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HEAD JUDGE [8 records]

Record 1 2013-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Sports (General)
CONT

The referee shall have full control and authority over all officials and shall approve their assignments and instruct them regarding all special features or regulations related to the competition.

OBS

In the National Occupational Classification (NOC), an official occupational title in Group 5253 - Sports Officials and Referees.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sports (Généralités)
CONT

Le juge-arbitre doit contrôler et exercer l'autorité sur tous les officiels; il doit approuver leurs affectations et leur donner des instructions en ce qui concerne les caractéristiques ou règlements particuliers relatifs à la compétition.

OBS

Dans la Classification nationale des professions (CNP), titre de profession officiel dans le Groupe 5253 - Arbitres et officiels/officielles de sports.

Key term(s)
  • juge arbitre

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
DEF

Árbitro principal que toma las últimas decisiones.

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Record 2 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 3 2008-05-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Courts
  • Legal Profession: Organization
  • Anthropology
CONT

By the end of XVII century the municipal council of Buenos Aires or cabildo established the first partidos in the countryside.... At the head of every partido the cabildo appointed a rural judge called "Alcade de la Santa Hermandad. "The judge or alcade... had the mission to maintain the law and order in the surrounding rural area of Buenos Aires, fighting against cattle raiders. The alcalde was helped by a constabulary called "Santa Hermandad"(in English, "Holy Brotherhood") created in the late XV century by the Catholic Monarchs and transplanted to the colonies.

CONT

... the alcalde de la Hermandad, responsible for law enforcement in the countryside, appeared before the council of Cáceres to report that he had taken prisoner a "famous thief" ..., one of the guilty parties in a theft of Sanabria’s cattle.

OBS

alcalde (from Portuguese "alcaide") is the Spanish and formerly Portuguese title of the chief administrator of a town. An alcalde’s duties usually included both judicial and administrative functions. The title derives from the Andalusi Arabic "al-qadi" ..., meaning "the judge" or from "al caïd," Arab word for "the chief," or Military Governor of the Castle ("al caïda," Arab word for "the castle" or "the base").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Tribunaux
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
  • Anthropologie
CONT

Les délinquants capturés par la Santa Hermandad sont jugés par des tribunaux spéciaux. [...] Dans ces tribunaux siègent les alcaldes de la Hermandad choisis dans chaque localité [...]. Les tribunaux procèdent à l'examen des faits, rendent les sentences, mais n'infligent que les peines les plus sévères, c'est-à-dire la mutilation ou la mort.

CONT

Les agriculteurs se différenciaient des labradores par l'investissement supérieur en esclaves et en bâtiments, par leur titre de propriété de la terre une moyenne cultivée d'environ 3600 ha. Ils étaient considerés comme les hommes respectables de la région, installés depuis plusieurs générations et occupant souvent la fonction de alcalde de la Hermandad.

OBS

alcade (Histoire) : Juge, magistrat à fonctions judiciaires, administratives, municipales, dans ls pays de langue espagnole (Espagne, Amérique latine) ou sous administration espagnole. [Sens moderne :] En Espagne, Magistrat municipal (équivalent du maire). [Variante :] alcalde.

Key term(s)
  • alcade de la Hermandad

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Tribunales
  • Organización de la profesión (Derecho)
  • Antropología
CONT

Los alcaldes de la Hermandad eran [...] los jueces en quienes descansaba la jurisdicción criminal de la Hermandad [...]. Conocían en primera instancia de los procesos por delitos de Hermandad, encabezaban los autos, dictaban sentencias y asistían a la ejecución de las mismas.

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Record 4 2005-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Courts
  • Federal Administration
CONT

... the position is confidential to the Governor General, a Minister of the Crown, a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court or the Tax Court of Canada, or a deputy head... [Public Service Modernization Act]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Tribunaux
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

[...] poste de confiance occupé auprès du gouverneur général, d'un ministre fédéral, d'un juge de la Cour suprême du Canada, de la Cour fédérale ou de la Cour canadienne de l'impôt, ou d'un administrateur général [...] [Loi sur la modernisation de la fonction publique]

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gimnasia y acrobacias sobre cama elástica
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Record 6 2001-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Gymnastics and Trampoline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gymnastique et trampoline

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gimnasia y acrobacias sobre cama elástica
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Record 7 1996-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Combined-Events Contests

French

Domaine(s)
  • Compétitions à épreuves combinées

Spanish

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Record 8 1988-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

The Government of Canada does not normally assume the sponsorship of non-governmental conferences. However, from time to time, a minister, deputy head or head of agency may judge it to be desirable for the Government of Canada to make a grant or contribution to an organization or organizations to assist in the holding of such conference. This may be done when authority for the grant or contribution has been provided in the Main or Supplementary Estimates; and in the case of a contribution, that approval of any necessary allotment transfer has been received.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Budget des collectivités publiques

Spanish

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