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ILLEGAL PURPOSES [8 records]

Record 1 2025-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Structure
  • Taxation
DEF

An incorporated company with no independent operations, significant assets, ongoing business activities, or employees.

CONT

A shell corporation ... may ... be used legitimately to raise funds, for hostile takeovers, to hold certain specific assets or IP [intellectual properties], etc.

OBS

A shell company is sometimes used for illegal purposes like evading taxes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'entreprise
  • Fiscalité
DEF

Société qui ne détient pas d'actifs réels, qui n'a pas de dettes et qui n'exerce aucune activité commerciale.

OBS

Les sociétés coquilles sont parfois liées à des activités illégales telles que la fraude fiscale.

Spanish

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Record 2 2024-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

The use of illegal drugs or the use of prescription or over-the-counter drugs or alcohol for purposes other than those for which they are meant to be used, or in excessive amounts.

OBS

Substance abuse may lead to social, physical, emotional, and job-related problems.

OBS

substance abuse; psychoactive substance abuse; psychotropic substance abuse: In the DSM-5 (fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders), the categories "substance abuse" and "substance dependence" have been replaced with the overarching category "substance use disorder." This change was made to avoid the confusion between "dependence" and "addiction" and the use of the word "abuse," which can be considered stigmatizing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
OBS

abus de substance : La désignation «substance» n'a pas en français le sens de «substance psychoactive». Par contre, il est parfois indiqué de l'utiliser dans ce sens, notamment lorsqu'on fait référence à certaines classifications.

OBS

abus de substance psychoactive; abus de substance psychotrope; abus de psychotrope; abus de substance : Dans le DSM-5 (cinquième édition du Manuel diagnostique et statistique des troubles mentaux), les catégories «abus de substance» et «dépendance à une substance» ont été remplacées par la catégorie générale «trouble de l'usage d'une substance». Ce changement visait à éviter la confusion entre «dépendance» et «addiction» ainsi que l'utilisation du mot «abus», qui peut être considéré comme stigmatisant.

Key term(s)
  • abus de substance psycho-active

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

En el DSM-IIIR1 [Manual diagnóstico y estadístico de los trastornos mentales], el "abuso de sustancias psicoactivas" se define como "un modelo desadaptativo de uso de una sustancia psicoactiva caracterizado por un consumo continuado, a pesar de que el sujeto sabe que tiene un problema social, laboral, psicológico o físico, persistente o recurrente, provocado o estimulado por el consumo o consumo recurrente en situaciones en las que es físicamente peligroso".

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Record 3 2024-11-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Pharmacology
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
  • Hygiene and Health
OBS

The Controlled Substances and Overdose Response Directorate administers and monitors compliance with the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act and its regulations. This allows legitimate activities with controlled substances and precursors, while at the same time reducing the risk that such substances will be used for illegal purposes. The directorate also leads the federal Canadian Drugs and Substances Strategy, Canada's comprehensive and compassionate response to substance-related harms and the overdose crisis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Pharmacologie
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
  • Hygiène et santé
OBS

La Direction des substances contrôlées et de la réponse aux surdoses administre et surveille la conformité à la Loi réglementant certaines drogues et autres substances et à ses règlements. Cela permet les activités légitimes avec des substances contrôlées et des précurseurs, tout en réduisant le risque que de telles substances soient utilisées à des fins illégales. La direction dirige également la Stratégie canadienne sur les drogues et autres substances du gouvernement fédéral, la réponse globale et empathique du Canada aux préjudices liés aux substances et à la crise des surdoses.

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-02-07

English

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

The Canadian Association of People who Use Drugs(CAPUD) is a national organization that is [composed] entirely of people who use(d) drugs, including [its] board and staff. One of [its] main purposes is to empower people who currently use drugs deemed illegal to survive and thrive, with their human rights respected and their voices heard. [CAPUD envisions] a world where drugs are regulated and the people who use them are not criminalized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of National Laws and Regulations (Non-Canadian)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

A bill to amend the Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 to permit States to determine State residency for higher education purposes and to authorize the cancellation of removal and adjustment of status of certain alien college-bound students who are long-term United States residents.

OBS

This bill was first introduced in 2001 but was never adopted. The latest version was voted down in the United States Senate in December 2010.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements nationaux non canadiens
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Projet de loi visant à modifier la Loi sur l'immigration des États-Unis de 1996 afin de permettre aux États d'octroyer le statut de résidant à des fins de formation postsecondaire et d'autoriser l'annulation de renvoi et la rectification de statut de certains étudiants étrangers qui ont résidé aux États-Unis pendant une longue période.

OBS

Ce projet de loi a été présenté en 2001 et n'a cependant jamais été adopté. La dernière version a été rejetée au Sénat des États-Unis en décembre 2010.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos nacionales no canadienses
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
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Record 6 2009-02-24

English

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

... the plaintiff brought suit against the government for payment relating to espionage services rendered during the Civil War pursuant to a clandestine contract. The decision was grounded firmly in principles of contract law.

OBS

clandestine : secret or concealed, especially for illegal or unauthorized purposes.

French

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

Le contrat clandestin (on dit aussi contrat dissimulé ou contrat de prête-nom) en droit civil est une forme particulière du contrat de mandat : le mandataire agira en son propre nom pour le compte du mandant sans révéler sa qualité de mandataire.

Spanish

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Record 7 2002-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radar, Radio Guidance and Goniometry
CONT

Over-the-horizon(OTH) radar systems were first developed during the Cold War as part of the early warning defense network. With the end of the Cold War, research into OTH radar continued, with a new focus : detection of illegal aircraft engaged in drug smuggling. Current research had its genesis in U. S. Air Force and Navy laboratories in the 1960s, as well as at Stanford University. At present, the United States, Russia, China, and Australia employ OTH radar for surveillance purposes. Much of the current effort is concentrated on the development of relocatable OTH radar(ROTHR), first demonstrated by the Navy in the early 1980s.

OBS

over-the-horizon; OTH: term and abbreviation extracted from the "Disarmament and Peace Keeping" glossary with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

Key term(s)
  • over the horizon

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radar, radioguidage et radiogoniométrie
OBS

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

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

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