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ILLEGAL COURT [11 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Law
  • Rights and Freedoms
DEF

The conduct of legal proceedings according to established principles and rules which safeguard the position of the individual charged.

CONT

The concept of due process is rooted in English common law and expressed in "Magna Carta", Art. 39 (1215), whereby the King promised that ’No freeman shall be taken or imprisoned or disseised or exiled or in any way destroyed ... except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land’. This was later interpreted to require trial by jury.

CONT

"Due process" is an imprecise and elastic term, the meaning of which varies with time and place. Basically, it suggests fundamental fairness and tries to apply that concept to all parts of the criminal process. The breadth of the concept depends upon the subjective view of the American courts, particularly the United States Supreme Court. In the last twenty years "due process" has included protections against self-incrimination, coerced confessions, illegal searches, denial of counsel or jury trial and unregulated eavesdropping. In the American system a judicial finding that law enforcement officials have offended due process will result in a complete exclusion of the impugned evidence and will usually result in the acquittal of the accused.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit administratif
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Notion corollaire à celle de la primauté du droit, «q.v.», à savoir que les gouvernements sont tenus de respecter les droits fondamentaux des citoyens et les principes de justice naturelle dans l'application du droit, à défaut de quoi une décision administrative pourra se voir annulée par un tribunal à la demande du citoyen concerné. Les principes de justice naturelle en question sont : (1) le droit du citoyen d'être entendu et, (2) l'obligation pour le tribunal ou l'autorité compétente d'être impartiale, ce qui implique notamment la prohibition de toute forme de discrimination et l'égalité de traitement de tous.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho administrativo
  • Derechos y Libertades
OBS

debido procedimiento legal: reproducido del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 2 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
  • Offences and crimes
OBS

Where any information, indictment or penal action is at any time after an inquiry pending in any court against a witness in respect of any corrupt or illegal practices committed by him, prior to the time of his giving evidence, at any election concerning which he has been examined, the court shall, on production and proof of such certificate, stay such proceedings... [Corrupt Practices Inquiries Act]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

Si quelque dénonciation, acte d'accusation ou action pénale est, à toute époque après une enquête, pendant devant quelque cour contre un témoin en raison de manœuvres frauduleuses ou illégales pratiquées par lui, antérieurement à l'époque où il a rendu son témoignage, dans une élection au sujet de laquelle il a été ainsi interrogé, la cour doit, sur production et sur preuve de ce certificat, suspendre les procédures [...] [Loi relative aux enquêtes sur les manœuvres frauduleuses]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
  • Infracciones y crímenes
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Record 3 2016-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
CONT

Where a violent offence has been committed, or where there has been an illegal entry into a private home or a theft from an individual, the court may issue a compensation order, payable by the government :(a) where the offender cannot make restitution to the victim within a reasonable length of time; or(b) for that part of the damage for which no restitution would otherwise be paid by the offender.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
CONT

Lorsqu'il s'agit d'une infraction à caractère violent, d'une violation de domicile ou d'un vol à l'encontre d'un particulier, le tribunal émettra une ordonnance d'indemnisation payable par l'État : a) lorsque le contrevenant ne peut dédommager la victime dans des délais raisonnables, ou b) pour la partie du dommage qui ne serait autrement compensée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-10-19

English

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

The court is bound to veto the enforcement of a contract once it knows it is illegal...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
OBS

Exécution forcée : exécution d'une convention ou d'un jugement imposée au débiteur [...]

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
DEF

As the matter of law.

CONT

The district court submitted the case to the jury on the theory that such a conspiracy, if proved, is per se illegal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
CONT

Selon l’appelant, les deux requêtes en irrecevabilité étaient en soi irrecevables et constituaient un appel déguisé à l’encontre du jugement d’autorisation.

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Basketball
  • General Sports Regulations
DEF

The illegal movement of one or both feet beyond the limits outlined in [the FIBA's Official Basketball Rules 2010] in any direction whilst holding a live ball on the court.

CONT

It is traveling when a player falls to the playing court while holding the ball without maintaining a pivot foot.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Basket-ball
  • Règlements généraux des sports
DEF

Déplacement illégal d'un ou des deux pieds dans n'importe quelle direction au-delà des limites définies dans [le Règlement Officiel de Basketball 2004] alors que le joueur détient un ballon vivant sur le terrain.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Básquetbol
  • Reglamentos generales de los deportes
DEF

Movimiento ilegal de uno o ambos pies, en cualquier dirección, más allá de los límites definidos […] mientras se sostiene un balón vivo en el terreno de juego.

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Record 7 2003-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Law
CONT

In condemning these flagrant monopolies, the Supreme Court enunciated the "rule of reason" : Only unreasonable restraints of trade(agreements, mergers, predation, and the like) were to come within the scope of the Sherman Act and to be considered illegal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit commercial

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
  • Administrative Structures (Publ. Admin.)
  • The Executive (Public Administration)
CONT

Where, on application made in the proceedings on an election petition or otherwise, it is shown to the court or the trial judges by sufficient evidence that any act or omission of a candidate at an election,... constitutes an illegal practice, but...(a) that the act or omission arose from inadvertence or from accidental miscalculation, or from any other reasonable cause of a like nature...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
  • Structures de l'administration publique
  • Structures du pouvoir exécutif (Admin. publ.)
CONT

Si, une demande formulée dans les procédures relatives à une pétition d'élection ou d'autre façon, il est démontré suffisamment au tribunal et aux juges instructeurs qu'un acte ou une omission de la part d'un candidat à une élection [...] constitue un acte illégal, mais que : [...] a) cet acte ou cette omission résulte d'une inadvertance, ou d'une erreur accidentelle, ou de quelque autre cause raisonnable de même nature [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-03-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

An illegal move that occurs when team members hit the ball four times before sending it in the opponent's court.

OBS

A team is allowed to hit the ball three times (in addition to the block contact) to return it to the opponent’s court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball
DEF

Type de faute consistant pour des membres d'une équipe à frapper le ballon quatre fois avant de le renvoyer dans le camp adverse.

OBS

Les joueurs ont droit à trois touches réglementaires (à l'exception du bloc)avant de retourner la balle dans le camp adverse.

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Administration
DEF

The immediate suspension of mandatory supervision for inmates considered dangerous.

OBS

The Corrections and Conditional Release Act now allows the detention of dangerous offenders.

CONT

At issue is a clause in 1986 legislation that permits authorities to deny the automatic release that most convicts earn after serving two-thirds of their sentences. Prison officials used a practice known as gating-intercepting convicts as they left the prison gate and returning them to serve their full sentences-if they were considered especially dangerous. After the Supreme Court of Canada ruled the practice was illegal, the government amended the law to permit such detention by other means. But the vague definition written into the law allowed continued gating only if the prisoner was judged to be both a danger to society and to have caused his victim severe harm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration pénitentiaire
DEF

Suspension immédiate de la liberté surveillée pour les détenus considérés comme dangereux.

OBS

La Loi sur le système correctionnel et la mise en liberté sous condition prévoit maintenant le maintien en incarcération pour ces cas.

Spanish

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Record 11 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

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