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PROOF CAUSATION [5 records]

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Record 1 2015-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Legal Actions
DEF

A plea, which the defendant has the burden of establishing at trial, by which he admits the truth of material facts stated in the plaintiff’s statement of claim, but destroys the legal effect of these admissions by pleading other facts, which, if true, constitute a defence.

CONT

As the early common law attached liability to trespass on mere proof of direct causation, it became necessary, after the later admission of exculpatory considerations, for the defendant to "justify" or "excuse" his conduct by specially pleading and proving the circumstances which destroyed its actionable quality. Thus "justification" became an affirmative defence.

OBS

In a statement of defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Actions en justice
OBS

défense affirmative : terme recommandé par le Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamento procesal
  • Acciones judiciales
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Record 2 2012-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

In all OWA [other wrongful act] claims, the standard for proof of causation and the assessment of compensation within the compensation rules is the standard applied by the courts in like matters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
CONT

Dans toutes les réclamations relatives à un AAF (autre acte fautif), le critère pour la preuve de causalité et l'évaluation de l'indemnisation selon les règles d'indemnisation est la norme appliquée par les tribunaux pour des affaires semblables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
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Record 3 2006-09-22

English

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

... independent illegal act-eg. steal tools from contractor that are essential to perform contract with third party, breach contract by supplier to cause purchaser to default on contract with sub-purchaser, proof of causation.

CONT

Your foreign buyer defaults on the contract that you have honoured because your buyer cannot, or will not, pay.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Key term(s)
  • manquer à une obligation contractuelle

Spanish

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Record 4 2005-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Logic (Philosophy)
  • Legal System
  • Health Law
CONT

In Rothman’s paradigm of causal inference, a disease occurs only when a necessary cause exists.

CONT

... an inference of causation may be drawn although positive or scientific proof of causation has not been adduced.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Logique (Philosophie)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Pour que l'on puisse faire une inférence de causalité, il faut satisfaire à un certain nombre de prérequis méthodologiques : en plus de l'association statistique, l'on doit pouvoir écarter le hasard, repousser des hypothèses alternatives, et démontrer que le facteur causal précède bel et bien la conséquence imputée.

CONT

Des inférences causales peuvent être faites à partir de données de recherche en évaluant dans quelle mesure la «preuve» satisfait aux critères largement reconnus.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-10-06

English

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

Proof of causation in medical malpractice cases is often difficult for the patient. The physician is usually in a better position to know the cause of the injury than the patient.

French

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

[L']atteinte injustifiée et non autorisée à la sécurité physique d'une personne [ ... ] n'exige pas la preuve de la causalité [ ... ]

Spanish

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