugiado se trata dentro del marco del procedimiento general aplicable a la admisión de extranjeros. Por último, en otros países la condición de refugiado se determina en virtud de medidas oficiosas o especiales, para determinados efectos, tales como la expedición de documentos de viaje.

OBS

determinación de la condición de refugiado; DCR; determinación del estatuto de refugiado: Terminología utilizada por el Alto Comisionado de las Naciones Unidas para los Refugiados.

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Record 17 2006-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The General Assembly or the Security Council may request the International court of justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

La cour peut donner un avis consultatif. (Charte des Nations Unies, Statut de la cour internationale, article 65)

CONT

Le Comité de demande de réformation du jugement prie la Cour internationale de justice de donner un avis consultatif sur les questions suivantes [...]

Spanish

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Record 18 2006-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

An appeal to the Federal Court of Appeal may be made only if, in rendering judgment, the judge certifies that a serious question of general importance is involved and states the question.

OBS

serious question of general importance : term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Expression utilisée dans les procédures de la Cour fédérale

CONT

Le jugement consécutif au contrôle judiciaire n'est susceptible d'appel en Cour d'appel fédérale que si le juge certifie que l'affaire soulève une question grave de portée générale et énonce celle-ci.

OBS

question grave de portée générale : terme tiré de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2001.

Spanish

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Record 19 2005-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Health Law
  • Commercial Law
CONT

... the scope of the duty of care ... required the medical practitioners to take all reasonable steps to protect [X] from what was clearly a foreseeable danger.

CONT

The general question... is the extent of the duty of care owed by a customer to a bank in respect of the prevention and detection of forgery in the drawing of the customer's cheques.

Key term(s)
  • sphere of the duty of care

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Droit commercial
CONT

[...] la Cour suprême du Canada a élargi la portée du devoir de diligence [...] auquel la province était tenue envers un entrepreneur de manière à inclure le cabinet d'ingénieurs qui avait préparé les dessins.

CONT

L'étendue de l'obligation de diligence dans un cas de négligence dépend, en dernier ressort, de l'appréciation faite par les tribunaux des exigences de la société en matière de protection contre la négligence d'autrui.

CONT

Les demandeurs soutiennent [qu'il] existe de véritables questions litigieuses à examiner, y compris la portée de l'obligation de diligence du district envers les demandeurs [...]

Key term(s)
  • étendue du devoir de diligence
  • portée du devoir de prudence
  • étendue du devoir de prudence

Spanish

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Record 20 2004-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
DEF

The upper boundary of the zone of saturation except where it is bounded by an impervious stratum.

OBS

Where an overlying confining formation exists, the aquifer in question has no water table. It is not the water surface which in permeable material, in general, is above the water table.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
DEF

Surface supérieure de la zone de saturation, quand la nappe souterraine n'est pas encaissée par une formation imperméable sus-jacente.

CONT

Nappe (d'eau souterraine). Eaux souterraines remplissant entièrement les interstices d'un terrain poreux et perméable (l'aquifère) de telle sorte qu'il y ait toujours liaison par l'eau entre les pores. Une nappe se forme par accumulation des eaux d'infiltration au-dessus d'un terrain imperméable qui interdit leur progression vers le bas. L'eau remplit par gravité toutes les cavités accessibles du terrain jusqu'à un niveau appelé surface de la nappe. Cette tranche de terrain où toutes les cavités accessibles sont remplies d'eau est appelée zone de saturation.

OBS

Quand une formation encaissante sus-jacente existe, la zone de saturation n'a pas de surface libre. La surface d'une nappe souterraine libre n'est pas la surface d'eau qui, dans les matériaux perméables, se trouve, en général, au-dessus de la surface de la nappe souterraine libre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
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Record 21 2004-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
  • Agriculture - General
DEF

Anglo-Saxon unit of measurement used to measure the extent of arable land.

OBS

One hide was regarded as sufficient to support a peasant and his household; it was the area that could be plowed in a season by one plow and one team of oxen.

OBS

The question of the extent of the hide has been much controverted. The general conclusion appears to be that it was normally=120 acres; but the size of the acre itself varied.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
  • Agriculture - Généralités
CONT

L'historien anglais Maitland s'inscrit dans la même veine historiographique lorsqu'il livre en 1897 cent soixante dix pages sur la «hide» unité de mesure anglo-saxonne souvent présente au Moyen Âge et l'une des principales du «Domesday book». Lui aussi est arrêté par les problèmes de conversion et il affirme qu'en matière de métrologie agraire médiévale, il vaut mieux ne plus raisonner en termes de superficie. De fait le nom même de nombreuses mesures médiévales de surface porte une étymologie qui ouvre la voie à de séduisantes explications et qui permet de contourner l'obstacle sur lequel ont buté Maitland et Guérard.

