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Record 1 - internal organization data 2022-11-30
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Political Theories and Doctrines
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- wedge issue politics
1, record 1, English, wedge%20issue%20politics
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- wedge politics 2, record 1, English, wedge%20politics
correct
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Wedge politics involves treating Aristotle's "Law of the Excluded Middle" as universal. If one side of an issue is right, then the other must be wrong—there is no in-between. Controversial topics like abortion, gun control, or confederate statues are polarizing, forcing people to choose a side, for or against. 3, record 1, English, - wedge%20issue%20politics
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Théories et doctrines politiques
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- politique de la division
1, record 1, French, politique%20de%20la%20division
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
«Quand la lutte politique est serrée et qu'il faut aller chercher des votes, peu importe où ils se trouvent, les partis les plus audacieux se tournent désormais vers la politique de la division», [...] En clair, il s'agit de gagner des voix en exploitant un enjeu qui déchire la population et les partisans du camp adverse. 1, record 1, French, - politique%20de%20la%20division
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 CONT
C'est lorsqu'éclate un débat déchirant touchant les convictions et les valeurs profondes des gens [que la politique de la division] prend tout son sens. Des exemples? L'avortement, le mariage gai, le financement de la recherche sur les cellules souches, l'euthanasie, l'immigration. [...] C'est le vieux concept de «diviser pour régner». 1, record 1, French, - politique%20de%20la%20division
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2022-06-30
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Collaboration with the FAO
- Commercial Fishing
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- stern trawl net
1, record 2, English, stern%20trawl%20net
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- stern trawl 2, record 2, English, stern%20trawl
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The [net monitoring system measures] variables of the trawl... There was also [an] issue of net behaviour by [the] side trawl versus [the] stern trawl. 2, record 2, English, - stern%20trawl%20net
Record 2, Key term(s)
- stern trawlnet
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Collaboration avec la FAO
- Pêche commerciale
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- chalut à pêche arrière
1, record 2, French, chalut%20%C3%A0%20p%C3%AAche%20arri%C3%A8re
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le système [de capteurs] mesure [...] les variables du chalut. Il y a aussi la question du comportement de chalut à pêche latérale par opposition au chalut à pêche arrière. 1, record 2, French, - chalut%20%C3%A0%20p%C3%AAche%20arri%C3%A8re
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2019-12-13
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- neutral evaluation
1, record 3, English, neutral%20evaluation
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Neutral Evaluation. An institution can arrange for a neutral party, or the parties can find and agree on a neutral party, who will listen to each side, and then give a non-binding opinion about an issue of fact, and issue of law, or perhaps a technical issue. The neutral party typically assesses the strengths and weaknesses of the case, which may help parties be more realistic about their claims in subsequent settlement discussions. 2, record 3, English, - neutral%20evaluation
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- évaluation neutre
1, record 3, French, %C3%A9valuation%20neutre
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
évaluation neutre : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2, record 3, French, - %C3%A9valuation%20neutre
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2019-12-13
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Alternative Dispute Resolution
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- non-binding opinion
1, record 4, English, non%2Dbinding%20opinion
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
An institution can arrange for a neutral party, or the parties can find and agree on a neutral party, who will listen to each side, and then give a non-binding opinion about an issue of fact, and issue of law, or perhaps a technical issue. 2, record 4, English, - non%2Dbinding%20opinion
Record 4, Key term(s)
- nonbinding opinion
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- avis non contraignant
1, record 4, French, avis%20non%20contraignant
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
avis non contraignant : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2, record 4, French, - avis%20non%20contraignant
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2018-07-17
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Safety Equipment (Motor Vehicles and Bicycles)
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- blind spot monitoring system
1, record 5, English, blind%20spot%20monitoring%20system
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
- blind spot detection system 2, record 5, English, blind%20spot%20detection%20system
correct
- blind spot warning system 3, record 5, English, blind%20spot%20warning%20system
correct
- blind spot detection 4, record 5, English, blind%20spot%20detection
correct
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Even with properly adjusted side mirrors, an overtaking vehicle may enter a region-a "blind spot"-outside of the driver's view to the side and rear of the vehicle. Blind spot detection systems automatically identify such objects and will issue a warning. 2, record 5, English, - blind%20spot%20monitoring%20system
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Sécurité (Véhicules automobiles et bicyclettes)
