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HONEST [78 records]

Record 1 2026-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

This duty of honesty "is a general doctrine of contract law that applies to all contracts" and consequently, parties are not free to exclude it... This means simply that parties must not lie or otherwise knowingly mislead each other about matters directly linked to the performance of the contract.... Recognizing a duty of honest performance flowing directly from the common law organizing principle of good faith is a modest, incremental step.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
CONT

[La partie] s'appuie sur l'obligation d'exécution honnête des contrats énoncée dans l'arrêt Bhasin. Cette obligation, qui s'applique à tous les contrats, «oblige les parties à faire preuve d'honnêteté l'une envers l'autre dans le cadre de l'exécution de leurs obligations contractuelles» [...] Même si cette formulation de l'obligation renvoie explicitement à l’exécution des obligations contractuelles, elle s'applique bien sûr tant à l'exécution des obligations qu'à l'exercice des droits prévus au contrat.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

For British Columbia has a vision [of] what a government should be. It should be transparent. It should be honest. It should be held to a high standard. It should be run by the people.

Key term(s)
  • For BC

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités de los gobiernos provinciales canadienses
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
OBS

Por Columbia Británica: traducción no oficial proporcionada únicamente con fines informativos.

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Record 3 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
OBS

genuine mistake: CUB Glossary, Employment and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992.

OBS

erreur de bonne foi : Lexique CUB, Emploi et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 4 2025-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
CONT

Ethics and professionalism. Vendors must respond to bid solicitations, requests for standing offers, and requests for supply arrangement in an honest, fair, and comprehensive manner that accurately reflects their capacity to satisfy the requirements stipulated in the bid/offer/arrangement or contract documents. Vendors may submit bids/offers/arrangements and enter into contracts only if they are able to fulfill all stipulated obligations. Furthermore, vendors and their subcontractors have a duty of good faith and honest performance, before and during the procurement process.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics

Spanish

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Record 5 2024-07-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cognitive Psychology
DEF

An unpleasant psychological state resulting from inconsistency between two or more elements in a cognitive system.

CONT

When someone tells a lie and feels uncomfortable about it because he fundamentally sees himself as an honest person, he may be experiencing cognitive dissonance. That is, there is mental discord related to a contradiction between one thought(in this case, knowing he did something wrong) and another(thinking that he is honest).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie cognitive
DEF

État de tension apparaissant lorsqu'un individu détient simultanément deux cognitions (idées, opinions, croyances) qui sont psychologiquement inconsistantes.

CONT

De plus, ce positivisme toxique va instaurer chez [cette personne] une dissonance cognitive à cause de pensées contradictoires du type «je suis triste/je dois être heureux».

Spanish

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Record 6 2024-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
  • Sociology of Communication
  • Sociology of Human Relations
DEF

A conversation in which people learn from each other by sharing their perspectives on challenging or controversial topics.

OBS

Courageous conversations can help people gain a better understanding of the discrimination and barriers faced by certain people and develop more positive relationships. They can therefore lead to meaningful change in terms of inclusion.

OBS

In order for courageous conversations to work, participants need to be honest, open, respectful and authentic. They must be prepared to experience discomfort, assume responsibility for the impact of their words on others and accept that their perspectives may be challenged.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
  • Sociologie de la communication
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
DEF

Conversation au cours de laquelle des personnes apprennent les unes des autres en échangeant leurs points de vue sur des sujets difficiles ou controversés.

OBS

Les conversations courageuses peuvent aider les personnes à mieux comprendre la discrimination et les obstacles auxquels certaines personnes sont confrontées et à développer des relations plus positives. Elles peuvent donc mener à de véritables changements en matière d'inclusion.

OBS

Les personnes qui participent à une conversation courageuse doivent être honnêtes, ouvertes, respectueuses et authentiques pour que celle-ci soit réussie. Elles doivent s'attendre à ressentir de l'inconfort, à assumer l'impact que leurs mots peuvent avoir sur les autres et à remettre en question leurs points de vue.

