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EVIDENCE IDENTITY [17 records]

Record 1 2023-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Status of Persons (Private Law)
CONT

Evidence of identity is an information record maintained by an authoritative source that supports the integrity and accuracy of the claims made by an individual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Statut des personnes (Droit privé)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
  • Estado de las personas (Derecho privado)
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Record 2 2020-04-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

[The] tendency to selectively accept and dismiss information to support one’s identity.

CONT

Identity-protective cognition, like other forms of motivated reasoning, operates through a variety of discrete psychological mechanisms. Individuals are more likely to seek out information that supports than information that challenges positions associated with their group identity(biased search). They are also likely [to selectively] credit or dismiss a form of evidence or argument based on its congeniality to their identity(biased assimilation).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Psicología cognitiva
DEF

Tendencia de los individuos a elegir y procesar información de maneras destinadas a proteger su estatus como miembros de un grupo o subcultura deseable.

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Record 3 2015-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Federal Administration
DEF

A process that requires physical possession or presentation of evidence to establish an individual' s identity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Administration fédérale
DEF

Processus qui nécessite la possession physique ou la présentation de preuves pour établir l'identité d'une personne.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-04-22

English

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

Evidence of identity that corroborates the foundational evidence of identity and assists in linking the identity information to an individual.

OBS

It may also provide additional information such as a photo, signature or address.

OBS

Examples include social insurance records; records of entitlement to travel, drive or obtain health insurance; and records of marriage, death or name change originating from a jurisdictional authority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Sécurité
DEF

Preuve de l'identité qui corrobore la preuve essentielle et permet d'établir un lien entre l'information d'identification et la personne concernée.

OBS

Elle peut comprendre également de l'information supplémentaire, comme une photo, une signature ou une adresse.

OBS

Des exemples comprennent le dossier d'assurance sociale; le dossier de droit de se déplacer, de conduire ou d'obtenir de l'assurance maladie; le dossier de mariage, de décès ou de changement de nom provenant d'une autorité compétente.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Federal Administration
DEF

The evidence of identity that establishes core identity information such as given name(s), surname, date of birth, sex and place of birth.

OBS

Examples include records of birth, immigration or citizenship from an authority with the necessary jurisdiction.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Administration fédérale
DEF

Preuve de l'identité qui comprend de l'information de base, comme le nom de famille, le prénom, la date de naissance, le sexe et le lieu de naissance.

OBS

Des exemples comprennent les dossiers de naissance, d'immigration ou de citoyenneté provenant d'une autorité au sein de la compétence pertinente.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-03-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Business and Administrative Documents
CONT

A certificate containing the substance and effect only, omitting the formal part of the indictment or charge and conviction for such offence, purporting to be signed by the Registrar or the clerk of the court, or other officer having the custody of the records of the court, in or before which the offender was convicted, or by the deputy of such Registrar, clerk or officer, for which certificate a fee of one dollar and no more shall be paid, is, upon proof of the identity of the person, sufficient evidence of the said conviction without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have signed the same.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Écrits commerciaux et administratifs
CONT

Un certificat contenant le fond et l'effet seulement, et omettant la partie formelle de l'acte d'accusation ou de l'inculpation et de la déclaration de culpabilité pour cette infraction, présenté comme étant signé par le registraire ou le greffier de la cour ou par tout autre fonctionnaire préposé à la garde des archives de la cour par ou devant laquelle le contrevenant a été déclaré coupable, ou par l'adjoint de ce registraire, greffier ou fonctionnaire, et pour lequel un droit d'un dollar au plus doit être payé, constitue, l'identité de la personne ayant été établie, une preuve suffisante de cette déclaration de culpabilité sans qu'il soit nécessaire de prouver l'authenticité de la signature ou la qualité officielle de la personne qui semble l'avoir signé.

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-04-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Specialized Vocabulary and Phraseologism of Sports
CONT

The adolescent phase of development is one where athletes face many competing demands. As a result, whilst their need for sleep has not changed to that of childhood, evidence suggests their perception of their need for sleep has decreased.... In other words, they are more likely to stay up later because they do not feel inherently as sleepy.... These elite junior athletes face a number of additional sources of stress outside sport training and competition that include employment, participation in other sports and activities, academic studies, social activities and family.... At the same time, they are also developing and establishing their own personal identity and progressive independence skills and dealing with many new life and social challenges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire spécialisé et phraséologie des sports
CONT

Cette brillante athlète au statut d'athlète de haut niveau junior 2e année [...] est un atout majeur du sprint national et international.

