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HEAD HOUSE [17 records]

Record 1 2025-09-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

A senior official of the House appointed by Governor in Council, the Sergeant-at Arms assists the Clerk as head of parliamentary precinct services, performing certain ceremonial functions and being responsible for security and building services.

Key term(s)
  • Sergeant at Arms of the House of Commons
  • Sergeant at Arms
  • Serjeant-at-Arms of the House of Commons
  • Serjeant at Arms of the House of Commons
  • Serjeant-at-Arms
  • Serjeant at Arms

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
DEF

Haut fonctionnaire de la Chambre nommé par le gouverneur en conseil qui assiste le greffier dans son rôle de chef de la cité parlementaire en remplissant certaines fonctions protocolaires et en étant responsable de la sécurité et de l'entretien des édifices du Parlement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puestos gubernamentales
  • Lenguaje parlamentario
DEF

Alto funcionario de la Cámara nombrado por el Gobernador en Consejo, que asiste al Secretario en su papel de jefe del recinto parlamentario, cumpliendo ciertas funciones protocolares y siendo responsable de la seguridad y mantenimiento de los edificios del Parlamento.

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Record 2 2018-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
  • Grain Growing
  • Milling and Cereal Industries
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

This moth, common in Great Britain and Canada’s West Coast, is often found in combination with the brown house moth. It is usually considered to be more of a stored product pest and less of a scavenger than the latter. The worst infestations occur in grain, cereals, and stored seeds such as peas and beans.

OBS

The adult is easily recognized by its conspicuous white head and thorax. The forewings are greyish-white with darker areas. The males have a wing-spread of about 1. 2 centimetres and the females about 2 centimetres. Most of the adults are females, each of which lays about 100 eggs. Like the brown house moth, the females vary in size and the larger females lay more eggs. The eggs, dull white in colour, are laid in cracks and crevices and often adhere together. The larva, which requires a relative humidity of at least 80% for development, is about 1. 2 centimetres in length and waxy-white in colour. The head and adjoining portion of the back of the adult are reddish-brown. This moth has no dormant stage and under summer conditions and 90% relative humidity, the life of this species takes about 62 days.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
  • Culture des céréales
  • Minoterie et céréales
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
CONT

Ce papillon, commun en Grande-Bretagne et sur la côte Ouest du Canada, est souvent associé à l'œcophore bronzée. De façon générale, on le considère davantage comme un ravageur des produits entreposés et moins comme un coprophage, par rapport à l'œcophore bronzée. Les pires infestations ont lieu dans le grain, les céréales et les semences entreposées comme les pois et les fèves.

OBS

On reconnaît facilement l'adulte à sa tête et à son thorax de couleur blanche qui attirent la vue. Les ailes antérieures sont d'un blanc grisâtre, avec des zones plus foncées. Chez le mâle, l'envergure des ailes est de 1,2 cm environ et, chez la femelle, d'environ 2 cm. La plus grande partie de la population adulte est composée de femelles qui pondent, chacune, environ cent œufs. Comme pour l'œcophore bronzée, la taille des femelles varie, et les plus grosses pondent plus d'œufs. Les œufs, d'un blanc terne, sont déposés dans des fissures ou des anfractuosités et, souvent, ils adhèrent les uns aux autres. La chenille, qui a besoin d'une humidité relative de 80 % pour se développer, mesure environ 1,2 cm de longueur et est d'un blanc cireux. La tête et la partie attenante du dos de l'adulte sont brun roux. Ce papillon ne présente pas de diapause et, à des températures estivales et à une humidité relative de 90 %, le cycle évolutif exige environ soixante-deux jours.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Insectos, ciempiés, arañas y escorpiones
  • Cultivo de cereales
  • Molinería y cereales
Entrada(s) universal(es)
CONT

La Endrosis sarcitrella (Linnaeus) (palomilla o polilla cabeza blanca) es una larva capaz de alimentarse de una gran variedad de productos secos de origen vegetal o animal, como granos de trigo, avena, maíz, cebada y los productos de su molienda, arvejas, fréjol, lupinas y sus harinas, nueces, tortas y harinas de oleaginosas, alimentos concentrados para el ganado. Es una plaga de menor importancia comparativamente con otras especies que son más dañinas a granos y productos almacenados. Generalmente se le encuentra en productos que han estado almacenados por largos períodos de tiempo o en malas condiciones de conservación.