Spanish

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Record 22 2003-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Foreign Trade
  • Customs and Excise
  • International Relations
DEF

Answer to a question put to the International Court of Justice by organs of the United Nations or Specialized Agencies authorized to make such a request.

OBS

Term also used by Revenue Canada, Customs.

OBS

advisory opinion : The International Court of Justice is empowered to render advisory opinions, that is views on any legal question, at the request of the General Assembly of the United Nations, the Security Council or other bodies authorized to do so.

OBS

Reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Commerce extérieur
  • Douanes et accise
  • Relations internationales
OBS

Terme également utilisé par Revenu Canada, Douanes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Comercio exterior
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
  • Relaciones internacionales
OBS

Término utilizado por la Corte Internacional de Justicia (C.I.J.).

OBS

Según el artículo 65 del Estatuto de la Corte Internacional de Justicia, la Corte podrá emitir opiniones consultivas respecto de cualquier cuestión solicitud de cualquier organismo autorizado para ello por la Naciones Unidas.

OBS

Reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 23 2002-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Amount in arrears.

CONT

The United States is substantially in arrears in its payment of amounts the United Nations General Assembly has assessed against it for the UN budget and for UN peace keeping. The Question arises whether there are any legal consequences for a failure to pay such assessments.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
PHR

Loyer arriéré; dividende arriéré.

CONT

Compte en souffrance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
CONT

monto en mora.

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Record 24 2002-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Environmental Law
  • International Law
CONT

... there is an urgent need for a legally-constituted law-making body i.e. a World Parliament, for enacting enforceable International Laws that are applicable on all the countries and the peoples of the world.

CONT

The broad, binding effect of customary international law, coupled with the reality that such law can be created by the simple repetition of language at various UN meetings, raises a vital question :"At what point does a ’nonbinding agreement’ turn into an international agreement, a promise into a unilateral act, fact into custom?"(12) While no precise answer is possible, a general rule can be stated : previously non-binding norms become enforceable international law when(in the capacious words of one scholar) they have been repeated "with sufficient frequency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit environnemental
  • Droit international
OBS

droit positif : ensemble des règles de droit en vigueur dans un pays à un moment donné (opposé à droit naturel).

CONT

[La] Déclaration sur les Règles de droit international humanitaire relatives à la conduite des hostilités dans les conflits armés non internationaux [...] présente les principes et règles que l'Institut international de droit humanitaire, réuni à Taormina le 7 avril 1990, a identifiés en tant que droit international positif ou droit international en formation.

OBS

[L'expression anglaise «enforceable international law» peut aussi se traduire par l'expression explicative suivante :] règles de droit international assorties de moyens d'en assurer l'application.

Spanish

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

Normas de derecho internacional con mecanismo de aplicación.

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Record 25 2001-11-14

English

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

The practice of a state is shown by its acts and attitudes in its international relations with other states. When it becomes clear that each state acts in the same way, or takes up the same attitude to the acts or omissions of other states, the practice is uniform. When there is a repetition of such uniform practice over a period of time, the practice is constant. State practice which is both uniform and constant creates a "usage". Custom requires a "general practice". No precise answer can be given to the question of how general the practice needs to be. So long as a group of states follow the practice, and accept it as law, there is a custom. All customs have begun in the same way, and become of increasingly universal application as more states align their practice to them.

French

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

Terme qui, dans les expressions : pratique des États, des organisations internationales, d'un organe international, désigne une manière habituelle d'agir, de procéder, de décider qui ne constitue pas une règle coutumière mais peut contribuer à la création de celle-ci.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Relaciones internacionales
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Record 26 2000-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mathematics
CONT

This is of course the case if p is the expectation of a Gaussian variable, but Poincaré gives a more general solution, now called Gibbs distribution. This fact was rediscovered independently by Szilard in 1925. Then, around 1935, Koopman, Pitman, and Darmois asked the same question concerning the most general estimation procedure, without being restricted to maximum likelihood. This property of the Gibbs distribution, called sufficiency by statisticians, plays a central role in the Szilard-Mandelbrot axiomatic presentation of statistical thermodynamics....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mathématiques

Spanish

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Record 27 1999-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
CONT

The equality of states is a general principle of international law. It is a necessary corollary of the concepts of sovereignty and independence of states. However, it is only the legal equality, or equality before the law, which is in question. States are of course not equal in fact. The general consequence is that each state is entitled to equal treatment under the law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
DEF

Expression employée pour énoncer l'idée qu'en vertu du droit des gens et sous réserve des obligations conventionnelles qu'ils auraient acceptées, les États ont tous la même aptitude, d'une part à acquérir et exercer des droits, d'autre part à assumer et exécuter des obligations.

