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WRONGFUL ACT [46 records]

Record 1 2025-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Tort Law (common law)
OBS

Jointly liable tortfeasors can be sued together or individually by the plaintiff for the totality of the amount of damages caused by the wrongful act. If sued individually, they can exercise a counterclaim against the other jointly liable tortfeasors.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

Les personnes qui sont conjointement responsables d'un délit peuvent être poursuivies ensemble ou individuellement par le demandeur pour la totalité des dommages causés par le délit. Si elles sont poursuivies seules, elles peuvent intenter un recours récursoire contre les autres auteurs conjointement responsables du délit.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

To plan together secretly to commit an illegal or wrongful act or accomplish a legal purpose through illegal action.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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Record 3 2021-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Private International Law (Private Law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

There is an internationally wrongful act of a State when conduct consisting of an action or omission :(a) is attributable to the State under international law; and(b) constitutes a breach of an international obligation of the State.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Droit international privé (Droit privé)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
  • Derecho internacional privado (Derecho privado)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
OBS

acto internacionalmente ilícito: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 4 2017-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
DEF

The judicial act of imposing personal liability on otherwise immune corporate officers, directors, and shareholders for the corporation's wrongful acts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

An event that comes between the initial event in a sequence and the end result, thereby altering the natural course of events that might have connected a wrongful act to an injury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

cause intervenante : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

"Actual" or "special" damage is where the wrongful act has caused a loss or injury which can be assessed in money.

CONT

There must be actual damage or loss 1. Mere carelessness or negligence is not sufficient cause for legal liability.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

dommage de fait; préjudice de fait : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

Persons whose respective acts have combined to contribute to one wrongful act causing harm and who are accordingly held jointly and severably liable to the injured person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

auteur de délit conjointement responsable; auteure de délit conjointement responsable; auteur conjoint de délit; auteure conjointe de délit : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Causal connection is apt to prove more troublesome when the alleged cause of the injury ... consists in the failure to act and proof is required that the doing of the act would have prevented that injury.

CONT

... it is important to recall that a causal relation must exist not just between the injury and the relevant act or omission, but specifically between the injury and that aspect of the conduct which is wrongful.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

lien de causalité: terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
OBS

The term referts to the consequence of the wrongful act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

tort : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-10-29

English

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

Wrongful death is best described when a person's death is caused by the wrongful act or negligence of another.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

homicide délictuel : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 11 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

An unlawful interference with one’s person ...

CONT

Trespass to the person comprises assault, assault and battery and wrongful imprisonment. The act may be intentional or negligent but must be committed against the will of the plaintiff.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

atteinte directe à la personne : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 12 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

At common law, an action to recover damages that are not the immediate result of a wrongful act but rather a later consequence.

OBS

This action was the precursor to a variety of modern-day tort claims, including negligence, nuisance, and business torts.

OBS

Historical term.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

trespass on the case : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 13 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

An act which gives rise to a right of action, being a wrongful act or injury consisting in the infringement of a right created otherwise than by a contract.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

délit civil; délit : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 14 2015-06-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

An event that comes between the initial event in a sequence and the end result, thereby altering the natural course of events that might have connected a wrongful act to an injury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 15 2015-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
DEF

The doing of an act in a wrongful or injurious manner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
DEF

Accomplissement incorrect d'un acte licite.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
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Record 16 2015-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

A wrongful act, wilfully committed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 17 2014-02-21

English

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

In connection with an ordinary action, it should be borne in mind that a wrongful distress may be either illegal, excessive or irregular. If there was no right of distress at all, or if, although there was a right of distress, a wrongful act had been committed at the beginning of the levy(for example, in the time of entry or the seizure of privileged goods), the distress is illegal. If, although a right of distress exists, a wrongful act has been committed in the seizure of more goods than were reasonably necessary to satisfy the claim, the distress is excessive. And if, although a right of distress exists, a wrongful act has been committed at some stage of the proceedings subsequent to the seizure, the distress is irregular. Since the passing of the Judicature Acts, these distinctions are of much less importance than they used to be; for now, in every case of wrongful distress, the writ may be simple endorsed. "The plaintiff's claim is for damages for improper distraining".(Adkin's Landlord and Tenant, p. 126)

