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IMPUTED KNOWLEDGE [3 records]

Record 1 2013-02-12

English

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

A variety of actual notice that arises where the existence of a fact is within the knowledge of a party so that he is put upon inquiry and can discover the true facts by making reasonable inquiry. For example, in the law of agency, notice can be implied or imputed by law to the principal when notice of any issue or matter is given to an agent when the matter is within the scope of his agency. The principal cannot deny notice except to charge that the agent is in collusion with the party claiming such notice.(Yogis, 1983, p. 149).

French

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

connaissance indirecte : 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).

Spanish

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Record 2 2008-09-19

English

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

Anyone who keeps a mischievous animal does so at his peril, on pain of being responsible for the harm it may do in indulging its dangerous instincts, provided he knows or is presumed to know its vicious disposition... liability for dangerous animals postulates knowledge, express or imputed, of their vicious propensity...

OBS

As opposed to "express knowledge."

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 3 1990-01-30

English

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

The knowledge that one will be denied compensation in whole or in part as a result of one's own negligence should spur one to use caution. This rule may be doubly influential because the negligence of a driver is often imputed to his passengers and his family. Thus, not only is the contributorily negligent actor waiving his own right to recover but he may also impede his friends and relatives from receiving full damages for their injuries.

French

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

Un individu sera davantage porté à faire preuve de prudence s'il sait qu'on lui refusera une indemnité, en totalité ou en partie, dans les cas où les pertes résulteraient de sa propre négligence. Cette règle peut avoir une double influence parce que la négligence du conducteur est souvent étendue à ses passagers et à sa famille, Par conséquent, la victime négligente non seulement renonce à son propre droit à une indemnité, mais peut aussi empêcher ses parents et amis de recevoir une indemnité complète pour leurs blessures.

OBS

Fiche terminologique en droit de la responsabilité délictuelle fournie par le Centre de traduction et de documentation juridique de l'Université d'Ottawa.

Spanish

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