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MISCONDUCT OFFICE [7 records]

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Record 1 2024-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law (various)
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Public Administration
  • Government Contracts
CONT

Left unresolved, a conflict of interest can result in corrupt conduct, abuse of public office, misconduct, breach of trust, or unlawful action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit (divers)
  • Éthique et Morale
  • Administration publique
  • Marchés publics
CONT

La corruption et les abus dans l'exercice d'une charge publique sont des fléaux pour les démocraties et pèsent sur les finances publiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • The Executive (Constitutional Law)
  • Political Institutions
  • Practice and Procedural Law
DEF

[To] charge the holder of a public office with misconduct.

CONT

When an irate citizen demands that a disfavored public official be impeached, the citizen clearly intends for the official to be removed from office. This popular use of "impeach" as a synonym of "throw out" (even if by due process) does not accord with the legal meaning of the word. When a public official is impeached, that is, formally accused of wrongdoing, this is only the start of what can be a lengthy process that may or may not lead to the official’s removal from office. In strict usage, an official is impeached (accused), tried, and then convicted or acquitted.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pouvoir exécutif (Droit constitutionnel)
  • Institutions politiques
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

Pour renverser le président, les députés n'ont qu'un seul moyen : le «mettre en accusation», c'est-à-dire entamer la procédure de destitution appelée «impeachment».

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Law
  • Labour and Employment
  • Health Law
CONT

The sheriff or every sub-sheriff, bailiff or deputy sheriff entrusted with the execution of an enforcement order, writ, warrant or process who wilfully commits misconduct in that execution or wilfully makes a false return to an execution order, writ, warrant or process... is liable to forfeiture of office.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit administratif
  • Travail et emploi
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Un administrateur cesse de faire partie du conseil d'administration et son poste devient vacant : par suite de son décès [...] par suite de sa déchéance de charge prononcée par le gouvernement ou un tribunal.

Spanish

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Record 4 2012-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
DEF

Improper conduct.

OBS

misconduct : Term reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tribunales
OBS

maquinación dolosa: 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 5 2012-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Public Administration (General)
CONT

official misconduct. Any act involving moral turpitude, or any act which is contrary to justice, honesty, principle, or good morals, if performed by virtue of authority of office.... Any unlawful behavior in relation to the duties of his office, willful in its character, of any officer entrusted in any manner in the administration of justice, or the execution of the laws.

OBS

Depending on the context in which it is used, the term "malversation in office" can be rather pleonastic, as the term "malversation" alone carries that meaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
DEF

Grave écart de conduite qui, par esprit de lucre, détourne des devoirs de sa charge un magistrat, un fonctionnaire, un officier public ou ministériel, le membre d'une profession judiciaire, un mandataire [...]

OBS

malversation dans l'exercice d'une charge : La malversation se déroule nécessairement dans l'exercice d'une charge ou d'une fonction. Selon le contexte, le tour peut être pléonastique.

Spanish

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Record 6 2006-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

The request is to be based on the reason that the member has become incapacitated from the proper execution of that office by reason of infirmity, has been guilty of misconduct, has failed in the proper execution of that office or has been placed, by conduct or otherwise, in a position that is incompatible with due execution of that office.

OBS

Term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

La demande est fondée sur le fait que le commissaire n'est plus en état de s'acquitter efficacement de ses fonctions pour cause d'invalidité, s'est rendu coupable de manquement à l'honneur ou à la dignité, a manqué aux devoirs de sa charge ou s'est placé en situation d'incompatibilité, par sa propre faute ou pour toute autre cause.

OBS

Terme tiré de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2001.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The request is to be based on the reason that the member has become incapacitated from the proper execution of that office by reason of infirmity, has been guilty of misconduct, has failed in the proper execution of that office.

OBS

Expression found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

La demande est fondée sur le fait que le commissaire n'est plus en état de s'acquitter efficacement de ses fonctions pour cause d'invalidité, s'est rendu coupable de manquement à l'honneur ou à la dignité, a manqué aux devoirs de sa charge.

OBS

Expression tirée de la Loi sur l'immigration et de la protection des réfugiés, 2001.

Spanish

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