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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A marriage celebrated in Canada in accordance with the provisions of the provincial Marriage Act is monogamous, wherever the parties may be domiciled. A marriage celebrated in Canada in polygamous form without a preceding ceremony in accordance with Canadian provincial law is nullity.  2, record 1, English, - polygamous%20marriage

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les mariages célébrés au Canada sont monogames quel que soit le domicile des parties. Si les parties contractent un mariage polygame au Canada, ce mariage est une nullité.  2, record 1, French, - mariage%20polygame

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

mariage polygame : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  3, record 1, French, - mariage%20polygame

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... it would be a mistake to conclude that the action for nullity of marriage might as well be abolished. There is a world of difference between a valid marriage which has gone on the rocks, and a marriage which, because of a fatal flaw, is not a marriage, or which suffers from an initial defect or vice that renders it liable to annulment at the suit of one or other of the parties.  3, record 2, English, - action%20for%20nullity%20of%20marriage

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

action en nullité de mariage : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 2, French, - action%20en%20nullit%C3%A9%20de%20mariage

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the Court must be able, in the rare cases where such a point arises, to rule that some questionable ceremony or event, whilst having the trappings of marriage, failed fundamentally to effect one, such that it neither needs nor is susceptible to a decree of nullity to determine its lack of any legal status : ie. to find in convenient shorthand that it is a "non-marriage" or a "non-existent marriage. "  3, record 3, English, - non%2Dmarriage

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

mariage inexistant : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 3, French, - mariage%20inexistant

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The judicial determination of the nullity of a marriage for causes existing at the time of the marriage solemnization.  4, record 4, English, - annulment%20of%20marriage

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

L'annulation du mariage doit être distinguée du divorce. [...] L'annulation [...] a pour effet de déclarer que le mariage n'a jamais existé (mariage nul) ou encore qu'il a existé jusqu'au moment où il est annulé (mariage annulable) par la cour.  2, record 4, French, - annulation%20de%20mariage

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS

annulation de mariage : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  3, record 4, French, - annulation%20de%20mariage

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A void or voidable marriage that has been annulled by decree of nullity.  3, record 5, English, - annulled%20marriage

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... at common law, a petitioner for nullity cannot be awarded permanent maintenance, as the parties are not man and wife, nor does it make any difference in this respect whether the annuled marriage was void or voidable.  4, record 5, English, - annulled%20marriage

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Mariage nul ou annulable ayant été annulé par jugement.  2, record 5, French, - mariage%20annul%C3%A9

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

mariage annulé : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 5, French, - mariage%20annul%C3%A9

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

This is not a suit for nullity presented by a petitioner on the ground that the previous marriage still subsists, but a suit for divorce on the ground that he has suffered the matrimonial wrong inflicted upon him by the other party to that previous marriage.  3, record 6, English, - matrimonial%20wrong

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

tort matrimonial : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 6, French, - tort%20matrimonial

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The common learning... is that invalid marriages are of two types : a void marriage which is void "ab initio" and therefore not a marriage at all, and a voidable marriage, which subsists until avoided by a decree of nullity obtained from the court.  2, record 7, English, - invalid%20marriage

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le mariage invalide est nul ou annulable.  2, record 7, French, - mariage%20invalide

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

mariage invalide : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 7, French, - mariage%20invalide

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A good overview of the essential ingredients to be proved in an action for nullity because of impotence was provided by Laidlaw J. A. in the Ontario Court of Appeal in 1944 : Rae v. Rae, [1944] 2 D. L. R. 604; summarized in Hardick(Fox v. Fox(1970), 3 F. L. R. 153(Ont.) ;(1) Impotence must exist at the time of the marriage...(2) the incapacity pleaded must be such as to render intercourse impractical...(3) the incapacity may stem from a "physical or mental or moral disability"... and(4) the impotence must be incurable...  3, record 8, English, - impotence

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

impotence; impotency: can be used for a man or a woman.  4, record 8, English, - impotence

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Inaptitude manifeste et apparente de l’homme ou de la femme à accomplir l’acte sexuel complet pour des raisons d’ordre physique ou psychologique.  2, record 8, French, - impuissance

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 OBS

impuissance : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  3, record 8, French, - impuissance

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The law with respect to a declaration of nullity is that such declaration can only be made if a party has an "invincible aversion" to the act of sexual intercourse. A simple failure or refusal to consummate the marriage is not sufficient for a declaration of nullity.  2, record 9, English, - refusal%20to%20consummate%20the%20marriage

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

refus de consommer le mariage : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 9, French, - refus%20de%20consommer%20le%20mariage

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The unadjusted pensionable earnings of two former spouses, rectified, where necessary,... shall be partitioned between them, in case of separation from bed and board, divorce or nullity of marriage, or in the case of the dissolution otherwise than by death or the annulment of a civil union,...  1, record 10, English, - unadjusted%20pensionable%20earnings

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les gains admissibles non ajustés de deux ex-conjoints, rectifiés, le cas échéant, [...] sont partagés entre eux, en cas de séparation de corps, de divorce ou de nullité du mariage ou en cas de dissolution autrement que par décès ou de nullité de l'union civile, [...].  1, record 10, French, - gains%20admissibles%20non%20ajust%C3%A9s

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The unadjusted pensionable earnings of two former spouses, rectified, where necessary, in the proportion indicated in section 180, shall be partitioned between them, in case of separation from bed and board, divorce or nullity of marriage, or in the case of the dissolution otherwise than by death or the annulment of a civil union, to the extent and in the manner provided by this subdivision. Exceptions.  1, record 11, English, - unadjusted%20pensionable%20earnings

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les gains admissibles non ajustés de deux ex-conjoints, rectifiés, le cas échéant, dans la proportion indiquée à l'article 180, sont partagés entre eux, en cas de séparation de corps, de divorce ou de nullité du mariage ou en cas de dissolution autrement que par décès ou de nullité de l'union civile, dans la mesure et de la manière prévues par la présente sous-section.  1, record 11, French, - gains%20admissibles%20non%20ajust%C3%A9s

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The marriage shall be deemed to have been solemnized or nullified or a divorce deemed to have been made absolute on the last day of the year preceding the registered date of the marriage or the judgment of nullity or the effective date of a decree absolute of the divorce; and...  2, record 12, English, - solemnize%20a%20marriage

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le mariage est réputé célébré ou annulé et le divorce réputé irrévocable le dernier jour de l'année précédant la date enregistrée du mariage ou du jugement en nullité ou la date à laquelle le jugement irrévocable de divorce est exécutoire; [...]  2, record 12, French, - c%C3%A9l%C3%A9brer%20un%20mariage

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

The marriage shall be deemed to have been solemnized or nullified or a divorce deemed to have been made absolute on the last day of the year preceding the registered date of the marriage or the judgment of nullity or the effective date of a decree absolute of the divorce; and...  2, record 13, English, - nullify%20a%20marriage

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Le mariage est réputé célébré ou annulé et le divorce réputé irrévocable le dernier jour de l'année précédant la date enregistrée du mariage ou du jugement en nullité ou la date à laquelle le jugement irrévocable de divorce est exécutoire [...]  3, record 13, French, - annuler%20un%20mariage

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 2 OBS

On utilise fort souvent «dissolution du mariage» dissolution est le substantif dérivé du verbe dissoudre. Pour ainsi dire, ce terme est utilisé dans le sens de l'extinction d'un lien conjugal qui existait entre deux personnes  2, record 13, French, - annuler%20un%20mariage

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish