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MATTER LITIGATION [7 records]

Record 1 2020-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Rules of Court
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

[A] communication issued as a result of current or anticipated litigation, audit, government investigation or other such matter that suspends the normal disposition or processing of records.

CONT

Distribute litigation hold notices to relevant persons as soon as litigation is contemplated or threatened. Ensure that any automatic file destruction mechanisms are suspended by the issuance of litigation holds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-30

English

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

In order to be ’aggrieved’ a party must have : 1) a substantial interest in the subject matter of the litigation;... 3) the interest must be immediate and not a remote consequence of the action...

French

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

conséquence éloignée : 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 3 2015-09-14

English

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

lis pendens(L. "a pending lawsuit") … is a useful LATINISM that has given its name to a notice required in some jurisdictions to warn all persons that certain property is the subject matter of litigation, and that any interests acquired during the pendency of the suit must be subject to the outcome of the litigation. Traditionally this notice was called the notice of lis pendens, but 20th century American lawyers have shortened the phrase to merely lis pendens. E. g., "The defendant says that the plaintiff's harsh conduct in holding up a whole subdivision by the lis pendens in this action disentitles him to relief. "(Garner, A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 1995, 2nd ed., p. 530)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

avis d'affaire en instance : 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 2015-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Parties to a litigation are said to be adverse in interest where they have some pecuniary interest or some other substantial interest in the subject matter of the litigation which interests require to be adjusted between them in the action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 5 2013-09-09

English

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

Some English and American commentators have defined hearsay evidence narrowly to include only evidence of a declarant's words or non-verbal conduct(a) which the declarant intended as an assertions of a particular matter, and(b) which the proponent of the evidence offers as proof of that matter.(Schiff, Evidence in the Litigation Process, 1978, p. 281)

French

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

comportement non verbal : 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 6 2010-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

A judicial litigation in matrimonial matter.

OBS

The terms "case" and "cause" are near synonyms in usage, as both terms are used in reference to litigated actions. However, the term "case" imports "a collection of facts, with the conclusions of law thereon, whereas "cause" imports a judicial proceeding entire"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
DEF

Litige en matière matrimoniale porté devant tribunal.

OBS

Les termes «affaire» et «cause» sont quasi-synonymes dans l'usage. Toutefois, le terme «affaire» désigne ce qui fait l'objet d'un litige, que la solution soit de type judiciaire ou de type amiable, alors que la «cause» est, plus particulièrement, une «affaire qui se plaide».

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Financial Accounting
CONT

Litigation services. An accountant may be hired by an attorney to gather and interpret facts, prepare analyses, help the attorney interpret evidence about issues and strategies involved in a legal matter, locate other accountants to act as consultants or expert witnesses, and help expert witnesses form their opinions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Comptabilité générale
DEF

Dans certains cabinets comptables, assistance d'experts fournie dans le but de prévenir ou de résoudre des litiges portant notamment sur des questions comptables ou financières.

Spanish

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