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Record 3 2018-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Worms and Related Organisms
DEF

Any of the segments of a tapeworm formed by a process of strobilation in the neck region of the worm, containing both male and female reproductive organs and surviving briefly after breaking away from the strobila.

CONT

Tapeworms have neither mouth nor digestive tract... The scolex, or head,... attaches by suckers or hooks to the inside of a human intestine, and there begins to bud off a long chain of segments, called proglottids(up to twenty or thirty feet worth in some cases, thus snugly filling the entire length of the intestine). The proglottids are reproductive factories; each may house up to 40, 000 embryos.... Proglottids may break off and exit the body in feces, all ready to be ingested and to start the grisly cycle again.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vers et organismes apparentés
DEF

Chacun des segments d'un ver cestode, renfermant un appareil génital hermaphrodite complet.

CONT

Les proglottis sont bourgeonnés en arrière du scolex; d'abord fonctionnellement mâles, ils deviennent ensuite femelles, accumulent dans l'utérus les œufs fécondés et prennent alors le nom de cucurbitains.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gusanos y organismos semejantes
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Record 4 2016-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reptiles and Amphibians
Universal entry(ies)
CONT

The House gecko has a haggard appearance, with a thick head and big, bulging eyes. The adhesive pads on its toes are unusually wide and convoluted like fans, so that they cling particularly well to the substrate.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reptiles et amphibiens
Entrée(s) universelle(s)

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-07-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Shelters (Horticulture)
DEF

A building connected to one or more greenhouses that may include laboratories, offices, storage and greenhouse support areas.

CONT

An adjoining head house provides an area for plant preparation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Abris (Horticulture)
DEF

Bâtiment relié à une ou plusieurs serres qui peut inclure des laboratoires, des bureaux, des zones d'entreposage et de services destinés aux serres.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Positions
  • Courts
OBS

British officer of state who presides over the House of Lords and is the head of the judiciary and custodian of the great seal. He is a Cabinet minister, having control of all judicial appointments in the country except those reserved to the prime minister.

OBS

"Lord Chancellor" also called "Lord High Chancellor".

OBS

The Lord Chancellor is the Minister of Justice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Postes gouvernementaux
  • Tribunaux
OBS

Le lord chancelier (Lord Chancellor) est le ministre de la Justice.

OBS

Le français n'a pas de statut officiel en Grande-Bretagne. C'est donc dire que le nom des titres de postes britanniques ne comporte pas de traduction française officielle. Par contre, l'appellation proposée ici est répandue dans l'usage et entérinée par le Bureau de la traduction.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Puestos gubernamentales
  • Tribunales
OBS

Juez Presidente del Tribunal Constitucional y del Supremo, máxima autoridad judicial de Gran Bretaña, Presidente de la Cámara de los Lores.

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Record 7 2013-07-31

English

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

When the head of department has made a claim of privilege for documents or information under his control... is this claim conclusive upon the judge?... A decision of the House of Lords in 1942 limits the judge's function to ascertaining whether the claim is made by the proper officer in the proper form. If he decides that it is, the claim is conclusive.(McCormick, p. 234)

French

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

revendication de privilège, allégation de privilège : 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 8 2013-02-01

English

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

The dwelling house and the adjoining land where the head of the family dwells; the home farm. The fixed residence of the family, with the land, usual and customary appurtenances, and buildings surrounding the main house. Technically, and under the modern homestead laws, an artificial estate in land, devised to protect the possession and enjoyment of the owner against the claims of his creditors, by withdrawing the property from execution and forced sale, so long as the land is occupied as a home.(Black, 6th ed., 1990, p. 734).