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- système de surveillance des angles morts
1, record 5, French, syst%C3%A8me%20de%20surveillance%20des%20angles%20morts
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
- surveillance des angles morts 2, record 5, French, surveillance%20des%20angles%20morts
correct, feminine noun
- système de détection des véhicules dans l'angle mort 3, record 5, French, syst%C3%A8me%20de%20d%C3%A9tection%20des%20v%C3%A9hicules%20dans%20l%27angle%20mort
masculine noun
- système de détection d'angle mort 4, record 5, French, syst%C3%A8me%20de%20d%C3%A9tection%20d%27angle%20mort
avoid, see observation, masculine noun
- système de détection des angles morts 5, record 5, French, syst%C3%A8me%20de%20d%C3%A9tection%20des%20angles%20morts
avoid, see observation, masculine noun
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Système qui détecte les dangers potentiels dans les angles morts du véhicule et qui alerte le conducteur à l’aide d’un signal lumineux, sonore ou vibratoire. 2, record 5, French, - syst%C3%A8me%20de%20surveillance%20des%20angles%20morts
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Certains systèmes de surveillance des angles morts corrigent automatiquement la marche du véhicule. 2, record 5, French, - syst%C3%A8me%20de%20surveillance%20des%20angles%20morts
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 2 OBS
système de détection d'angle mort; système de détection des angles morts : Ces termes sont ambigus, car ils laissent entendre que le système de sécurité dont il s'agit ici sert à détecter les angles morts, ce qui n'est évidemment pas le cas. Pour cette raison, leur emploi est déconseillé. 6, record 5, French, - syst%C3%A8me%20de%20surveillance%20des%20angles%20morts
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 3 OBS
surveillance des angles morts : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 28 juillet 2015. 6, record 5, French, - syst%C3%A8me%20de%20surveillance%20des%20angles%20morts
Record 5, Key term(s)
- système de détection des véhicules dans les angles morts
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2017-01-23
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Communication and Information Management
- Special-Language Phraseology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- go dark
1, record 6, English, go%20dark
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
That's the buzz phrase, "go dark. "This means that, if you are an investigator, all of a sudden all of your access to information evaporates, because not only the material but the systems that carry the material are so heavily encrypted you are not able to even detect the trail that you might like to follow. That is a huge issue that is technological on one side, and legal and constitutional on the other side. 1, record 6, English, - go%20dark
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Gestion des communications et de l'information
- Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- devenir invisible
1, record 6, French, devenir%20invisible
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- devenir aveugle 1, record 6, French, devenir%20aveugle
correct
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
C'est ce que signifient les expressions à la mode «devenir invisible» ou «devenir aveugle», selon le point de vue. Si vous êtes un enquêteur, vous perdez alors tout d'un coup l'accès à l'information qui vous intéresse parce que, non seulement l'information mais le système dans lequel elle se trouve est si puissamment crypté qu'il vous devient impossible de suivre la trace de cette information. C'est un problème majeur alors que la technologie et les corps policiers ou les organismes de renseignement se trouvent des côtés opposés de la problématique. 1, record 6, French, - devenir%20invisible
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 2015-06-29
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Law of Evidence
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- issue
1, record 7, English, issue
correct
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
- point in issue 1, record 7, English, point%20in%20issue
correct
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An "issue" is a disputed point or question to which parties to an action have narrowed their several allegations and upon which they are desirous of obtaining either decision of court on question of law or of court or jury on question of fact.... A single, certain, and material point, deduced by the allegations and pleadings of the parties, which is affirmed on the one side and denied on the other.(Black's, p. 745) 2, record 7, English, - issue
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit de la preuve
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- question en litige
1, record 7, French, question%20en%20litige
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
- point en litige 2, record 7, French, point%20en%20litige
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS
question en litige; point en litige : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 3, record 7, French, - question%20en%20litige
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
Record 8 - internal organization data 2015-05-12
Record 8, English
Record 8, Subject field(s)
- Private Law
Record 8, Main entry term, English
- record at trial
1, record 8, English, record%20at%20trial
correct
Record 8, Abbreviations, English
Record 8, Synonyms, English
Record 8, Textual support, English
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
There was no justification for the resistance of counsel for the respondent to the admission of the evidence contained in the Humphrey affidavit. Its admission would mean only that the constitutional issue could be put to one side and the claim of the appellant determined on a proper factual basis as between her and the respondent. Refuge in the pleadings at trial and in the record at trial, as sought by counsel for the respondent, irrespective of the wrongful assertion as to title by the respondent on appeal to the Court of Appeal and, again, in his affidavit on taxation of costs after the appeal was determined in his favour, would mean insistence on a state of facts which were untrue... 1, record 8, English, - record%20at%20trial
