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IMPROPER PERFORMANCE [7 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 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 2 2016-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

... negligence other than the imperfect or improper performance of the work which a contractor is employed to do... e. g. a contractor is instructed to carry out dangerous work on the highway and negligently knocks down a pedestrian while bringing up machinery for the job; his employer would not be liable because the negligence is collateral to the work itself.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Dans le droit de délits, la négligence incidente («casual negligence» ou «collateral negligence») est une négligence accessoire dont la commission n'entre pas dans le cadre normal du travail de l'employé ou qui n'est pas liée directement à ses responsabilités.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-01-18

English

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

A professional' s improper or immoral conduct in the performance of his duties, done either intentionally or through carelessness or ignorance.

OBS

Malpractice is commonly applied to physicians, surgeons, dentists, lawyers and public officers to denote negligent or unskillful performance of duties where professional skills are obligatory on account of the fiduciary relationship with patients or clients.

French

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

Manquement au devoir (action ou omission) qui peut être érigé en infraction.

OBS

faute professionnelle : 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 4 2015-11-02

English

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

Performance of a lawful act in an improper manner.

French

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

Mauvaise exécution d'un acte légitime

OBS

exécution irrégulière : 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 5 2015-09-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

The concept of improper, or no performance, or of deviation from proper performance of the contract, is closely connected with the doctrine of fundamental breach.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

The claimant,... claims damages for statutory compensation in respect of injuries allegedly caused by the defendants failure to perform or the improper performance of a contract for which the defendant is liable to the claimant...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

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Record 7 2014-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Rules of Court
CONT

Diligence in the performance of adjudicative duties includes striving for impartial and even-handed application of the law, thoroughness, decisiveness, promptness and the prevention of abuse of the process and improper treatment of witnesses.

OBS

As between "adjudicative" and "adjudicatory," both meaning "having the character or attribute of adjudicating," ... there is no need for the two to coexist, for no workable differentiation now appears to be possible. One is best advised to use "adjudicative" in all contexts.

OBS

adjudicative function: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • adjudicative functions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Règles de procédure
CONT

La diligence dans l’exercice des fonctions juridictionnelles met en jeu les éléments suivants : le respect des principes de l’impartialité et de l’égalité dans l’application de la loi; la rigueur; l’esprit de décision; la promptitude; et la prévention des abus de procédure et des abus envers les témoins.

OBS

acte juridictionnel : Acte par lequel une juridiction tranche une contestation au terme d'une procédure organisée et qui, pour toutes ces raisons, est revêtu de l'autorité de la chose jugée.

OBS

fonction juridictionnelle : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • fonctions juridictionnelles

Spanish

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