French

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

saisie-gagerie fautive : 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 18 2014-02-21

English

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

In connection with an ordinary action, it should be borne in mind that a wrongful distress may be either illegal, excessive or irregular. If there was no right of distress at all, or if, although there was a right of distress, a wrongful act had been committed at the beginning of the levy(for example, in the time of entry or the seizure of privileged goods), the distress is illegal. If, although a right of distress exists, a wrongful act has been committed in the seizure of more goods than were reasonably necessary to satisfy the claim, the distress is excessive. And if, although a right of distress exists, a wrongful act has been committed at some stage of the proceedings subsequent to the seizure, the distress is irregular. Since the passing of the Judicature Acts, these distinctions are of much less importance than they used to be; for now, in every case of wrongful distress, the writ may be simple endorsed. "The plaintiff's claim is for damages for improper distraining. "(Adkin's Landlord and Tenant, p. 126)

French

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

saisie-gagerie excessive : 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 19 2013-03-06

English

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

In connection with an ordinary action, it should be borne in mind that a wrongful distress may be either illegal, excessive or irregular. If there was no right of distress at all, or if, although there was a right of distress, a wrongful act had been committed at the beginning of the levy(for example, in the time of entry or the seizure of privileged goods), the distress is illegal. If, although a right of distress exists, a wrongful act has been committed in the seizure of more goods than were reasonably necessary to satisfy the claim, the distress is excessive. And if, although a right of distress exists, a wrongful act has been committed at some stage of the proceedings subsequent to the seizure, the distress is irregular. Since the passing of the Judicature Acts, these distinctions are of much less importance than they used to be; for now, in every case of wrongful distress, the writ may be simple endorsed. "The plaintiff's claim is for damages for improper distraining".(Adkin's Landlord andTenant, p. 126)

French

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

saisie-gagerie irrégulière : 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 20 2012-11-30

English

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

The wrongful putting out of him who is actually seised of a freehold; the act of wrongfully depriving a person of the seisin of land, rents, or other hereditaments, as where a man not having a right of entry on certain lands or tenements enters on them and ousts him who has the freehold or does not permit the possessor to enjoy, or makes his enjoyment less beneficial, although he does not expel him altogether....(Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 627).

Key term(s)
  • disseisen

French

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

dessaisine : 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 21 2012-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

In all OWA [other wrongful act] claims, the standard for proof of causation and the assessment of compensation within the compensation rules is the standard applied by the courts in like matters.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
CONT

Dans toutes les réclamations relatives à un AAF (autre acte fautif), le critère pour la preuve de causalité et l'évaluation de l'indemnisation selon les règles d'indemnisation est la norme appliquée par les tribunaux pour des affaires semblables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
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Record 22 2012-05-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

An intentional, wrongful act performed against another without legal justification or excuse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

[...] les dommages-intérêts "exemplaires" ou punitifs pourraient être accordés dans les cas où il s'agit d'un "acte malveillant ou intentionnel" ou lorsqu'il est nécessaire de montrer au contrevenant que les délits ne paient pas."

OBS

acte malveillant : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 23 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Once it is established that the wrongful act or insult was sufficient to deprive an ordinary person of the power of self-control, the inquiry turns to a consideration of the subjective element of the defence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
CONT

Une fois établi que l’action injuste ou l’insulte était suffisante pour priver une personne ordinaire du pouvoir de se maîtriser, il faut se pencher sur le volet subjectif du moyen de défense.

Spanish

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Record 24 2010-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

An act that, without necessarily being illegal, is contrary to moral or ethical standards and results in some harm being done to individuals or the community.