Spanish

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Record 7 2023-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Aggressive communication [is defined] by speaking in a mean, harsh, or sarcastic manner, taking instead of compromising, maintaining glaring eye contact and speaking in loud or threatening tones, putting others down, being inappropriately honest, and bullying or trampling others.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information

Spanish

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Record 8 2023-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Assertive communication [is defined] by being firm but polite, compromising, maintaining warm and friendly eye contact and a conversational tone, building up others and oneself, being appropriately honest, and standing up for oneself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information

Spanish

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Record 9 2023-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Carabidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Carabidae.

Spanish

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Record 10 2023-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Carabidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Carabidae.

Spanish

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Record 11 2023-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

An insect (order Coleoptera) of the family Elateridae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Insecte (ordre des coléoptères) de la famille des Elateridae.

Spanish

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Record 12 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A spider of the family Anyphaenidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Araignée de la famille des Anyphaenidae.

Spanish

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Record 13 2022-07-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A spider of the family Linyphiidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Araignée de la famille des Linyphiidae.

Spanish

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Record 14 2020-10-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Sociology
CONT

[In the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, ] clan mother is a hereditary title … Clan mothers are responsible for overseeing the chief's actions, to ensure they are aligned with the Great Law. … The clan mothers’ responsibilities also include removing chiefs who are not living in accordance with the Great Law, replacing the chief, maintaining knowledge of the Great Law, maintaining and sharing knowledge of the political structure, and living as honest and kind role models to their clan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sociologie des Autochtones
CONT

La définition du mot «aînés» varie d'une nation à l'autre. Pour les Six Nations, par exemple, le mot aîné désigne : les gardiens de la foi, les mères de clans, les chefs héréditaires et les dirigeants spirituels.

Spanish

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Record 15 2020-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
CONT

Today, more and more "other means, "namely, formal and government-authorized private and public ADR mechanisms, have emerged in some developing countries to redress domestic and sometimes international grievances in a more timely, consistent, and, in many cases, honest manner than is possible in official courts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends

Spanish

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Record 16 2020-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Alternative Dispute Resolution
CONT

… to avoid the common problems associated with bargaining over positions, the negotiators will take a "soft" approach : treating the participants as friends, seeking agreement at almost any cost, and offering concessions easily in the interests of preserving(or creating) a good relationship with the other side. Soft negotiation will trust the other side, and will be open and honest about their bottom line.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Modes substitutifs de résolution des différends
OBS

négociation souple : désignation normalisée par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 17 2019-06-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Medication
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

MAPS Canada furthers its mission by : providing evidence-based, honest public education about the risks and benefits of psychedelics; supporting scientific research into many aspects of psychedelics including treatments for medical conditions, neuroscience, creativity and spirituality; planning, conducting, and publishing scientific research of psychedelic medicines; developing psychedelics into prescription medicines; training psychedelic psychotherapists and working to establish a network of treatment centers that can provide this service in the context of professional best practices.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Médicaments
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
Key term(s)
  • Canadian Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies

Spanish

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Record 18 2018-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Strategy
DEF

The advantage gained from an action, in relation to the achievement of an operational-level objective.

OBS

A "concrete and direct" military advantage exists if the commander has an honest and reasonable expectation that the attack will make a relevant contribution to the success of the overall operation.

OBS

Military advantage may include a variety of considerations [such as] the security of attacking forces.

OBS

military advantage: designation and definition officially approved by the Joint Terminology Panel in 2017.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Stratégie militaire
DEF

Avantage tiré d'une action, par rapport à l'atteinte d'un objectif du niveau opérationnel.

OBS

Si le commandant a une attente raisonnable que l'attaque contribuera de façon pertinente au succès de l'opération, on considère qu'il y a avantage militaire «concret et direct».

OBS

L'avantage militaire peut tenir compte de divers facteurs, notamment la sécurité des troupes assaillantes.

OBS

avantage militaire : désignation et définition uniformisées par le Groupe d'experts en terminologie interarmées en 2017.

Spanish

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Record 19 2018-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Disputes
  • Industrial and Economic Psychology
  • Rules of Court
DEF

A systematic approach composed of informal processes and conflict management training and that aims to deal with workplace conflicts.

