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VARY RULE [3 records]

Record 1 2013-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

Rule that where the record of a transaction is embodied in a document, extrinsic evidence is not generally admissible to vary or interpret the document or as a substitute for it.(Curzon, p. 246)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

règle d'exclusion de la preuve extrinsèque : 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 2 2001-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Paleontology
DEF

A linear succession of species arranged in a sequence from ancestor to descendant.

CONT

Like Saint-Seine, he finds that three separate teleostean lineages can be traced back to L. Jurassic haleocostomes, one line leading from a form like Leptolepis coryphaenoides to the Clupeidae, one from near Pholidophorus bechei ... and one from the precursors of Ph. similis ...

CONT

In addition to disclosing the order of lineage branching, molecular trees contain information about times of divergence among lineages.

CONT

... several lineages decreased in size after the Eocene.

OBS

... The reasons for an increase in size being advantageous to animals undoubtedly vary among lineages...(Cope's Rule).

OBS

Principles of Paleontology, p. 277.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Paléontologie
CONT

La lignée prend, pour le généticien, la signification de succession au cours d'un temps donné de populations infertiles. Pour le paléontologiste la lignée s'étendra plus largement dans le temps, mais elle devrait conserver son sens général.

CONT

Il faudra attendre Gosline (1960) pour trouver un essai détaillé de classement en quatre lignées des complexes d'un grand groupe de Téléostéens (...)

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
OBS

Debt collection practices vary from creditor to creditor.... As a general rule, provincial laws cover seizure of goods, garnishment and other court actions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Préstamos
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