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DISSOLVED MARRIAGE [7 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2015-06-29
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Family Law (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- divorce
1, record 1, English, divorce
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The dissolution of a valid marriage. 2, record 1, English, - divorce
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Proceedings commence with the filing of a petition, in a prescribed form, which sets out the facts on which the petitioner relies as proof of the grounds for divorce, and which concludes with a request that the marriage be dissolved. 2, record 1, English, - divorce
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit de la famille (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- divorce
1, record 1, French, divorce
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le mariage se dissout par le décès de l'un des conjoints ou par le divorce [...] Le divorce est prononcé conformément à la loi canadienne sur le divorce [...] 2, record 1, French, - divorce
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
divorce : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 3, record 1, French, - divorce
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2015-06-29
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Family Law (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- void marriage
1, record 2, English, void%20marriage
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A marriage is void if the parties are too closely related or if either party is already married. A void marriage does not exist, has never existed, and needs no formal act to be dissolved. 2, record 2, English, - void%20marriage
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit de la famille (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- mariage nul
1, record 2, French, mariage%20nul
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] l'annulation [...] a pour effet de déclarer que le mariage n'a jamais existé (mariage nul) ou encore qu'il a existé jusqu'au moment où il est annulé (mariage annulable) par la cour. 2, record 2, French, - mariage%20nul
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
mariage nul : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 3, record 2, French, - mariage%20nul
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2015-06-25
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Family Law (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- form of marriage ceremony
1, record 3, English, form%20of%20marriage%20ceremony
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The law is well settled that a person who is already married is incapable of making a second marriage until the first has been dissolved by death or a valid divorce. If, before such dissolution, he or she goes through a form of marriage ceremony, the second marriage is void ab initio. 2, record 3, English, - form%20of%20marriage%20ceremony
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit de la famille (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- forme de cérémonie de mariage
1, record 3, French, forme%20de%20c%C3%A9r%C3%A9monie%20de%20mariage
correct, feminine noun, standardized
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS
forme de cérémonie de mariage : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2, record 3, French, - forme%20de%20c%C3%A9r%C3%A9monie%20de%20mariage
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2014-05-15
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Rights and Freedoms
- Family Law (common law)
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- capitis deminutio minima
1, record 4, English, capitis%20deminutio%20minima
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- minimum reduction of status 2, record 4, English, minimum%20reduction%20of%20status
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Loss of family(capitis deminutio minima) occurred when a person's agnatic family ties were dissolved either by his entry into another family..., marriage of a woman with "in manum conventio" or by his becoming the head of a new family... [T] he capitis deminutio minima gradually lost its significance; under Justinian it is almost without any importance at all. 3, record 4, English, - capitis%20deminutio%20minima
Record 4, Key term(s)
- capitis diminutio minima
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Droits et libertés
- Droit de la famille (common law)
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- capitis deminutio minima
1, record 4, French, capitis%20deminutio%20minima
correct, feminine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- perte minimale de personnalité civile 2, record 4, French, perte%20minimale%20de%20personnalit%C3%A9%20civile
correct, see observation, feminine noun
- petite diminution de tête 3, record 4, French, petite%20diminution%20de%20t%C3%AAte
see observation, feminine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On distingue […] trois cas de «capitis deminutio» qui entraînent un changement de statut («status permutatio»): la «maxima» quand l’homme libre devient esclave; la «media» quand, tout en gardant la liberté, un individu change de citoyenneté; la «minima» quand un individu passe d’une «familia» dans une autre. 4, record 4, French, - capitis%20deminutio%20minima
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
L'expression «capitis deminutio minima» se traduit littéralement par «petite diminution de tête» dans le contexte du droit romain. Elle se dit lorsqu'un citoyen romain changeait l'état de famille sans perdre le droit de cité. De ce fait, nous suggérons l'équivalent «perte minimale de personnalité civile» au lieu de «petite diminution de tête». 2, record 4, French, - capitis%20deminutio%20minima
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2011-09-28
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Family Law (common law)
- Property Law (civil law)
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- family patrimony
1, record 5, English, family%20patrimony
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Patrimony consisting of certain property of the spouses regardless of which of them holds a right of ownership in that property. 1, record 5, English, - family%20patrimony
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The family patrimony is composed of the following property owned by one or the other of the spouses : the residences of the family or the rights which confer use of them, the movable property with which they are furnished or decorated and which serves for the use of the household, the motor vehicles used for family travel and the benefits accrued during the marriage under a retirement plan. This patrimony also includes the registered earnings, during the marriage, of each spouse pursuant to the Act respecting the Québec Pension Plan or to similar plans. The earnings contemplated in the second paragraph and accrued benefits under a retirement plan governed or established by an Act which grants a right to death benefits to the surviving spouse where the marriage is dissolved as a result of death are, however, excluded from the family patrimony. Property devolved to one of the spouses by succession or gift before or during the marriage is also excluded from the family patrimony. For the purposes of the rules on family patrimony, a retirement plan is any of the following : a plan governed by the Act respecting Supplemental Pension Plans or that would be governed thereby if it applied where the spouse works; a retirement plan governed by a similar Act of a legislative jurisdiction other than the Parliament of Québec; a plan established by an Act of the Parliament of Québec or of another legislative jurisdiction; a retirement-savings plan; any other retirement-savings instrument, including an annuity contract, into which sums from any of such plans have been transferred. 1, record 5, English, - family%20patrimony