OBS

It is a system that supports a culture of effective conflict management that emphasizes honest discussion and collaborative problem-solving between people who are involved in conflicts.

OBS

In 2005, section 207 of the "Public Service Labour Relations Act" (PSLRA) made it mandatory for all departments and agencies ... to have in place an informal conflict management system (ICMS).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conflits du travail
  • Psychologie industrielle et économique
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Approche systématique composée de processus informels et de formation en gestion des conflits visant à gérer les conflits en milieu de travail.

OBS

Il s'agit d'un système qui appuie une culture de gestion efficace des conflits en ce sens qu'il met l'accent sur la discussion honnête et la résolution conjointe des problèmes par les personnes impliquées dans les conflits.

OBS

En 2005, l'article 207 de la «Loi sur les relations de travail dans la fonction publique» (LRTFP) a rendu obligatoire que tous les ministères et organismes [...] disposent d'un système de gestion informelle des conflits (SGIC).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conflictos del trabajo
  • Psicología económica e industrial
  • Reglamento procesal
CONT

Sistema de gestión informal de conflictos. Sin perjuicio de las políticas o las directivas elaboradas por el empleador, cada uno de los administradores generales de la administración pública central deberá, en colaboración con los agentes negociadores que representan a los funcionarios del sector de la administración pública central del que es responsable, establecer un sistema informal de gestión de conflictos e informar y poner en conocimiento de los funcionarios la disponibilidad de ese sistema.

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Record 20 2018-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Indigenous Peoples
OBS

Canadian Roots Exchange(CRE) is a community of Indigenous and non-Indigenous youth committed to building honest and equitable relationships.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Peuples Autochtones
OBS

Nous sommes Échanges Racines canadiennes (ÉRC), un groupe de jeunes autochtones et non-autochtones qui croit qu'il est possible de créer des ponts entre les peuples du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 21 2017-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

All Public Servants. [Must adopt] risk-smart behaviours and outcomes-considering limitations, key risk areas and fundamental rules to understand risks they can and cannot take(i. e., understanding where there is allowance for honest mistakes and where prudence is paramount)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Processus décisionnel
CONT

Tous les fonctionnaires. Adopter une attitude soucieuse du risque et des résultats - en tenant compte des limites, des principaux secteurs de risque et des règles fondamentales permettant de comprendre les risques qu'ils peuvent prendre ou ne pas prendre (c'est-à-dire savoir où est permise une marge de manœuvre concernant des erreurs légitimes et où la prudence est primordiale).

Spanish

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Record 22 2017-09-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Installation and Maintenance (Electrical)
OBS

The Canadian Energy Workers Association(CEWA) will provide progressive, democratic, honest and effective representation, pursuing the interests of all members[, ] within a quality working environment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Installation et maintenance (Électricité)

Spanish

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Record 23 2017-07-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Dietetics
OBS

The Saskatchewan Dietitians Association (SDA) is the regulatory body for the approximately 370 Registered Dietitians in the province of Saskatchewan. The government of Saskatchewan has delegated the responsibility for regulating the practice of dietitians to SDA through the Dietitians Act. The Saskatchewan Dietitians Association regulates in the public’s interest by: setting and monitoring the standards for dietetic practice [and] investigating complaints and directing disciplinary action.

OBS

The Saskatchewan Dietitians Association is a regulatory body dedicated to protecting the public by : registering competent Registered Dietitians, setting standards of practice, codes of conduct and a framework for continuing competence, [and] investigating and acting on complaints in a fair, just and defined manner; in a spirit of mutual respect, honest and collaboration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Diététique

Spanish

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Record 24 2017-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Marketing
OBS

CAPMA provides its members with a rare opportunity to connect with like-minded competitors-partner, principal [and] owner/operator-in related industries who are committed to open and honest dialogue about the issues facing marketing leaders today.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Agencies Practising Marketing Activation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Commercialisation
Key term(s)
  • Canadian Agencies Practising Marketing Activation

Spanish

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Record 25 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
DEF

An untrue statement of fact made in the honest belief that it is true.

