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IMPEACHABLE [4 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2013-06-25
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- without impeachment of waste
1, record 1, English, without%20impeachment%20of%20waste
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A tenant for life is liable for voluntary waste unless his interest was granted to him by an instrument exempting him from liability for voluntary waste, for example, a grant "without impeachment of waste. "Where there is such an exception the tenant is said to be "unimpeachable of waste" : otherwise he is said to be "impeachable of waste. "(Megarry's, 6th ed., 1982, p. 53). 1, record 1, English, - without%20impeachment%20of%20waste
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- sans obligation de répondre des dégradations
1, record 1, French, sans%20obligation%20de%20r%C3%A9pondre%20des%20d%C3%A9gradations
correct, standardized
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Formule habituelle de dégagement de responsabilité. 1, record 1, French, - sans%20obligation%20de%20r%C3%A9pondre%20des%20d%C3%A9gradations
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
sans obligation de répondre des dégradations : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2, record 1, French, - sans%20obligation%20de%20r%C3%A9pondre%20des%20d%C3%A9gradations
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2013-02-12
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Property Law (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- impeachable for waste
1, record 2, English, impeachable%20for%20waste
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- impeachable of waste 1, record 2, English, impeachable%20of%20waste
correct
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
A phrase indicating the liability of the life tenant for waste as to conduct in encroaching upon the corpus of the estate.... Also indicating the liability of a tenant under a lease for years for waste. (Ballentine’s, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 585). 1, record 2, English, - impeachable%20for%20waste
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
A life tenant who is impeachable for waste may not commit voluntary waste, but it is not such waste unless it is in fact injurious to the inheritance either by diminishing the value of the estate, or by increasing the burden on it.(Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 169). 1, record 2, English, - impeachable%20for%20waste
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- responsable des dégradations
1, record 2, French, responsable%20des%20d%C3%A9gradations
correct, masculine and feminine noun, standardized
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
responsable des dégradations : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO). 2, record 2, French, - responsable%20des%20d%C3%A9gradations
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2009-01-27
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Penal Law
- Criminology
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- impeachable offense
1, record 3, English, impeachable%20offense
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
An offense for which a public official may legally be impeached, during the first step in a two-step process that may, depending on the vote in the U.S. Senate, lead to the official’s removal from office. 1, record 3, English, - impeachable%20offense
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Droit pénal
- Criminologie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- infraction passible des tribunaux
1, record 3, French, infraction%20passible%20des%20tribunaux
feminine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2003-05-08
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Practice and Procedural Law
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- impeachable
1, record 4, English, impeachable
adjective
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Droit judiciaire
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- accusable 1, record 4, French, accusable
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- susceptible d'être mis en accusation 1, record 4, French, susceptible%20d%27%C3%AAtre%20mis%20en%20accusation
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Derecho procesal
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- procesable
1, record 4, Spanish, procesable
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
- susceptible de acusación 1, record 4, Spanish, susceptible%20de%20acusaci%C3%B3n
correct
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
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