Spanish

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Record 28 1995-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Security
  • Protection of Property
  • Protection of Life
  • Security Devices
CONT

The first article is a general survey of the current state of security robotics. It addresses the question "can security robots replace humans?"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité générale de l'entreprise
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Sécurité des personnes
  • Dispositifs de sécurité

Spanish

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Record 29 1995-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
DEF

A question... which is intended to complete or clarify information which was first given by a respondent to a general question.

CONT

When the teaching program is invoked, it asks the student questions, which we call probes: What conclusions can be made now? What factors support these conclusions? What value for a given factor is consistent with the conclusions?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

technique de questionnement que l'enseignant ou l'enseignante utilise s'il veut recevoir des réponses plus détaillées. Il ou elle demande que l'élève clarifie, justifie sa réponse en ajoutant d'autres aspects. Tout cela implique le raisonnement et la créativité chez l'élève.

OBS

Approches pédagogiques : Infrastructure pour la pratique de l'enseignement, ministère de l'Éducation de la Saskatchewan, 1993.

Spanish

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Record 30 1989-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Training of Personnel
CONT

Response was limited to question 6b which asked about resources, tools, and techniques which were helpful with the target groups. In general, visual or "hands-on" resources were found to work well with the various target populations. One quarter of the sample identified audio-visual and posters-charts to be most helpful.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel

Spanish

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Record 31 1989-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Mathematics
CONT

One of the most important considerations when analyzing an adaptive control system is its convergence to the desired behaviour. In this context, two questions must be answered : 1) Does the system converge at all?... The answer to the first question is that, in general, one can ensure so called asymptotic stability, namely for v(t)=0...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Mathématiques
OBS

Ligne asymptotique, asymptote : droite dont la distance aux points d'une courbe tend vers zéro lorsque le point s'éloigne sur la courbe à l'infini.

Spanish

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Record 32 1987-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Construction
  • Airport Runways and Areas
CONT

General design(or general design method) : design in terms of a reference load which the pavement must support. In practice, this method is mainly used at the level of preliminary studies or in the absence of accurate data. The reference load is evaluated in terms of the anticipated utilization of the aerodrome, the characteristics of aircraft in service or at the planning stage, and the specific role of the pavement in question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Construction des voies de circulation
  • Pistes et aires d'aéroport
CONT

Dimensionnement forfaitaire (ou méthode de dimensionnement forfaitaire) : dimensionnement en fonction d'une charge de référence que la chaussée doit supporter. Pratiquement cette méthode est utilisée surtout au niveau des études préliminaires, ou en l'absence de données précises. La charge de référence est évaluée en fonction de l'utilisation prévue pour l'aérodrome, des caractéristiques des avions existants ou en projet, et du rôle particulier de la chaussée étudiée.

Spanish

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Record 33 1986-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Diagnostic Aids (Psychology)
DEF

A question during an interview which is intended to complete or clarify information which was first given by a respondent to a general question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Aides au diagnostic (Psychologie)
OBS

Équivalents fournis par la Commission de la Fonction publique.

Spanish

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Record 34 1986-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
  • Diagnostic Aids (Psychology)
DEF

A general question asked at the beginning of an interview.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
  • Aides au diagnostic (Psychologie)
OBS

Équivalent fourni par la Commission de la Fonction publique.

Spanish

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Record 35 1983-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

advisory jurisdiction. Under the Charter of the United Nations, the General Assembly and the Security Council are entitled to request the International Court of Justice to give an advisory opinion on any legal question.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

Pouvoir conféré à un organe juridictionnel, spécialement à la Cour internationale de justice (...) de donner sur une question juridique, à la demande de tout organe qualifié à cet effet, un avis, sans effet obligatoire, destiné à éclairer l'organe qui l'a sollicité.

Spanish

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Record 36 1982-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
OBS

These bonds vary considerably in the degree of hazard involved, and in general are underwritten on the basis of the applicant's experience in the business in question and his financial status.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
OBS

Il existe un grand nombre de cautionnements en douane appropriés au risque particulier dont ils font l'objet. La souscription repose généralement sur l'expérience professionnelle et la situation financière du proposant.

Spanish

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