OBS

This term denotes misrepresentation that is neither fraudulent or negligent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

S'entend d'une assertion inexacte, mais ni frauduleuse ni négligente.

OBS

assertion inexacte faite innocemment : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 26 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

When [a] suit was brought on the contract and no corrective addendum had ever been prepared, the court allowed proof of mutual mistake or honest misrepresentation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

assertion sincère mais inexacte : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 27 2015-11-13

English

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

A fair equivalent. One which, under all the circumstances, is honest, reasonable, and free from suspicion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
OBS

juste contrepartie : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 28 2015-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
DEF

... the actionable wrong of making a false statement, knowing it to be false, or without honest belief in its truth or recklessly, not caring whether it be true or false, with the intention that another should rely thereon and act to his detriment and with the result that the other does so act.(Oxford Companion to Law, 1980, p. 340)

OBS

deceit: Legal sense.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
DEF

Délit civil consistant à faire une fausse assertion qui aura pour effet voulu d'amener son destinataire à agir à son détriment.

OBS

dol : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 29 2015-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

... the agent will still be liable even without proof of fraud, for breach of the implied warranty of authority and this liability exists whether the "agent" is acting negligently, or in good faith and under the honest, but mistaken belief that he is contracting with the authority of another person, not on his own behalf as principal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 30 2015-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

... an honest, if mistaken belief as to the truth of an assertion did not amount to fraud.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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Record 31 2015-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

... the agent will still be liable even without proof of fraud, for breach of the implied warranty of authority and this liability exists whether the "agent" is acting negligently, or in good faith and under the honest, but mistaken belief that he is contracting with the authority of another person, not on his own behalf as principal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 32 2014-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Ethics and Morals

French

Domaine(s)
  • Éthique et Morale

Spanish

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Record 33 2014-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Indigenous Arts and Culture
CONT

It takes time, a natural musical ability, dedication, and an honest desire to improve one's singing ability, to become a drum singer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Arts et culture autochtones
CONT

Marie-Clara Jourdain, elle aussi chanteuse au tambour, est bien d'accord. «Même si une femme ne peut rêver la chasse, elle peut se servir du pouvoir du tambour. Moi, il m'a appris le langage des oiseaux et mon père m'a dit qu'il m'aiderait toujours à vivre. Et c'est ainsi».

Spanish

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Record 34 2013-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Accounting
CONT

An honest accountant knows his depreciation charges

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Comptabilité
CONT

Un comptable consciencieux ne saurait ignorer.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
  • Contabilidad
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Record 35 2013-04-10

English

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

Hundreds of protesters rallied outside the Central Election Commission building in Kyiv late into the evening on Monday, protesting the alleged fraud and demanding an honest vote count.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

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Record 36 2012-06-08

English

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

The Chief Electoral Officer may not authorize an extension or correction unless he or she is satisfied by the evidence submitted by the applicant that the circumstances giving rise to the application arose by reason of...(c) inadvertence or an honest mistake of fact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Le directeur général des élections ne peut toutefois agréer à la demande que s'il est convaincu par la preuve que les circonstances qui ont donné lieu à celle-ci ont pour cause, selon le cas : [...] c) une inadvertance ou une véritable erreur de fait.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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Record 37 2011-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

With respect to the alleged delay in rendering his decision in the case in question, We find sufficiently justified the excuse given by respondent that the delay was due to "honest oversight" as explained by respondent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 38 2010-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
  • Merchandising Techniques
OBS

Published by the Competition Bureau Canada. Bait and switch selling is anti-competitive. By advertising products at bargain prices that are not available in reasonable quantities, retailers can unfairly lure consumers into their stores, thereby taking business away from honest retailers.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres
  • Techniques marchandes
OBS

Publié par le Bureau de la concurrence Canada. La vente à prix d'appel est une pratique anticoncurrentielle. En annonçant à prix d'occasion des produits qui ne sont pas offerts en quantités raisonnables, des détaillants réussissent à attirer par un moyen déloyal des consommateurs dans leur magasin, et à vous ravir ainsi votre clientèle.

