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HEREDITARY SUCCESSOR [2 records]

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Record 1 2013-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

A successor by hereditary succession.(Ballentine's, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 557)

French

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

successeur héréditaire : 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 2 2011-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
CONT

New credentials are necessary when the rank of a post is modified. The same conditions prevail in the case of death or resignation of the sovereign.

CONT

Where in either state a monarch or other hereditary ruler is replaced by his successor, either constitutionally or otherwise, or where in either state changes not provided for in the constitution lead to the emergence of a new head of state, it is general practice that ambassadors who remain at their posts are provided with fresh credentials.

OBS

new credential; fresh credential: terms usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • new credentials
  • fresh credentials

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
DEF

Lettre de créance à nouveau présentée aux autorités locales par un agent diplomatique dès lors que le rang d'un poste est modifié, par exemple lorsqu'une légation est élevée au rang d'ambassade.

OBS

lettre de recréance : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • lettres de recréance

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diplomacia
CONT

Existe la necesidad de que los jefes de misión presenten nuevas credenciales cuando es proclamando un nuevo soberano en los estados monárquicos. En el caso de las Repúblicas no es necesaria la renovación de credenciales cuando hay un cambio de presidente.

OBS

nueva credencial: término utilizado generalmente en plural.

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