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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2025-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

[The] emotional reaction to a situation or information that may disrupt decision-making.

OBS

[In a situation of emotional bias, ] a person will be inclined to believe something that produces a pleasant feeling, or to reject unpleasant realities. That's even if there is rational proof to the contrary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
  • Comportement humain
DEF

[...] réaction émotionnelle à une situation ou à une information qui peut perturber la prise de décision.

OBS

[Dans le cas d'un biais émotionnel,] une personne sera [...] encline à croire une chose qui procure un sentiment agréable, ou à rejeter des réalités désagréables, et ce, même s'il existe des preuves rationnelles du contraire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
  • Comportamiento humano
CONT

Los sesgos emocionales [pueden definirse] como aquellos que están relacionados con un razonamiento basado en sentimientos o emociones.

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Record 2 2019-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symptoms (Medicine)
  • Psychoses
  • Clinical Psychology
DEF

A false belief that is firmly maintained in spite of incontrovertible and obvious proof or evidence to the contrary and in spite of the fact that other members of the culture do not share the belief.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Symptômes (Médecine)
  • Psychoses
  • Psychologie clinique
DEF

Croyance erronée fondée sur une déduction incorrecte concernant la réalité extérieure, fermement soutenue en dépit de l'opinion très généralement partagée et de tout ce qui constitue une preuve incontestable et évidente du contraire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Síntomas (Medicina)
  • Psicosis
  • Psicología clínica
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Record 3 - external organization data 2010-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Internet and Telematics
  • Courts
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

In the absence of proof to the contrary, the date of filing is the date on which the document is received by the Commission or designated officer, as indicated... by the date that appears on the covering page of the facsimile as processed by the receiving facsimile machine of the Commission, in the case of a document that is filed by facsimile. [Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Rules of Procedure]

OBS

Of a fax transmission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Internet et télématique
  • Tribunaux
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
OBS

D'un document télécopié.

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

A written acknowledgment of parentage that is admitted in evidence in any civil proceeding against the interest of the person making the acknowledgment is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the fact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

La reconnaissance écrite de filiation admise en preuve dans une instance civile contre l’intérêt de son auteur constitue la preuve, en l’absence de preuve contraire, des faits.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

The first inventor's right to the invention is non-transferable. Unless there is proof to the contrary, the inventor is presumed to be the person or legal entity who first applied for the patent. This means that the inventor has the exclusive right to implement his invention commercially within the statutory time limit, and to prohibit others from producing, selling, importing, renting, delivering, using, supplying for sale or delivering patented products.

OBS

In the United States first inventor refers to the first to invent. In Europe first inventor refers to the first to file an invention.

Key term(s)
  • prior inventor's right
  • right of a first inventor
  • right of a prior inventor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

Si le système du brevet aux États-Unis repose sur le droit du premier inventeur (first to invent), il se fonde en France et en Europe sur celui du premier déposant (first to file).

CONT

Une entreprise peut se présenter en dernier à l'office des brevets et faire valoir son droit de premier inventeur.

Spanish

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Record 6 2004-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

make allowance for; leave room for; be capable (of)

OBS

It is said that the legal presumption admits in this case of proof of the contrary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

on dit alors que la présomption légale souffre la preuve contraire

OBS

(sujet de chose) voir Admettre. Cela ne souffre plus à un retard. [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
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Record 7 - external organization data 2002-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Office Automation
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

In the absence of proof to the contrary, the date of filing is the date on which the document is received by the Commission or designated officer, as indicated... by the date that appears on the covering page of the facsimile as processed by the receiving facsimile machine of the Commission, in the case of a document that is filed by facsimile. [Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Rules of Procedure]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Bureautique
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Sauf preuve contraire, la date de dépôt d'un document est la date à laquelle la Commission ou le fonctionnaire désigné le reçoit, telle qu'en atteste [...] la date apposée sur la page couverture de la télécopie par le télécopieur récepteur de la Commission, s'il s'agit d'un document déposé par télécopieur. [Règles de procédures de la Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire]

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-08-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Environmental Management
CONT

Minister's certificate.... A document purporting to have been issued by the Minister certifying the day on which the events giving rise to a claim under this section came to the knowledge of the Minister shall be received in evidence and, in the absence of any evidence to the contrary, the document shall be considered as proof of that fact without proof of the signature or of the official character of the person appearing to have signed the document and without further proof.

OBS

Statute cited: Canadian Environmental Protection Act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Gestion environnementale
CONT

Certificat du ministre. [...] Le document censé [avoir été] délivré par le ministre et attestant la date où les faits à l'origine des créances visées au présent article sont venus à sa connaissance fait foi de ce fait, en l'absence de preuve contraire, sans qu'il soit nécessaire de prouver l'authenticité de la signature qui y est apposée ou la qualité officielle du signataire.

OBS

Loi citée : Loi canadienne sur la protection de l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 9 2001-04-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Real Estate
  • Labour Law
OBS

A document in itself as opposed to an endorsement on a document.

OBS

A certificate of ownership... is proof, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, of the matters therein contained...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Immobilier
  • Droit du travail
DEF

Acte par lequel un fonctionnaire ou un agent public atteste l'existence d'un droit sur une chose ou une valeur.

OBS

Le certificat de propriété [...] constitue une preuve, en l'absence de preuve contraire, de son contenu.

OBS

Un document en soi, par opposition à un endossement sur un document.

Spanish

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