Spanish

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Record 39 2010-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Wrought Metal Items and Antique Tools
CONT

Before the explorers took their leave of the Walla Wallas, whom Lewis described as a "friendly honest people, "Yelleppit presented Clark with a "very elegant white horse, "asking for a copper trade kettle in return.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Objets ouvrés et outils anciens (Métal)

Spanish

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Record 40 2009-07-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel and Job Evaluation
CONT

The PAF Technique is a simple and logical process that enables managers to validate and justify what they “know” in their heads about an employee's performance/potential and then to translate those conclusions into honest, effective feedback that they can deliver to the employee in any formal or informal context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Évaluation du personnel et des emplois
CONT

Avec la technique de rétroaction sur l'analyse du rendement (RAD), les gestionnaires doivent se préparer à l'avance en déterminant quels sont les comportements sous-jacents qui correspondent à un solide rendement ou encore à des points exigeant une amélioration.

Spanish

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Record 41 2008-10-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The classical mode of conversion consists in unauthorized transfer or disposal of the goods, whether by sale and delivery, pledge, or just mistaken delivery to the wrong person....(It) is not even an answer to have acted under authority from someone who had himself no right to dispose of them so that a sale and delivery by an agent or auctioneer constitutes conversion as against the true owner, although made in honest belief that his principal had title to the goods. Property rights are protected at the expense of an innocent mistake.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 42 2008-04-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
CONT

The papers in the present collection extend the search for smart practices beyond success stories, to include failures as well. Indeed, this collection operates from the proposition that, in the case of failures, smart practices might often involve honest and collaborative assessment of what went wrong and how changes might reduce the chances of repeating previous mistakes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
CONT

Les documents que contient le présent recueil illustrent en quoi la recherche sur les pratiques intelligentes peuvent s'appliquer tout autant aux plus grandes réussites qu'aux échecs. L'on se fonde d'ailleurs sur l'hypothèse selon laquelle, dans les cas d'échecs, les pratiques intelligentes pourraient souvent comprendre une évaluation honnête et collaborative des éléments qui ont moins bien fonctionné et de la façon dont des changements éventuels pourraient réduire les risques de répéter les mêmes erreurs.

Spanish

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Record 43 2007-08-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Public Administration (General)
OBS

World Bank Institute diagnostics and survey data; various countries; 1992-2001, document of Daniel Kaufmann.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
OBS

Institut de la Banque mondiale, données d'enquête diagnostiques; pays variés; 1992-2001, document de Daniel Kaufmann.

Spanish

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Record 44 2006-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Horse Husbandry
OBS

Two types : Mainland, Western Isles; exceptionally strong and well-made, docile and honest; neat, attractive head with intelligent, kindly eyes; short ears; powerful quarters and loins; deep chest; strong, short legs; flat bone; prominent tuft of feather at the fetlock joint; action free, straight and sure; natural paces are walking and trotting. Heights--Mainland about 14. 2 h. h., Western Isles from 12. 2 to 13. 2 h. h. and from 13. 2 to 14. 2 h. h.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Élevage des chevaux
OBS

[Cheval ayant] une belle tête et bien portée, le front haut, la mâchoire bien sculptée, des yeux ressortis, doux et expressifs, des oreilles pointues, l'encolure forte et plutôt longue, l'épaule inclinée, le corps cylindrique, le dos court et légèrement ensellé, la croupe et le rein forts, la cuisse courte et bien musclée, la queue attachée haut et belle, des membres robustes, robe grise ou isabelle.

CONT

Le poney Highland, des hautes terres d'Écosse (dont il existe plusieurs types) ressemble à un Shetland grossi.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Cría de ganado caballar
CONT

Este pony se cría tanto en Escocia como en sus islas occidentales. Los ponys de la propia Escocia son generalmente más grandes y fuertes que los de las pequeñas islas vecinas. El highland es un pony fuerte y robusto que lo convierte en un trekker excelente para adultos y chicos.

