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ILLEGAL SERVE [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Either the act of stepping on or over the baseline while making a serve or the served ball declared illegal by the foot-fault judge because of violation of the rule pertaining to the location of the feet when serving; two consecutive faults result in the loss of the point.

CONT

Certain radical foot movements are prohibited when serving (such as walking or running) and neither foot may be placed over the baseline. Any contraventions of these rules are known as foot faults and count as serving faults.

PHR

To commit a foot fault.

Key term(s)
  • foot-fault

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Contact du pied avec la ligne de fond ou avec l'intérieur du court avant l'impact du service. Faute commise par le serveur.

PHR

Commettre une faute de pied.

Key term(s)
  • passement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

[Falta que] consiste en pisar o traspasar la línea de fondo en el servicio antes de que la raqueta entre en contacto con la pelota.

CONT

Regla 7 (Falta de pie). Durante toda la ejecución del servicio, el sacador queda obligado [...] a no tocar con ninguno de sus pies la línea de fondo o cualquier otra parte de la pista.

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Record 2 2001-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Volleyball

French

Domaine(s)
  • Volleyball

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vóleibol
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Record 3 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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