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Record 1 2015-10-30

English

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

Terms such as immediate cause, precipitating cause, condition, "causa causans" and "causa sine qua non" were borrowed from philosophy and Latin, but they obscured rather than explained the reasons for the decisions. Moreover, the issue of factual cause was mixed up with the value choices of proximate cause.

French

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

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

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Structures (Publ. Admin.)
CONT

When a superior authority delegates its powers, it does not cease to be the superior body nor is its authority given away permanently or unconditionally.

CONT

Management of conflict situations is vested in the immediate superior of the person who is in conflict(e. g., Department Chair, Dean) ;should a resolution not be possible at that level, the issue is referred to a higher authority.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Structures de l'administration publique
CONT

Lorsqu'une autorité supérieure délègue ses pouvoirs, elle ne cesse pas d'être l'instance supérieure et ne renonce pas à son pouvoir en permanence ou inconditionnellement.

Spanish

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Record 3 - external organization data 2004-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Power Stations
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

The Bruce ’A’ NGS is in an extended shutdown and thus an immediate safety issue did not arise at that station.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Bruce-A est en mode d'arrêt prolongé et par conséquent, la question de la sûreté n'a pas encore été soulevée à cette centrale.

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2004-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Measurements and Analyses
  • Radiation Protection
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

In response, CNSC staff stated that the issue did not require immediate attention due to the continuing low worker dose rates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mesures et analyse (Sciences)
  • Radioprotection
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Le personnel de la CCSN a déclaré qu'elle n'exige pas une attention immédiate parce que les débits de dose aux travailleurs sont demeurés bas.

Spanish

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Record 5 2003-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Dress
CONT

The aim of the Clothe The Soldier project is to acquire and issue to Land Force personnel... 24 compatible items of individual environmental and battlefield protective clothing and equipment to address immediate operational deficiencies.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tenue militaire
CONT

Le but du projet Habillez le soldat (HLS) est d'acquérir et de fournir au personnel des Forces terrestres [...] 24 articles compatibles d'habit environnemental, de vêtements de protection de champs de bataille et d'équipements afin de corriger les défaillances opérationnelles urgentes.

Spanish

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Record 6 1985-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Inventory and Material Management
DEF

That materiel carried in retail bins, racks, rooms, spaces, etc. for immediate issue, usually in small quantities.

Key term(s)
  • retail stock

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des stocks et du matériel
DEF

D'ordinaire, petites quantités de marchandises placées dans des casiers, des étagères, dans telle pièce ou à tel endroit etc. pour approvisionnement immédiat.

Key term(s)
  • marchandise au détail

Spanish

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Record 7 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
OBS

the

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire

Spanish

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