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Record 45 2006-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wine Service
  • Winemaking
DEF

The flat silver cup that looks like a tiny ashtray, used ... to sample wine. (Aspler, Tony, Marie Jacques, The Wine Lover Dines, Scarborough, Prentice-Hall Canada Inc., 1986, p. 239)

CONT

Silver tastevin displays wine’s color most accurately.

CONT

The "caviste" withdrew a sample of one-year-old... and released it into a little silver winetaster's cup.(Gillette, Paul, Peter A. Gillette, Playboy's Book of Wine, An Honest and Independent Guide to the Pleasant World of Wine, New-York, Playboy Press, 1964, p. 64)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Service des vins
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

Petite tasse d'argent [...] servant aux dégustateurs de vin.

CONT

Vigneron [...] peut se livrer [...] aux joies de la dégustation et offrir à la ronde des «tassées» grâce à la petite tasse d'argent, le taste-vin, qu'il porte toujours dans sa poche. (Bell, Bibiane, Alexandre Dorozynski, Le livre du vin, Tous les vins du monde, Paris, Éditions des Deux Coqs d'Or, 1968, p. 94)

Spanish

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Record 46 2006-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
  • Training of Personnel
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Have you ever thought about defining your educational platform? Your beliefs, opinions, values, and attitudes which provide a foundation for your teaching, and the reasons you deem them important. Many educational platforms cover the following points, but more in a narrative format than a listing. Educational platforms try to be honest about ones beliefs in action in terms of how they actualize these beliefs in practice, or why they don’t act on some beliefs to the extent to which they would like, or about inconsistencies they know exist.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
  • Perfectionnement et formation du personnel
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

Les modules se consultent à distance via une plateforme d'enseignement (PHEDRE) et un tuteur vous accompagne tout au long de votre formation à travers les outils pédagogiques qu'offre la plateforme.

CONT

ATOMEBIO est une plateforme éducative conçue pour l'intégration de cours universitaire. Cette plate-forme est mise à disposition sur Internet pour les étudiants dispensés d'assiduité et ceux présents à la faculté.

OBS

Pluriel : des plateformes, des plates-formes.

OBS

plateforme (sing.); plateformes (pl.) : Ces graphies, puisées des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, sont attestées dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Key term(s)
  • plate-forme d'enseignement
  • plate-forme éducative

Spanish

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Record 47 2004-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
DEF

The presumption that in making business decisions not involving direct self-interest or self-dealing, corporate directors act on an informed basis, in good faith, and in the honest belief that their actions are in the corporation's best interest.

CONT

Business judgment rule means that a court will not, with the benefit of hindsight, impugn a director’s decision that was based on the director’s informed and reasoned business judgment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
CONT

Ce qui est en jeu en l'occurrence, c'est la responsabilité des administrateurs (et des vérificateurs), mais une responsabilité qui ne compromette pas pour autant l'importante règle de l'appréciation commerciale.

OBS

Si les administrateurs prennent une décision de bonne foi, de manière informée et dans le meilleur intérêt de la compagnie, les tribunaux appliquent la règle de l'appréciation commerciale et ne tiennent pas les administrateurs personnellement responsables si cette décision ou les conséquences de cette décision tournent mal.

Spanish

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Record 48 2003-12-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
DEF

Fermented juice of wine grapes. (Schneider, Steven, The International Album of Wine, Your Personal Record of Wine Labels and Tastes, New-York, Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977, p. 11)

CONT

Most wine... comes from grapes.(Gillette, Paul, Peter A. Gillette, Playboy's Book of Wine, An Honest and Independent Guide to the Pleasant World of Wine, New-York, Playboy Press, 1964, p. 29)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
DEF

[Boisson qui] provient exclusivement de la fermentation du raisin frais ou du jus de raisin frais.

CONT

Le vin [...] est bien le digne fils de la vigne. (Bell, Bibiane, Alexandre Dorozynski, Le livre du vin, Tous les vins du monde, Paris, Éditions des Deux Coqs d'Or, 1968, p. 43)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria vinícola
DEF

Mosto de uvas, zumo de frutas u otros jugos vegetales, fermentado.

OBS

Normalmente contiene del 7 al 20 % de alcohol.

CONT

En América Latina hay países que son importantes productores de vino de buena calidad, como Argentina o Chile.

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Record 49 2003-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

Honest but mistaken belief in consent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

Croyance sincère mais erronée au consentement.

OBS

Source : Pappajohn c. La Reine, 1980, 2 R.C.S. 120, p. 133.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho procesal
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Record 50 2002-10-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Military Law
DEF

An honest belief in a state of facts which, if it existed, would furnish a legal justification or excuse for the act.

OBS

For example, a person who takes possession of property in the belief that it is his own, is not guilty of stealing even though his belief may be mistaken. (Art 103. 46)

Key term(s)
  • color of right

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit militaire
DEF

Conviction d'un état de choses qui, s'il existait, fournirait un motif valable ou une excuse pour l'acte en question.

OBS

Par exemple, quiconque s'empare d'un bien, croyant qu'il lui appartient, n'est pas coupable de vol, bien qu'il puisse avoir tort de le croire. (Art 103. 46)

Spanish

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Record 51 2002-06-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

A charge that the plaintiff is an habitual liar can only be justified by proof that on repeated occasions he made false statements without an honest belief in their truth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 52 2001-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
  • Weapon Systems
  • Spacecraft
CONT

Starting in 1954, the armies of the US(United States, Belgium, Britain, Denmark, France, Greece, Italy, the Netherlands, Turkey and West Germany) were equipped with the M-31 Honest John unguided rocket, which had a range of 25. 9 km.

OBS

unguided rocket: term extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
  • Systèmes d'armes
  • Engins spatiaux
CONT

Reportons-nous en 1954. Les armées de terre d'Allemagne fédérale, de Belgique, du Danemark, des États-Unis, de France, de Grèce, d'Italie, des Pays-Bas et de Turquie, étaient alors dotées de la fusée non guidée M-31 Honest John, de 25,9 km de portée.

OBS

roquette non guidée : terme tiré du lexique «Désarmement et Maintien de la Paix» avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Misiles y cohetes
  • Sistemas de armas
  • Naves espaciales
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Record 53 2001-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • Marketing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Commercialisation
OBS

Source : Loi sur les marques de commerce, SRC 1970, chapitre I, article 10.

Spanish

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Record 54 2001-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
CONT

Production of these Honest John missiles, which can carry either nuclear or conventional warheads to ranges up to 37 km, has terminated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
CONT

La production de ces engins Honest John, dotés selon les besoins d'une charge nucléaire ou d'une charge de type classique et dont la portée peut atteindre 37 km, est maintenant terminée.

OBS

Selon certains ouvrages de langue, le terme «conventionnel» est un anglicisme dans ce sens.

Spanish

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Record 55 2001-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising
CONT

A reference account is a customer licensed to use a [specific] product who decides to give an honest testimonial regarding the product or service.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Publicité
DEF

Client ayant une licence d'utilisation d'un produit et pouvant ainsi faire un témoignage professionnel d'appréciation concernant un produit ou un service.

Spanish

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Record 56 2001-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Games of Chance
CONT

Moreover, even where the casino is honest, an ordinary gambler, playing with the odds stacked in favour of the house(as they must necessarily be in order for the casino to make a profit) might anticipate taking a loss no more onerous than the rates(sometimes as high as 30%) that launderers routinely pay to process funds through other means.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Jeux de hasard
CONT

De plus, même si le casino est honnête, un joueur ordinaire qui joue contre la maison (les chances étant nécessairement en faveur de celle-ci puisque c'est ainsi qu'un casino fait des bénéfices) peut envisager d'absorber des pertes guère plus élevées que les taux (allant parfois jusqu'à 30 pour cent).

Spanish

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Record 57 2000-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
CONT

Certaines plantes trompeuses profitent du voisinage d'une plante honnête en fournissant le même signal à l'insecte. Le pollinisateur confond alors les deux plantes et continue à visiter la malhonnête, simplement parce qu'il ne la distingue pas de l'honnête. Dans d'autres cas, la plante trompeuse se contente d'être attractive, sans ressembler à une plante honnête. [Pour la science, avril 1999]

Spanish

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Record 58 2000-07-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Economic Doctrines, Systems and Policies
DEF

The direct transmission of individual policy preferences to the government through referanda, citizen initiatives, and legislator recall.

CONT

In referendum democracy, the isolated individual confronts political power directly, without the protection of representative institutions or the benefits of public deliberation. Just as the consumer is vulnerable to exploitation in the marketplace.

CONT

Referendum democracy makes it impossible to hold a government accountable to the "taxpayers". Political parties are imperfect mechanisms for keeping a government honest, but they are more effective than referenda, initiatives and recall.

OBS

Contrast "direct democracy" and "participatory democracy".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Doctrines, systèmes et politiques économiques
OBS

Contraster «démocratie véritable».

Spanish

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Record 59 1998-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recruiting of Personnel
OBS

The Agency will emphasize the importance of "post-board" in providing open and honest feedback on a candidate's assessment.

OBS

Source(s): Parks Canada Agency Human Resources Framework.

Key term(s)
  • post board

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recrutement du personnel
OBS

L'Agence mettra l'accent sur la diffusion de renseignements après sélection afin d'informer les candidats honnêtement et ouvertement de leur évaluation.

OBS

Source(s) : Cadre de gestion des ressources humaines de l'Agence Parcs Canada.

Key term(s)
  • renseignement après sélection
  • renseignement postérieur à une sélection

Spanish

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Record 60 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Foreign Trade

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce extérieur

Spanish

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Record 61 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1990 by the National Film Board. This is an honest and intimate look at one woman's struggle to overcome the trauma of incest. It is a story of healing and of how women can work together to rebuild their lives. It is a testament to the courage of survivors who are struggling to overcome the emotional devastation and physical pain of their childhood.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1990 par l'Office national du film.

Spanish

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Record 62 1994-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

Source(s) : Lexique Justice.

Spanish

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Record 63 1994-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 64 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Persons who believe in abstaining from premarital sex and who support all or most of the group's "nineteen desires, "which include the desire to marry someone who is one's best friend, the desire to marry someone who will be totally faithful and honest, and the desire to be in love with one's spouse throughout life.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 65 1990-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts

Spanish

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Record 66 1988-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Missiles and Rockets
OBS

Surface-to-surface missile.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Missiles et roquettes
OBS

Missile sol-sol.

Spanish

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Record 67 1987-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

An auctioneer who sells and delivers goods on behalf of a client, in the honest but false belief that he has title, is nevertheless liable to the true owner for conversion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 68 1987-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
CONT

The scope of the proposal should be clearly delineated, with a statement of scientific deliverables and/or the technical objectives which reflect an honest and realistic expectation of what can be accomplished i. e. proof of concept, elucidation of phenomena, bench-scale prototype.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

Équivalent proposé par Mme Lemieux, EMR, selon le modèle bench-scale testing : essai à petite échelle.

Spanish

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Record 69 1986-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Auditing (Accounting)
CONT

The ultimate role defined for the audit committee in this scenario is one of "honest broker", weighing program delivery and control considerations against each other and providing advice to the deputy head which strikes a proper balance between the two.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vérification (Comptabilité)

Spanish

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Record 70 1986-06-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction

Spanish

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Record 71 1984-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sales (Marketing)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vente
OBS

(Once-)

Spanish

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Record 72 1984-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
OBS

al & dv

Spanish

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Record 73 1981-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Winemaking
OBS

Sound wine free from adulteration and which has not been subjected to illicit treatment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie vinicole
OBS

Se dit d'un vin naturel, élaboré suivant les procédés licites, sans fraude, ne présentant pas de vice caché.

Spanish

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Record 74 1979-10-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 75 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Investment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 76 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons

Spanish

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Record 77 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • History
OBS

see "honest debt

French

Domaine(s)
  • Histoire

Spanish

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Record 78 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons

Spanish

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