Record 8, French
Record 8, Domaine(s)
- Droit privé
Record 8, Main entry term, French
- dossier de première instance
1, record 8, French, dossier%20de%20premi%C3%A8re%20instance
correct, masculine noun
Record 8, Abbreviations, French
Record 8, Synonyms, French
Record 8, Textual support, French
Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Rien ne justifiait l'opposition de l'avocat de l'intimé à la réception de l'affidavit de M. Humphrey. Cela signifiait seulement que la question d'ordre constitutionnel pouvait être mise de côté et que la revendication de l'appelante pouvait être tranchée sur la base des faits véritables entre elle et l'intimé. Chercher refuge dans les procédures écrites et le dossier de première instance, comme a tenté de le faire l'avocat de l'intimé, sans égard à la déclaration fautive de l'intimé sur le titre de propriété devant la Cour d'appel et dans son affidavit aux fins de la taxation des frais après avoir eu gain de cause en appel, équivalait à insister sur des faits erronés et à engager la Cour dans un litige constitutionnel inutile [...] 2, record 8, French, - dossier%20de%20premi%C3%A8re%20instance
Record 8, Spanish
Record 8, Textual support, Spanish
Record 9 - internal organization data 2011-01-25
Record 9, English
Record 9, Subject field(s)
- Team Sports (General)
- Various Sports (General)
- Combat Sports (General)
- Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
Record 9, Main entry term, English
- tie the score
1, record 9, English, tie%20the%20score
correct, see observation
Record 9, Abbreviations, English
Record 9, Synonyms, English
- even the score 2, record 9, English, even%20the%20score
correct
Record 9, Textual support, English
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
For a team or an individual athlete in sports where the unit of play is a game, a match, a contest, or in which the issue is expressed in points scored or obtained, to score a point or points, or gain a point or points from the judges, that give(s) one's side the same number of points as the opponent. 3, record 9, English, - tie%20the%20score
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Distinguish "to tie the score" which means to mark or get a point or points that give(s) one’s side the same number of points as the opponent, from "to tie a score" which means to realize the same performance as the one that became the actual record (be it a world, national, provincial, league, or other type of record), this record being a final score or a number of wins (team sports), a cumulated number of points (judged sports), a time clocked (timed sports), or any other type of record. 3, record 9, English, - tie%20the%20score
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 OBS
The verb "to tie" does not exclusively mean "to tie the score" in a game, match, or contest. 3, record 9, English, - tie%20the%20score
Record 9, French
Record 9, Domaine(s)
- Sports d'équipe (Généralités)
- Sports divers (Généralités)
- Sports de combat (Généralités)
- Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
Record 9, Main entry term, French
- égaliser la marque
1, record 9, French, %C3%A9galiser%20la%20marque
correct, see observation
Record 9, Abbreviations, French
Record 9, Synonyms, French
- égaler la marque 2, record 9, French, %C3%A9galer%20la%20marque
correct, see observation
- niveler la marque 3, record 9, French, niveler%20la%20marque
correct, see observation
- niveler le pointage 4, record 9, French, niveler%20le%20pointage
correct, see observation, Canada
- créer l'égalité 4, record 9, French, cr%C3%A9er%20l%27%C3%A9galit%C3%A9
correct
- provoquer l'égalité 4, record 9, French, provoquer%20l%27%C3%A9galit%C3%A9
correct
- faire un jeu égal 5, record 9, French, faire%20un%20jeu%20%C3%A9gal
correct
Record 9, Textual support, French
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Pour une équipe ou un athlète dans un sport où l'unité de jeu est un match, une partie, une rencontre, un combat, ou encore un concours dont l'issue est exprimée en points comptés ou obtenus des juges, compter, marquer ou obtenir en cours d'action un point ou des points qui donne(nt) à un côté le même nombre de points qu'à l'adversaire. 2, record 9, French, - %C3%A9galiser%20la%20marque
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Avec ses dix points obtenus en deuxième round, le boxeur canadien a égalé la marque; ses esquives et ses coups bien placés dans les deux autres rounds lui ont permis de devancer ensuite son adversaire et de remporter son combat. 2, record 9, French, - %C3%A9galiser%20la%20marque
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 2 CONT
Novacek n'a [...] pas baissé les bras, parvenant à faire jeu égal dans la troisième manche. 5, record 9, French, - %C3%A9galiser%20la%20marque
Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Distinguer entre «égaler la marque» qui signifie compter ou se mériter un point ou des points donnant une marque égale à celle de l'adversaire, de «égaler une marque» qui signifie réaliser la même performance que celle qui a permis d'établir le record actuel, qu'il s'agisse d'un record mondial, national, provincial, de ligue, ou autre, et que ce record soit une marque finale ou un nombre de victoires (sports d'équipe), un nombre de points accumulés (sports jugés), un temps réalisé (sports chronométrés), ou tout autre type de record. 2, record 9, French, - %C3%A9galiser%20la%20marque
Record 9, Spanish
Record 9, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Deportes de equipo (Generalidades)
- Deportes diversos (Generalidades)
- Deportes de lucha (Generalidades)
- Vocabulario especializado y fraseología de los deportes
Record 9, Main entry term, Spanish
- empatar la puntuación
1, record 9, Spanish, empatar%20la%20puntuaci%C3%B3n
correct
Record 9, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 9, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 9, Textual support, Spanish
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