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WOMENS COURT [4 records]

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Record 1 2013-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

Under the "Married Women's Property Act", 1882...(t) he court must give effect to the legal and equitable property rights of the parties as they exist, and there is no doctrine of "family assets" which gives the court discretion to depart from the ordinary law of ownership.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 997)

French

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

droit de propriété en common law : 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 2012-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports Facilities and Venues
  • Volleyball
CONT

The game is played on a volleyball court 18 meters(59 feet) long and 9 meters(29. 5 feet) wide, divided into two 9 m × 9 m halves by a one-meter(40-inch) wide net placed so that the top of the net is 2. 43 meters(7 feet 11 5/8 inches) above the center of the court for men's competition, and 2. 24 meters(7 feet 4 1/8 inches) for women's competition(these heights are varied for veterans and junior competitions).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations et sites (Sports)
  • Volleyball
CONT

Le terrain de volleyball est un rectangle de 18 x 9 mètres, séparé en deux par un filet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones y sedes deportivas
  • Vóleibol
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Record 3 2011-12-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Aboriginal Law
  • Sociology of Women
CONT

So the first thing we must do is realize that there is precedence for a Women's International Court. The seeds of democracy in the United States were planted by the model of the Iroquois Indians’ Confederacy of Six Nations. In their model, matrilineal power was vested in the women to own the land, to confer leadership and remove it, to guard the proceedings, to make them adhere to the welfare of this whole people. The judgment of women was honored and undisputed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit autochtone
  • Sociologie des femmes

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Of the top players entered in a tennis event, the player considered by the event organizers to have the best chances of winning, based on past performance, speciality on the court surface provided and current points accrued within either the ATP(men's) or WTA(women's) ranking system.

OBS

See also "top-seeded player" (noun).

CONT

Top-seeded André Agassi, also seeking to complete a career Grand Slam with his first French title, powered into the third round with a 7-5, 6-1, 6-0 win over Todd Woodbridge [of Australia].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette

Spanish

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