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SEALED BAG [10 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
  • Postal Correspondence
  • Protection of Property
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Any properly identified officially sealed diplomatic container, generally in the form of a bag, pouch or valise constructed of leather, canvas or other textile material.

CONT

Diplomatic bags are established for the exchange of official correspondence by members of the Diplomatic Corps in Canada, including the Department of External Affairs, with their respective embassies, legations or consular offices in Canada, their countries and with the Canadian government.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
  • Objets de correspondance (Postes)
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Tout contenant de courrier diplomatique portant un sceau officiel, nettement identifié comme tel, et généralement constitué d'un sac, d'une sacoche ou d'une valise en cuir, en toile ou en tout autre tissu.

CONT

La valise diplomatique est le moyen établi pour l'échange des correspondances officielles entre les membres du corps diplomatique au Canada, y compris le ministère des Affaires extérieures, et leurs ambassades, légations et consulats au Canada, leurs pays et le gouvernement canadien.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diplomacia
  • Correspondencia (Correos)
  • Protección de los bienes
  • Comercio exterior
CONT

[...] posibles métodos de transmisión [de información clasificada] (uso de servicios de correos públicos, sistemas de telecomunicaciones de seguridad públicos, valija diplomática, correos habilitados, etc.).

OBS

valija diplomática: término reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 2 2015-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

A meat product [that] does not bear the meat inspection legend directly(stamped or applied by means of a sealed bag or breast tagged) but [that] is packaged in fully labelled shipping containers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
DEF

Produit de viande sur lequel l'estampille d'inspection des viandes n'est pas apposée (directement ou à l'aide d'un sac scellé/d'un médaillon de poitrine), mais dont le contenant d'expédition est dûment étiqueté [...]

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Packaging
  • Food Industries
DEF

A sealed, usually spouted plastic bag inside a rigid container, generally used for packaging liquid or dry products.

Key term(s)
  • Cubitainer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages spéciaux
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
DEF

Contenant en carton muni d'une doublure intérieure étanche qui renferme des produits secs ou liquides.

CONT

Les sacs destinés aux cartons-outres sont constitués d'un stratifié comprenant plusieurs sortes de matériaux (papier kraft, matière synthétique, etc.).

Key term(s)
  • Cubitainer

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
  • Anthropology
CONT

Voluntary burial-On rare occasions, people have willingly arranged to be buried alive... to survive such an event. In one story taking place around 1840... an Indian fakir [was] placed in a sealed bag in a wooden box in a vault.... the entire burial was 40 days long. The Indian government has since made the act of voluntary premature burial illegal...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
  • Anthropologie
CONT

Albert de Rochas rapporte des exemples de «la suspension volontaire de la vie et l’inhumation volontaire des fakirs» : en 1838, Haridès, âgé de trente ans, fut inhumé pendant dix mois avant de revenir à la vie.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

If one of these safeguards is not followed(e. g., the yellow ballot bag is not properly sealed) this does not, in itself, indicate that the votes have been affected.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
CONT

[...] si hubiere impugnaciones hechas ante la junta receptora de votos y por lo menos una fuese ratificada por el representante del respectivo partido o comite cívico, se designara por sorteo a un revisor para que, en presencia del impugnador o impugnadores y otros fiscales que deseen participar proceda a la apertura de la respectiva bolsa electoral y a comprobar las causas de impugnación mediante el examen respectivo de los votos, o bien su recuento, conforme fuere necesario segun el motivo de impugnación.

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Record 6 2007-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

In the case of a very dehydrated meal, that's significant water that needs to be added. Just talking in rough terms, would you guess that a vacuum sealed quart sized freezer bag with a dehydrated homemade meal in it would have space for, say, 1-1/2 cup of boiling water to be added? With enough bag lip left over to fold it over a little while it rehydrates?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special Packaging
DEF

A sealed plastic container designed to hold a food product and permit the consumer to bring the bag and product to boiling temperature before the product is removed from the bag and eaten.

Key term(s)
  • boil in bag package
  • boil in bag

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages spéciaux
DEF

Sac en polyamide polyéthylène pour aliments surgelés qui, pour le réchauffage, peut être plongé dans l'eau bouillante ou passé au four à micro-ondes.

Spanish

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Record 8 2000-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Space Exploration Equipment and Tools
CONT

The sampler eliminated the problem of manipulating a scoop and a bag at the same time, and the only real problem in using it was making sure that there was a pocket or a Sample Collection Bag(SCB) handy so that you could get rid of the sealed sample and free your hands. Here. Schmitt had to hold on to the sealed bags until the gravitemeter measurement was done and he could put them in an SCB that was hanging next to the Rover console.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Équipement et outillage d'exploration spatiale
OBS

Grand sac fixé sur le porte-outils, qui contient les sacs d'échantillons sélénologiques quand ils sont remplis.

Spanish

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Record 9 1993-09-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging in Plastic
  • Special Packaging
DEF

A gusseted bag sealed at both ends without any flat bottom so that it looks like a pillow.

CONT

The pillow pouch results when the web is formed into a continuous cylinder as it is unwound, the edges of the web being joined in a vertical seal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Emballages en matières plastiques
  • Emballages spéciaux
DEF

Sachet de plastique ou de matière composite employé en emballage, qui peut contenir diverses denrées ou autres produits et dont la caractéristique est de ne pas comporter de soufflets, ce qui lui donne une configuration coussinée.

CONT

Une ensacheuse Toss (ensachage tubulaire conventionnel) avec double station pour la pose de cavaliers carton, permettant de réaliser jusqu'à 80 sachets coussins (...)

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Packaging Techniques
DEF

Said of a bag whose top is sealed with a double fold of the plies.

OBS

The double fold closer interlocks bag plies by slitting and separating the outer ply, folding inner plies twice, and then overlapping and hot-melt gluing the outer ply across the fold.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'emballage
OBS

Se dit de la fermeture d'un sac. Créé d'après "siftproof bottom bag" : "sac à fond étanche", tiré du Vocabulaire des sacs de Normand Côte, OLF, 1982, p. 67.

Spanish

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