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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The law does not excuse a defendant from liability for a consequence merely because other causal factors for which he is not responsible were also necessary to produce it.  2, record 1, English, - causal%20factor

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS

facteur de causalité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 1, French, - facteur%20de%20causalit%C3%A9

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A plea, which the defendant has the burden of establishing at trial, by which he admits the truth of material facts stated in the plaintiff’s statement of claim, but destroys the legal effect of these admissions by pleading other facts, which, if true, constitute a defence.  3, record 2, English, - affirmative%20defence

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

As the early common law attached liability to trespass on mere proof of direct causation, it became necessary, after the later admission of exculpatory considerations, for the defendant to "justify" or "excuse" his conduct by specially pleading and proving the circumstances which destroyed its actionable quality. Thus "justification" became an affirmative defence.  4, record 2, English, - affirmative%20defence

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

In a statement of defence.  3, record 2, English, - affirmative%20defence

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

défense affirmative : terme recommandé par le Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  3, record 2, French, - d%C3%A9fense%20affirmative

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

The compulsory school attendance law has been violated if a student is required to attend school... and fails to attend school on 10 or more days or parts of days(without excuse) within a six-month period of time in the same school year...  3, record 3, English, - compulsory%20school%20attendance

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Présence imposée aux élèves inscrits dans un établissement public ou privé, pendant la période de l'obligation scolaire.  3, record 3, French, - fr%C3%A9quentation%20scolaire

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 OBS

fréquentation scolaire : terme et définition normalisés par l'OLF.  4, record 3, French, - fr%C3%A9quentation%20scolaire

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In a criminal trial, the insanity defenses are possible defenses by excuse, via which defendants may argue that they should not be held criminally liable for breaking the law, as they were mentally ill at the time of their allegedly criminal actions.  4, record 4, English, - defence%20of%20insanity

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 CONT

In order to support a defence of insanity the disease must, of course, be of such intensity as to render the accused incapable of appreciating the nature and quality of the violent act or of knowing it was wrong.  5, record 4, English, - defence%20of%20insanity

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Afin d'appuyer une défense d'aliénation mentale, la maladie doit, bien sûr, être d'une intensité telle qu'elle rende l'accusé incapable de juger la nature et la qualité de l'acte violent ou de savoir qu'il est mauvais.  3, record 4, French, - d%C3%A9fense%20d%27ali%C3%A9nation%20mentale

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 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.  2, record 5, English, - without%20malice

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Malice : intention de nuire.  2, record 5, French, - sans%20intention%20de%20nuire

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In any prosecution under this Part, the burden of proving that an exception, exemption, excuse or qualification prescribed by law operates in favour of the accused is on the accused, and the persecutor is not required, except by way of rebuttal, to prove that the exception, exemption, excuse or qualification does not operate in favour of the accused, whether or not it is set out in the information or indictment.  1, record 6, English, - except%20by%20way%20of%20rebuttal

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Fardeau de la preuve[...] Dans les poursuites sous le régime de la présente partie, il incombe à l'accusé de prouver qu'une exception, exemption, excuse ou réserve, prévue par le droit, joue en sa faveur; quant au poursuivant, il n'est pas tenu, si ce n'est à titre de réfutation, de prouver que l'exception, exemption, excuse ou réserve ne joue pas en faveur de l'accusé, qu'elle soit ou non énoncée dans la dénonciation ou l'acte d'accusation.  1, record 6, French, - si%20ce%20n%27est%20%C3%A0%20titre%20de%20r%C3%A9futation

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

dispense de certaines obligations civiles  2, record 7, French, - dispense%20l%C3%A9gale

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish