TERMIUM Plus®

From: Translation Bureau

On social media

Consult the Government of Canada’s terminology data bank.

WRITTEN CONSTITUTION [8 records]

Record 1 2014-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psycho-, Socio- and Ethnolinguistics
OBS

The Indian constitution... declares Hindi shall be written in the Devanagari script and will be the official language of the Federal Government of India.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psycho-, socio- et ethnolinguistique
OBS

Langue officielle de l'Inde.

OBS

[...] l'hindi est en outre la langue nationale de l'État.

Spanish

Save record 1

Record 2 2012-07-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Federalism
  • Constitutional Law
DEF

The clause of the U.S. Constitution (Art. IV, Sec. 1) which provides that the various states must recognize legislative acts, public records, and judicial decisions of the other states within the United States.

OBS

Full faith and credit :"Faith"(from Old French from Latin) and "credit"(French from Latin) are ancient synonyms for belief, credence, joined together in duplication at least as early as the fifteenth century in the phrase "... to give feith and credence... "and in the sixteenth century "... to give credit and perfait faith... "The present version, "full faith and credit", appeared in the Articles of Confederation, and though in two drafts of the United States Constitution the shortened "full faith" was suggested, the older and longer phrase was written into the final report.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Fédéralisme
  • Droit constitutionnel
DEF

Disposition de la Constitution des États-Unis (Art. IV, 1) qui stipule que les différents états doivent reconnaître les actes législatifs, les états civils et les décisions judiciaires des autres états au sein des États-Unis.

Spanish

Save record 2

Record 3 2011-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Parliamentary Language
DEF

A series of Acts, the first adopted by the British Parliament in 1867, which contain much of the written part of Canada's constitution.

OBS

The Constitution Act, 1982, contains the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Constitution Act, 1867, was formerly entitled the British North America Act.

OBS

Usually in the plural form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
DEF

Textes de loi, le premier ayant été adopté par le Parlement britannique en 1867, qui renferment la plupart des règles écrites de la Constitution du Canada.

OBS

La Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 contient la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés. Cette loi était autrefois intitulée Acte de l'Amérique du Nord britannique, 1867.

OBS

Pluriel d'usage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho constitucional
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
DEF

Serie de leyes, la primera de ellas adoptada por el Parlamento británico en 1867, que contienen la mayoría de las reglas escritas de la Constitución de Canadá.

OBS

La Ley Constitucional de 1982 contiene la Carta Canadiense de Derechos y Libertades. Antiguamente, el título de la Ley Constitucional de 1867 era Ley de Norteamérica británica.

Save record 3

Record 4 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
CONT

But, more importantly, the Court, having anchored itself to the written text of the Constitution, was also of the opinion that the unwritten constitutional imperatives that had led to the necessary judicial modifications to the common law rules on the mobility of jurisprudence should now be applied "to the provincial legislatures as well as to the courts"(p. 324, letter e) : the unwritten constitutional imperatives were now elevated to the level of the written Constitution itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

Mais, ce qui est le plus important, c'est que la Cour, s'étant arrimée sur les textes écrits de la Constitution, était également d'avis que les impératifs constitutionnels non-écrits qui avaient apporté les modifications requises aux règles de common law portant sur la libre circulation de la jurisprudence devaient maintenant s'appliquer également tant «aux législatures provinciales qu'aux tribunaux» (p. 324, lettre e) : les impératifs non-écrits étaient maintenant élevés au rang de la Constitution écrite elle-même.

Spanish

Save record 4

Record 5 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Federalism
CONT

In the Court's opinion, the Act infringed in particular the principle of common citizenship, interprovincial mobility of citizens and the common market created by the union as "reflected" in the written texts of sections 91(2) and 91(10) and section 121 of the Constitution Act, 1867(p. 322, letter d).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Fédéralisme
CONT

A cet égard, la Cour était d'avis que la loi portait notamment atteinte aux principes de la citoyenneté commune, de la mobilité interprovinciale des citoyens et du marché commun crée par l'union qui se «reflètent» dans les textes écrits des par. 91(2) et 91(10) et à l'article 121 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867 (p. 322, lettre d).

Spanish

Save record 5

Record 6 1999-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Laws and Regulations (Non-Canadian)
  • Political Science (General)
OBS

America's first written constitution. Adopted by the Continental Congress in 1777, the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union were the formal basis for America's national government until 1789, when they were supplanted by the Constitution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements nationaux non canadiens
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
OBS

La première constitution, appelée Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union, donnait peu de pouvoir au gouvernement fédéral.

Spanish

Save record 6

Record 7 1999-02-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Federalism
DEF

Written and unwritten elements which make up the constitution of a country. In Canada these elements are, primaliry, the provisions of the Constitution Act, 1982 of the Constitution Act, 1867.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Fédéralisme
DEF

Éléments écrits et non écrits qui composent la constitution d'un pays. Au Canada ces éléments sont, au premier chef, les dispositions de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982 et celles de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1867.

Spanish

Save record 7

Record 8 1977-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

In English law. A written or printed document containing seditious matter or published with a seditious intention, the latter term being defined as "an intention to bring into hatred or contempt, or to excite disaffection against, the king or the government and constitution as by law established, or either house of parliament, or the administration of justice or to excite the British subjects to attempt otherwise than by lawful means the alteration of any matter in church or state by law established, or to promote feelings of ill will and hostility between different classes. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

séditieux: Qui tend à la sédition. Sédition: Révolte concertée contre l'autorité publique.

OBS

En langage juridique, l'anglais a pris ce terme pour désigner le délit de diffamation. L'emploi que nous faisons de "libelle" est un anglicisme. Il faut dire "écrit diffamatoire".

OBS

Observation tirée d'une fiche de Radio Canada intitulée "libelle" no. 59.

Spanish

Save record 8

Copyright notice for the TERMIUM Plus® data bank

© Public Services and Procurement Canada, 2026
TERMIUM Plus®, the Government of Canada's terminology and linguistic data bank
A product of the Translation Bureau

Features

GCtranslate (available on the Government of Canada network only)

Use this artificial intelligence prototype to translate Government of Canada content up to and including Protected B. Available to employees of selected departments and agencies only.

Writing tools

The Language Portal’s writing tools have a new look! Easy to consult, they give you access to a wealth of information that will help you write better in English and French.

Glossaries and vocabularies

Access Translation Bureau glossaries and vocabularies.

Date Modified: