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Record 1 - internal organization data 2025-12-15
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Law of Obligations (civil law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- payment under protest
1, record 1, English, payment%20under%20protest
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
It [payment under protest] often occurs [when] payment is demanded of a debtor who, although quite convinced he owes nothing, realizes that failure to pay would result in serious prejudice to himself. It was decided that, in such cases, the debtor may pay under protest, that is, execute the obligation while at the same time declaring that he owes nothing, and that such payment cannot therefore be taken as tacit or express recognition of the fact that payment is due or that the debt exists.... payment under protest brings about a shifting of the burden of proof : the right of recovery arises in favour of the payer unless the person who has received the payment proves that such payment was in fact due. 1, record 1, English, - payment%20under%20protest
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit des obligations (droit civil)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- paiement sous protêt
1, record 1, French, paiement%20sous%20prot%C3%AAt
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Paiement effectué par une personne qui affirme ne pas devoir la somme d'argent réclamée, et ce, afin d'éviter un préjudice comme une saisie de ses biens. 2, record 1, French, - paiement%20sous%20prot%C3%AAt
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le paiement effectué sous protêt permet d'éviter à la personne qui paie que son geste soit assimilé à une reconnaissance tacite ou expresse de l'existence d'une dette. 2, record 1, French, - paiement%20sous%20prot%C3%AAt
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2016-03-07
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Law of Estates (common law)
- Courts
- Property Law (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- administration order
1, record 2, English, administration%20order
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- order for administration 2, record 2, English, order%20for%20administration
correct
- order of administration 2, record 2, English, order%20of%20administration
correct
- order for grant of administration 3, record 2, English, order%20for%20grant%20of%20administration
correct
- administration judgment 4, record 2, English, administration%20judgment
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An order providing for the administration by the court of a debtor's estate. Any creditor, on proof of his debt, may be scheduled as a creditor of the debtor for the amount of his proof when the order has been made. 5, record 2, English, - administration%20order
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
No beneficiary has the right to an administration judgment or order. The court has a discretion to refuse an order for administration, if the questions between the parties can be properly determined without judgment or order. 4, record 2, English, - administration%20order
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Voir le paragraphe 337 dans Canadian Encyclopedic Digest, volume 12, 1973. 6, record 2, English, - administration%20order
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit successoral (common law)
- Tribunaux
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- ordonnance d'administration de la Cour
1, record 2, French, ordonnance%20d%27administration%20de%20la%20Cour
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- ordonnance d'administration judiciaire 2, record 2, French, ordonnance%20d%27administration%20judiciaire
see observation, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
S'il y a concours entre plusieurs créanciers non administrateurs, le «personal representative» a le «right of preference», c'est-à-dire qu'il peut, s'il le juge bon, payer un ou plusieurs créanciers sans faire provision pour payer les autres créanciers de même rang; il ne sera pas responsable personnellement s'il ne reste plus de fonds ou des fonds insuffisants pour payer les autres créanciers de même rang, non satisfaits [...] Comme l'exercice de ce droit est de nature à causer préjudice aux créanciers, il y a un correctif en ce sens que ce droit peut être exclu dans certains cas, par exemple par l'effet d'une ordonnance d'administration de la Cour (judgment or order for administration), par l'avis au «personal representative» d'une demande visant à faire administrer la succession comme succession insolvable, et également par la nomination d'un «receiver». 1, record 2, French, - ordonnance%20d%27administration%20de%20la%20Cour
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
«ordonnance d'administration judiciaire» : Nous proposons ce terme afin de distinguer cette sorte d'ordonnance en vertu de laquelle la Cour se charge d'administrer la succession de l'ordonnance accordant les lettres d'administration à un représentant du de cujus qui est responsable de l'administration de la succession et qui ne rend des comptes qu'aux bénéficiaires. 2, record 2, French, - ordonnance%20d%27administration%20de%20la%20Cour
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
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