CONT

In the western provinces, dower and curtesy in the historical legal sense have been abolished and replaced with an equivalent life estate in certain lands of the deceased spouse, referred to as his or her "homestead". This term is variously defined in the several provinces, but generally, it includes the matrimonial home together with adjoining land. (Anger and Honsberger, 2nd, p. 212)

French

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

propriété familiale : 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 9 2013-01-31

English

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

Head rent is rent payable to a superior landlord for fully improved property; as where a house is let on lease, and sub-let on weekly tenancies at a much higher amount.(Adkin's, 17th ed., 1973, p. 81)

OBS

The term is in common use, though not mentioned in the text books. (Adkin’s, ibid.)

French

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

loyer principal : 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 10 2012-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

The "raison d’être" of the Prime Minister's Office is to serve the prime minister in the discharging of all his responsibilities-as leader of the Canadian people, as head of the government and of the administration, as chief spokesman within the House of Commons, and as leader of a particular political party.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

[...] c’est une question de gros bon sens que le représentant en chef d’une grande ville nord-américaine, ville qui se vante d’être multiculturelle et surtout polyglotte, soit représentée par une mairesse unilingue.

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-11-07

English

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

Often, in a family context, an elderly relative comes to live with the family pursuant to an informal arrangement.... If the relative falls out with the family or if the family tries to sell the house ever the head of the relative it will be necessary to resolve the legal status of the relative. The possibilities are as follows.... The relative may be treated as a contractual licensee having a contractual right to occupy the house for a period....(Megarry's, 6th ed., 1982, p. 373)

French

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

permissionnaire contractuel : 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 12 2010-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydroelectric Power Stations
Key term(s)
  • low head hydroelectric station
  • low head plant
  • low head power house
  • low-head hydro-electric station
  • low headhydro-electric station

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales hydro-électriques
OBS

hydroélectrique : 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

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Record 13 2009-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrology
DEF

The cardinal fire sign, analogous to the first house [which] says, "I am!" The symbol represents the head and the horns of a ram...

OBS

March 21 to April 20.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrologie
OBS

Le signe transite du 21 mars au 20 avril. Signe Cardinal. Chaud et Sec, donc de Feu. Gouverneur Mars. Lieu d'exaltation du Soleil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Astrología
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Record 14 2000-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Types of Constructed Works
  • Residential Architecture
CONT

Plywood Dome House Construction Plans. This detailed set of instructions will allow you to make your own versatile wooden dome structure, whether for a house, garage, greenhouse, weekender or storage hut. The simply explained theory behind the strength of dome construction is included and thoroughly covered before construction commences. Cheaper and easier to make than almost any other abode, the wooden dome can take less than a week to erect for 2 people working together. The basic building parts of panels, stiffeners, gussets, ribs and plates are put together like a mechano set using hexagonal head coach screws, washers, nails and anchor bolts for the floor attachment. Aesthetically pleasing and with a spacious interior feeling, the dome gives a harmonious dimension to any environmental setting.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Types de constructions
  • Architecture d'habitation
CONT

Entreprise. Domespace (Maisons tournantes en forme de dôme - France.

Spanish

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Record 15 1986-12-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Interior Design (General)
  • Types of Constructed Works
DEF

the principal bedroom in a house usually occupied by the head of the household.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Architecture d'intérieurs (Généralités)
  • Types de constructions
CONT

La chambre principale dans la partie de l'appentis en pignon est. (...) de l'autre côté [de la maison] dans une partie un peu en retrait, la chambre des maîtres de maison avec salle de bains et patio.

Spanish

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Record 16 1985-08-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Energy Transformation
  • Tidal Power Stations
  • Wave-Energy Power Plants
OBS

Double basin single effect incorporates two pools, an upper and a lower. The power house is sited between them. Filling gates are built between the sea and the upper pool, with emptying gates direct to the sea between the lower pool and the sea. This set-up permits continuous power generation proportionate in output to the difference in head between the pools.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transformation de l'énergie
  • Centrales marémotrices
  • Centrales houlomotrices

Spanish

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Record 17 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mechanical Components
OBS

harbour head wall mur de soutènement. head house(laboratory)-salle de service bâtiment de tête(102, p. 302) head piece-chapeau. head way-échappée(Ramée) nail head-tête de clou, pointe de diamant(Ramée)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composants mécaniques
OBS

(Illustration, mai 1925)

Spanish

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