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
family patrimony: Expression, definition and context reproduced from sections 414 and 415 of the Civil Code of Québec. 2, record 5, English, - family%20patrimony
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la famille (common law)
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- patrimoine familial
1, record 5, French, patrimoine%20familial
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Patrimoine [...] formé de certains biens des époux sans égard à celui des deux qui détient un droit de propriété sur ces biens. 1, record 5, French, - patrimoine%20familial
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le patrimoine familial est constitué des biens suivants dont l'un ou l'autre des époux est propriétaire : les résidences de la famille ou les droits qui en confèrent l'usage, les meubles qui les garnissent ou les ornent et qui servent à l'usage du ménage, les véhicules automobiles utilisés pour les déplacements de la famille et les droits accumulés durant le mariage au titre d'un régime de retraite. Entrent également dans ce patrimoine, les gains inscrits, durant le mariage, au nom de chaque époux en application de la Loi sur le régime de rentes du Québec ou de programmes équivalents. Sont toutefois exclus du patrimoine familial, si la dissolution du mariage résulte du décès, les gains visés au deuxième alinéa ainsi que les droits accumulés au titre d'un régime de retraite régi ou établi par une loi qui accorde au conjoint survivant le droit à des prestations de décès. Sont également exclus du patrimoine familial, les biens échus à l'un des époux par succession ou donation avant ou pendant le mariage. Pour l'application des règles sur le patrimoine familial, est un régime de retraite : le régime régi par la Loi sur les régimes complémentaires de retraite ou celui qui serait régi par cette loi si celle-ci s'appliquait au lieu où l'époux travaille, le régime de retraite régi par une loi semblable émanant d'une autorité législative autre que le Parlement du Québec, le régime établi par une loi émanant du Parlement du Québec ou d'une autre autorité législative, un régime d'épargne-retraite, tout autre instrument d'épargne-retraite, dont un contrat constitutif de rente, dans lequel ont été transférées des sommes provenant de l'un ou l'autre de ces régimes. 1, record 5, French, - patrimoine%20familial
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
patrimoine familial : Expression, définition et contexte reproduits des articles 414 et 415 du Code civil du Québec. 2, record 5, French, - patrimoine%20familial
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Derecho de familia (common law)
- Derecho de propiedad (derecho civil)
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- patrimonio familiar
1, record 5, Spanish, patrimonio%20familiar
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Patrimonio [...] formado por ciertos bienes de los esposos sin consideración de cuál de los dos tenga el derecho de propiedad sobre esos bienes. 1, record 5, Spanish, - patrimonio%20familiar
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
El patrimonio familiar está constituido por los siguientes bienes de los cuales uno o el otro de los esposos es propietario: las residencias de la familia o los derechos que confieran su uso, los muebles que las amueblen o las ornamenten y que sirvan al uso de la familia, los vehículos automotores utilizados para los desplazamientos de la familia y los derechos acumulados durante el matrimonio en virtud de un plan de jubilación. Este patrimonio también incluye los ingresos inscritos, durante el matrimonio, a nombre de cada esposo en aplicación de la Ley sobre el plan de rentas de Quebec o de programas equivalentes. No obstante, quedan excluidos del patrimonio familiar, cuando la disolución del matrimonio resultare por fallecimiento, los ingresos contemplados en el segundo párrafo y los derechos acumulados en un plan de jubilación registrado o establecido por una ley que otorgue al cónyuge sobreviviente el derecho a prestaciones por causa de muerte. Están igualmente excluidos del patrimonio familiar, los bienes que recaigan a uno de los esposos por sucesión o donación antes o durante el matrimonio. Para la aplicación de las reglas sobre el patrimonio familiar, es un plan de jubilación: el plan regido por la Ley sobre los planes complementarios de jubilación o el plan que sería regido por esa ley si ésta se aplicara al lugar donde trabaje el esposo. El plan de jubilación regido por una ley semejante que emane de una autoridad legislativa que no sea el Parlamento de Quebec, el plan establecido por una ley que emane del Parlamento de Quebec o de otra autoridad legislativa, un plan de ahorro-jubilación, todo otro instrumento de ahorro-jubilación,inclusive un contrato de anualidad al que se haya transferido dinero de cualquiera de dichos planes. 1, record 5, Spanish, - patrimonio%20familiar
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS
patrimonio familiar: Expresión traducida de los artículos 414 y 415 del Código Civil de Quebec. El C.C.Q. fue traducido según la versión de 1999-2000. 2, record 5, Spanish, - patrimonio%20familiar
Record 6 - internal organization data 2011-09-28
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Family Law (civil law)
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- dissolution of marriage
1, record 6, English, dissolution%20of%20marriage
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
dissolution of marriage :Marriage is dissolved by the death of either spouse or by divorce. 2, record 6, English, - dissolution%20of%20marriage
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la famille (droit civil)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- dissolution du mariage
1, record 6, French, dissolution%20du%20mariage
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT
La dissolution du mariage s'opère par le décès d'un conjoint ou par le divorce. 2, record 6, French, - dissolution%20du%20mariage
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Derecho de familia (derecho civil)
Record 6, Main entry term, Spanish
- disolución del matrimonio
1, record 6, Spanish, disoluci%C3%B3n%20del%20matrimonio
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 6, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
El matrimonio se disuelve por el fallecimiento de uno de los cónyuges o por el divorcio. 1, record 6, Spanish, - disoluci%C3%B3n%20del%20matrimonio
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 2 OBS
disolución del matrimonio: Expresión y observación traducidas del artículo 516 del Código Civil de Quebec. El C.C.Q. fue traducido según la versión de 1999-2000. 2, record 6, Spanish, - disoluci%C3%B3n%20del%20matrimonio
Record 7 - internal organization data 1975-03-11
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Demography
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- dissolved marriage 1, record 7, English, dissolved%20marriage
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Démographie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- rupture d'union 1, record 7, French, rupture%20d%27union
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
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