Spanish

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Record 8 2014-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Security
  • Police
CONT

The trial judge excluded a significant portion of the evidence derived from car probes, on the basis that the police had not identified the vehicles as known places of interception in their application, though they knew at the time the identity of the vehicles and their use as relevant meeting places.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Police

Spanish

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Record 9 2013-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Police
  • Emergency Management
DEF

... the branch of genetics that, through DNA analysis and comparison, helps to resolve legal problems such as paternity tests, establishing identity in criminal cases where biological evidence is found at crime scenes, inheritance matters, identification of victims of mass disasters, and identification of missing persons from human remains.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Police
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

[Spécialité médicale qui consiste en] l'application d'analyses génétiques et de techniques de diagnostic moléculaire aux problèmes légaux et à l'expertise criminelle.

Spanish

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Record 10 2013-09-20

English

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

If the issue in a criminal proceeding is identity, and the offence can be committed only by a member of an abnormal group, the accused may introduce psychiatric evidence that someone else... has the abnormal disposition to commit [the crime]....(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 81)

French

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

preuve psychiatrique; témoignage psychiatrique : termes normalisés 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 11 2011-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Photography
  • Police
DEF

Technique of photographing finger print impressions on a variety of objects and surfaces; widely used in police work to establish the identity of suspects and to obtain and present evidence.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Photographie
  • Police
DEF

Photographie des dactylogrammes, «empreintes obtenues par l'apposition d'un doigt sur une surface [...] susceptible de retenir fidèlement la disposition des lignes papillaires».

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

An officer may require or obtain from a permanent resident or a foreign national who is arrested, detained or subject to a removal order, any evidence, photographic, fingerprint or otherwise that may be used to establish their identity or compliance with this Act.

OBS

Term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, 2001.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

L'agent peut exiger ou obtenir du résident permanent ou de l'étranger qui fait l'objet d'une arrestation, d'une mise en détention, d'un contrôle ou d'une mesure de renvoi tous éléments, dont la photographie et la dactyloscopie, en vue d'établir son identité et vérifier s'il se conforme à la présente loi.

OBS

Terme tiré de la Loi sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2001.

Spanish

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Record 13 2005-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

The identity document is genuine, identifies the applicant, and constitutes credible evidence of the applicant's identity.

OBS

Term found in the Immigration Refugee Protection Regulations, 2002.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

Dans le cas d'une pièce d'identité, la pièce, à la fois : est authentique, identifie le demandeur, constitue une preuve crédible de l'identité du demandeur.

OBS

Terme tiré du Règlement sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2002.

Spanish

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Record 14 2002-11-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Facilities
CONT

Calls to a toll-free number will connect the end-customer to an interactive voice response(IVR) unit(or Touch-Tone pad input device or a similar device), which will record the following information : automatic recording of the working telephone number to be subscribed to the PIC(or evidence of further security measures as required to verify end customer identity), date and time, and PIC to confirm the end-customer's choice of AC.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)

Spanish

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Record 15 2001-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

House of Commons. Bill C-345. First reading, May 4, 2001.

Key term(s)
  • Requirement to Show Evidence of Identity Act

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Chambre des communes. Projet de loi C-345. Première lecture, 4 mai 2001.

Key term(s)
  • Loi sur la production obligatoire d'une preuve d'identité

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
OBS

Adjudication of the judge on the former trial.

CONT

Admissible in evidence to prove or to disprove the identity of the charges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
CONT

Admissible en preuve pour établir ou pour réfuter l'identité des inculpations.

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Mining Engineering
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
DEF

Evidence for the presence or the identity of a substance that is obtained by techniques such as spectroscopy, chromatography, or electrophoresis.

OBS

The parties have also filed fresh scientific evidence concerning the efficacy of a technique known as "gold fingerprinting" which allegedly permits scientists to match samples of gold with samples taken from the mines at which they originated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie analytique
  • Génie minier
  • Études et analyses environnementales
OBS

empreinte ou caractérisation des HAP d'une émission donnée (Pollution atmosphérique, no 112, p. 257).

Spanish

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