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SHOW CAUSE ORDER [4 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
OBS

garnishee order to show cause : CUB Glossary, Employment and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992.

OBS

ordonnance provisoire de saisie-arrêt : Lexique CUB, Emploi et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Rules of Court
DEF

Writ issued out of a court of competent jurisdiction, commanding a person therein named to appear on a day named and do something therein mentioned, or show cause why he should not. (Black, 5th, p. 221)

CONT

A citation was formerly an instrument issued from the office and under the seal of the Surrogate Court and signed by the Registrar. It contained a recital of the reason for its issue and the interest of the party extracting it, and called upon the party cited to enter an appearance or to take the steps therein specified, with an intimation of the nature of the order the Court is asked to and may make if the party cited does not show cause to the contrary. It is now an order of the judge to like effect.(Hull and Cullity, p. 322)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Règles de procédure
OBS

Acceptation métonymique.

OBS

citation : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
OBS

show cause : The presentation to a court of reasons why a certain order should not take effect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
CONT

Apart from those cases where the prosecutor objects to the release of an accused and requires a show cause hearing, there are three other situations where a justice of the peace cannot automatically order the release of the accused.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

Outre le cas où le poursuivant demande la tenue d'une enquête concernant la libération provisoire, il faut souligner trois cas où le juge de paix ne peut ordonner la libération de plein droit.

Spanish

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