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Record 1 2020-05-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Military Law
CONT

The word "wilfully" in paragraph 100(b) of the National Defence Act signifies that the alleged offender knew what he was doing, intended to do what he did, and was not acting under compulsion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit militaire
CONT

Le mot «volontairement», à l'alinéa 100b) de la Loi sur la défense nationale, signifie que l'inculpé savait ce qu'il faisait et qu'il agissait intentionnellement et non par contrainte.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Health Law
DEF

A contract based on a special relationship of trust between the care-giver and the recipient of care.

CONT

The patient must consent in a free and voluntary manner. He must be in a position to choose between consent and refusal without any feeling of constraint. Similarly, a consent given under compulsion, duress or fraudulent misrepresentation would be no consent at all.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Droit de la santé
DEF

En médecine, acte autorisant le médecin à mettre en œuvre un traitement spécifique qu'il a, au préalable, expliqué au patient.

CONT

Engelhart, de son côté, définit le consentement comme une procédure de négociation. La relation entre le patient et le médecin est tissée d'attentes (la confidence, la confiance), de permissions (être touché, faire l'objet d'exploration physique) dans un but commun et compris de chacun.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Derecho de salud
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Record 3 2009-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
DEF

... consent ... that was not obtained through coercion or undue influence, or misrepresentation as to the nature of the treatment.

CONT

Voluntary Consent. Always patients must be free to consent to or refuse treatment, free of any suggestion of duress or coercion. Consent obtained under any suggestion of compulsion either by the action or words of the doctor or others may be no consent at all and therefore may be successfully repudiated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
DEF

Consentement [...] obtenu en l'absence de contrainte physique, morale, intellectuelle ou circonstancielle.

CONT

Il existe un consentement libre lorsque la personne agit de son plein gré, sans crainte ni menace de pression d'aucune sorte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de salud
CONT

Decálogo de normas a las cuales los médicos deberán adherirse cuando realicen investigación con seres humanos, la primera de las cuales se refiere al consentimiento voluntario de los participantes. [...] Para que el consentimiento sea válido, el individuo debe ser competente para la toma de decisiones y su consentimiento debe ser voluntario.

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Record 4 2008-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
CONT

A person who commits an offence under compulsion by threats of immediate death or bodily harm from a person who is present when the offence is committed is excused for committing the offence if the person believes that the threats will be carried out and if the person is not a party to a conspiracy or association whereby the person is subject to compulsion...

Key term(s)
  • compulsion by threat

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
CONT

Une personne qui commet une infraction, sous l'effet de la contrainte exercée par des menaces de mort immédiate ou de lésions corporelles de la part d'une personne présente lorsque l'infraction est commise, est excusée, d'avoir commis l'infraction si elle croit que les menaces seront mises à exécution et si elle ne participe pas à aucun complot ou aucune association par laquelle elle est soumise à la contrainte [...]

Key term(s)
  • contrainte par menace
  • contrainte exercée par menaces

Spanish

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Record 5 1981-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • Econometrics
OBS

The opposite "classical" or "monetarist" case, equally extreme, occurs when the liquidity schedule is practically vertical, so that each unit of M is under a strong compulsion to circulate at a constant velocity(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Économétrie

Spanish

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