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INCOMPETENCY [5 records]

Record 1 2024-09-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Parental burnout is characterized by physical and mental exhaustion with physical symptoms such as somatic complaints and decreased sleep quality, emotional distancing from their children, a sense of incompetency in their role as a parent, and a feeling of being trapped in an uncomfortable situation with no way out...

Key term(s)
  • parental burn-out

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Sociologie de la famille
CONT

L'épuisement parental provient des exigences qu'on a ou qu'on se met par rapport à la famille. On le caractérise surtout par trois éléments : l'épuisement, la distance affective avec [les] enfants ainsi que la perte d'efficacité et d'épanouissement dans [le] rôle de parent [...]

Key term(s)
  • burn-out parental

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-03-03

English

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

Historically, different rationales were advanced to support and justify the "rule of spousal incompetency, "some of which have been overcome in the more modern era with the legal recognition of spouses as being two separate entities. However, two rationales have survived to this day.... The first justification for the rule is that it promotes conjugal confidences and protects marital harmony. The second is that the rule prevents "the indignity of conscripting an accused's spouse to participate in the accused's own prosecution. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Règles de procédure
CONT

Au cours de l’histoire, différentes raisons ont été avancées pour appuyer et justifier la «règle de l’inhabilité du conjoint à témoigner», dont certaines ne tiennent plus depuis que le droit moderne a reconnu les conjoints comme des entités distinctes. Deux de ces justifications subsistent néanmoins aujourd’hui. [...] La première justification de cette règle est qu’elle favorise les confidences entre époux et protège l’harmonie conjugale. La seconde est qu’elle empêche «l’indignité d’avoir à forcer le conjoint d’une personne accusée à participer aux poursuites dirigées contre l’accusé».

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-11-12

English

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

Lack of legal ability in some respect, especially to stand trial or to testify.

CONT

Once the defense lawyer established her client's incompetency, the client did not have to stand trial.

French

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

inhabilité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Health Law
CONT

The decision of competency versus incompetency is a decision of the court. The court makes this decision on evidence before it, relying heavily on medical evidence to guide them in this decision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

[...] en présence d'opinions contradictoires, une preuve médicale plus détaillée que l'autre et ayant fait l'objet du témoignage d'un expert ne doit pas être nécessairement privilégiée.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho probatorio
  • Derecho de salud
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Record 5 2001-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
CONT

Discharges and dismissals for incompetency and incapacity have been replaced by the concept of termination of employment for cause. All terminations for cause, for which authority is contained in the Financial Administration Act, will be subject to a single recourse procedure through grievance and arbitration to the PSSRB.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale

Spanish

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