OBS

wrongful act : The term is more comprehensive than the phrase "unlawful act", but all unlawful acts are wrong.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

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Record 25 2010-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

legally wrongful act :... It was held also to be an actionable interference to prevail upon some third person to commit a wrongful act, with the intention of thereby indirectly procuring a breach of contractual relations between others.... General exhortations such as "Stop supplies to B", "Refuse to handle B's goods"...(are not) treated as having "induced" any legally wrongful act that follows, because the objects advocated, could have been achieved by lawful means, as by giving proper notice to terminate employment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

En droit, un contrat de travail n'est pas perpétuel. L'employeur ou l'employé peut y mettre fin et la résiliation même du contrat ne constitue pas un acte fautif en droit.

Spanish

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Record 26 2010-07-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Malicious.-An act done maliciously is one that is wrongful and performed willfully or intentionally, and without legal justification.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 27 2008-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Rules of Court
DEF

The fact or set of facts which give a person a right to bring an action.

CONT

A cause of action is sometimes a wrongful act by itself, e. g. trespass, but in other senses, e. g. negligence, a cause of action is not complete until there is both wrongful act and resultant harm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Fondement de la demande en justice; base de la prétention qui concourt, avec l'objet, à déterminer la matière du litige [...] et l'étendue de la chose jugée à laquelle la loi attache autorité.

OBS

cause d'action : Recommandation du Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile dans le cadre du PAJLO.

OBS

évènement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Reglamento procesal
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Record 28 2008-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

A person's knowledge that an act is wrongful while the person commits the act.

CONT

The court also held that the abuse of process claim was not cognizable because only defendant Nuñez was alleged to have had a bad motive; bringing a lawsuit was not an abuse of process...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit des délits (common law)
DEF

Motif découlant de la connaissance d'une personne que la commission d'une infraction est mauvaise.

CONT

Le message incitant à se manifester «au mieux dans les 48 heures pour être efficace» leur apparu le seul motif préjudiciable. N'incitant pas les gens à se manifester dans les premières heures, comme cela est recommandé, il ne représentait pas un véritable message de protection de santé publique.

Spanish

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Record 29 2007-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

The intent that passes beyond a wrongful act and relates to the objective for the sake of which the act is done.

CONT

The intention of the Appellants that the deer meat be used for the burning ceremony was their "ulterior intention" or "motive". As such, it is irrelevant to legal responsibility for the commission of the offence.

OBS

Ulterior intent is different from motive. Where an offence includes an ulterior intent, it must be proved that the accused had such an intent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Droit des délits (common law)
DEF

Intention réelle qui explique les raisons pour lesquelles une infraction criminelle a été commise.

CONT

L'intention des appelants d'utiliser la viande de cerf dans cette cérémonie était une "intention ultérieure", un "mobile". En tant que tel, cela n'est pas pertinent quant à la responsabilité juridique, liée à la perpétration de l'infraction.

Spanish

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Record 30 2007-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

The intent relating to a wrongful act; the part of the total intent coincident with the wrongful act itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
DEF

Intention relative à une mauvaise action; partie de l'intention générale qui coincide avec l'action elle-même.

Spanish

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Record 31 2007-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Labour Relations
CONT

... The implementation of any affirmative remedy for redress of racial discrimination is likely to affect persons differently depending upon their race.

OBS

Remedy : The manner in which a right is enforced or satisfied by a court when some harm or injury, recognized by society as a wrongful act, is inflicted upon an individual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Relations du travail
CONT

L'action de l'association repose sur quelques convictions fortes : la petite délinquance appelle des réponses sociales ou éducatives; la détention destructure et désocialise la majorité des personnes qui y sont contraintes - il faut donc privilégier la réparation concrète des préjudices causés aux victimes [...]

Spanish

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Record 32 2007-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

Detainer. The act(or the juridical fact) of withholding from a lawfully entitled person the possession of land or goods, or the restraint of a person's personal liberty against his or her will; detention. The wrongful keeping of a person's goods is called an unlawful detainer although the original taking may have been lawful.

CONT

Forcible detention is committed when a person armed with a dangerous weapon "holds an individual hostage without lawful authority for the purposes of obtaining performance by a third person of demands made by the person holding the hostage."

