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IMPROPER MEANS [9 records]

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Record 1 2024-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Computer Programs and Programming
CONT

In computer programming,... typing(i. e., the use of types and type systems) is mainly a means to disallow improper use of data values...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Programmes et programmation (Informatique)
CONT

Lors de l'exécution d'un programme informatique, les types des variables utilisées doivent être précisés [...] pour que les traitements qui leur sont appliqués soient corrects. L'assignation d'un type à chaque variable s'appelle le typage.

Spanish

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Record 2 2021-07-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Public Administration (General)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

An improper governmental action means any action undertaken by an employee in the performance of the employee's official duties which : Is a gross waste of public funds or resources...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration publique (Généralités)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Administración pública (Generalidades)
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
CONT

1. Los problemas fáctico y teórico de la corrupción. [...] el problema fáctico consiste en: [...] 5. Sus graves consecuencias económicas, políticas y sociales en cuanto a exacción y dilapidación de fondos públicos, afectación de intereses colectivos, ingobernabilidad, afectación de la moral social, consecuencias que ya han sido motivo de gran atención en foros del más alto nivel, tales como ocho Conferencias Mundiales sobre la Corrupción, auspiciadas por organismos internacionales como el Fondo Monetario Internacional y el Banco Mundial.

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Record 3 2014-05-15

English

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

The breach of good faith in the performance of an insurance contract was also accepted as giving rise to significant punitive damages in Whiten v. Pilot Insurance Co.

CONT

“Innocent violation” means an Improper Activity committed by a Respondent who did not know and who could not reasonably be expected to know of its impropriety, except where the law explicitly provides otherwise.

French

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

«Violation de bonne foi» s’entend d’un acte répréhensible commis par un intimé qui en ignorait la nature répréhensible et ne pouvait être raisonnablement censé la connaître, sauf en vertu de dispositions juridiques explicitement contraires.

Spanish

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Record 4 - external organization data 2010-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Adjudicative independence refers to the ability of an individual decision-maker to decide a matter impartially. Essentially, this means the decision-maker must have the freedom to decide without improper influence or interference which could taint a decision with a reasonable apprehension of bias.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

L'indépendance judiciaire consiste en la capacité d'un décideur individuel de prendre des décisions de façon impartiale. Cela signifie essentiellement qu'il doit avoir la liberté de décider sans subir une influence ou une ingérence incorrecte qui pourrait faire appréhender, de façon raisonnable, la partialité de la décision.

Spanish

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Record 5 2004-03-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Spanish

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Record 6 2001-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Penal Law
OBS

Terminology used by Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Droit pénal
OBS

Terminologie employée par la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Spanish

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Record 7 2000-08-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Psychology (General)
OBS

Where a combination of events sometimes seems more frequent or probable than the individual events themselves.

OBS

Fallacy : An argument involving logically invalid or improper reasoning and, by extension, a conclusion reached by such fallacious reasoning. Note that the meaning of the term depends on the reasoning and not on what is reasoned. Although fallacies usually lead to false conclusions they do not do so by definition; it is quite possible to reach a valid conclusion by faulty means.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie (Généralités)
OBS

sophisme : Argument fallacieux, susceptible d'en imposer dans la mesure où la faute de raisonnement est difficile à dépister.

OBS

Percevoir de fausses combinaisons.

Spanish

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Record 9 1987-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
CONT

Ruse of War or Strategems. Art. 24 of the Hague Regulations respecting the Laws, and Custom of War on Land provides :"Ruses of War and the employment of methods necessary for obtaining information about the enemy and the country are considered lawful, "but Art. 44 says, "A belligerent is forbidden to force the population of occupied territory to give information about the army of the other belligerent, or about his means of defense. "Under Art. 23(f) it is forbidden "to make improper use of a flag of truce, of the national flag, or of military insignia and uniform of the enemy, as also the distinctive signs of the Geneva Convention. "However, there is some controversy as to what constitutes "improper use" of the enemy's flag or uniform. While stratagems are allowed, perfidy is prohibited.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Stratagème employé par un belligérant pour induire l'ennemi en erreur, le surprendre.

Spanish

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