CONT

Every person is guilty of a forcible detainer who either: ... (1) by force or by menaces and threats of violence unlawfully holds and keeps the possession of any real property or mining claim, whether the same was acquired peaceably or otherwise ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Droits et libertés
CONT

[...] le code pénal érigé en infraction pénale le fait de maintenir une personne en détention par la force. En vertu de cette disposition, le fait de placer en détention, d'arrêter ou d'enlever une personne afin de la priver de protection légale pour une longue durée sur les ordres ou avec l'appui ou le consentement de l'État [...]

OBS

Ici, il s'agit de la détention d'une personne contre son gré par une autre armée ou non. Il ne faut pas confondre cette notion à l'autre fiche.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
  • Derechos y Libertades
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Record 33 2005-02-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

A common-law form of action, otherwise known as "case" and "action on the case", for an injury resulting from a wrongful act other than physical force, or for an injury resulting from nonfeasance or negligence, or for an injury which is consequential, as distinguished from a direct or immediate, result of the wrongful act.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
DEF

Action en dommages-intérêts qui était admise dans certaines circonstances où le préjudice subi, quoique ne découlant pas immédiatement et directement de l'acte préjudiciable et directement de l'acte préjudiciable, était réel.

OBS

Ancêtre de l'action moderne en négligence, [l'action pour atteinte indirecte] se distinguait de l'action pour atteinte directe.

OBS

action dite case : Le mot «case» dans cette expression est toujours mis entre guillemets.

Key term(s)
  • action pour atteinte sur cas d'espèce

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamento procesal
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 34 2004-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

The wrongful act of an officer or other person in compelling payment of a fee or reward for his services, under color of his official authority, where no payment is due.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
DEF

Délit d'extorsion de fonds par un fonctionnaire pour des services qui devraient être gratuits.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Infracciones y crímenes
DEF

Exigencia improcedente de contribuciones, derechos o dádivas, por un funcionario público que abusa de sus atribuciones.

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Record 35 2003-08-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Chartrand Co. Ct. J. found that while the loss of profit was foreseeable, it was too remote. However, he held that the wages could be recovered as they represented "positive outlays" which constituted "a proximate and direct consequence of the wrongful act of the defendants and(were) not too remote to be recovered", rather than "negative" ones, consisting of a "mere deprivation of an opportunity to earn an income"

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Le juge Chartrand, de la cour de comté, statua que, si la perte de profits était prévisible, elle était cependant trop éloignée. Il jugea cependant que les salaires donnaient droit à réparation en ce qu'ils constituaient des frais «réellement engagés» représentant «une conséquence immédiate et directe de l'acte fautif de la défenderesse et (n'étaient) pas trop éloignés pour ouvrir droit à réparation», plutôt qu'un simple manque à gagner, c'est-à-dire la «simple perte d'une occasion de réaliser un profit».

OBS

Fiche terminologique en droit de la responsabilité délictuelle fournie par le centre de traduction et de documentation juridique de l'Université d'Ottawa

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 36 2003-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
OBS

Malice in law is not necessarily personal hate or ill will, but it is that state of mind which is reckless of law and of the legal rights of the citizen... A condition of mind which prompts a person to do a wrongful act wilfully, that is, on purpose, to the injury of another, or to do intentionally a wrongful act toward another without justification or excuse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

Malice : intention de nuire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 37 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
  • International Relations
DEF

conforming to recognized principles or accepted rules and standards.

CONT

... State responsibility is governed by international standards..., and it depends on international law whether and to what extent the act or omission of a particular State is deemed legitimate or wrongful. Where the acts or omissions of a State measured by such standards are held to be legitimate, State responsibility does not arise. For example, as all States are generally conceded to have complete power to refuse to admit aliens into their territory, the States of which the aliens are nationals have no claim against any State which has refused ingress. Similarly, where international law concedes jurisdiction to a State which proceeds to exercise it, there is no breach of duty for which that State is responsible.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Qualificatif désignant conformité à un principe supérieur d'ordre social. P. ex. : dans l'expression légitime défense. Appliqué à un gouvernement, indique que l'investiture de celui-ci est considérée comme conforme à un principe politique ou moral considéré, dans des circonstances de temps et de lieu données, comme fondamental.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional
  • Relaciones internacionales
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Record 38 2002-02-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Customs and Excise
DEF

Wrongful act punished by the Customs Code.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Douanes et accise
DEF

Acte ou abstention punis par le Code des douanes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Aduana e impuestos internos
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Record 39 2000-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Criminal Law
  • Offences and crimes
DEF

Any internationally wrongful act which is not an international crime.

OBS

international delict: Expression and definition reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

OBS

international delict: usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • international delicts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal international
  • Infractions et crimes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal internacional
  • Infracciones y crímenes
DEF

Todo hecho internacionalmente ilícito que no sea un crimen internacional.

OBS

Las expresiones "delitos internacionales" y "crímenes internacionales" son utilizadas usualmente en la forma plural.

OBS

delito internacional: Expresión y definición reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

Key term(s)
  • delitos internacionales
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Record 40 1996-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
  • Military Administration
OBS

Negligence that does not involve recklessness, undue carelessness or intentional commission of a wrongful act or an intentional omission to perform a legal duty. QRO App IV

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

Une négligence qui n'équivaut pas à une imprudence, une inattention excessive ou à l'accomplissement intentionnel d'une action préjudiciable ou à l'omission intentionnelle d'un devoir prévu par la loi. QRO App IV

Spanish

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Record 41 1995-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
CONT

"adverse claim" includes a claim that a transfer was or would be wrongful or that a particular adverse person is the owner of or has an interest in a security. [Bank Act]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque
DEF

[...] fait d'invoquer qu'un transfert est ou serait illégal ou qu'un opposant déterminé détient la propriété de valeurs mobilières ou un droit sur celles-ci. [Loi sur les banques]

Spanish

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Record 42 1993-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Investment
CONT

A person against whom the transfer of a security is wrongful for any reason, including the person's incapacity, may, against anyone except a bona fide purchaser, reclaim possession of the security or obtain possession of any new security evidencing all or part of the same rights;.... [Bank Act].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 43 1988-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

Form or out of a wrongful act; tortious, tortiously.

CONT

Despite the disappearance of the forms of action and their procedural quirks, important distinctions remain which call for a decision whether the plaintiff’s cause of action is ex contractu or ex delicto.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 44 1987-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

A person who enters on land with authority and while there abuses the authority by committing a wrongful act is deemed a trespasser at initio.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 45 1979-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Transportation Insurance
CONT

"Barratry of the master and mariners" is one of the perils of the sea generally insured against in policies of marine insurance (...)

CONT

Under the Marine Insurance Act the term barratry includes every wrongful act wilfully committed by the Master or crew to the detriment of the owner or charterers as the case may be.(...) Under the terms of Lloyd's policy shipowners are covered for barratry of the Master and mariners.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Assurance transport
CONT

On appelle "baraterie du patron" ou "baraterie du capitaine", une action du capitaine faite en fraude des assureurs, de l'armateur ou des chargeurs.

OBS

Le terme "patron" désigne le capitaine d'un navire de pêche ou de cabotage, de tonnage relativement faible; cependant, le responsable de la "conduite du navire", qu'il se nomme patron ou capitaine, remplit exactement les mêmes fonctions à bord, sous un de ces deux titres dont le seul équivalent juridique en anglais est "master".

Spanish

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Record 46 1978-12-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Transportation Insurance
CONT

Under the Marine Insurance Act the term barratry includes every wrongful act wilfully committed by the Master or crew to the detriment of the owners or charterers as the case may be(...) Under the terms of Lloyd's policy shipowners are covered for barratry of the Master and mariners.

CONT

"Barratry of the master and mariners" is one of the perils of the sea generally insured against in policies of marine insurance (...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Assurance transport
CONT

On appelle "baraterie du patron" ou "baraterie du capitaine", une action du capitaine faite en fraude des assureurs, de l'armateur ou des chargeurs.

OBS

Le terme "patron" désigne le capitaine d'un navire de pêche ou de cabotage de tonnage relativement faible; patrons ou capitaines remplissent exactement les mêmes fonctions à bord et ont les mêmes responsabilités quant à la conduite du navire.

Spanish

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