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INALIENABLE [20 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Political Science
  • Social Movements
DEF

A conference jointly organized by the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) and the federal government of Nigeria that was held in Lagos, Nigeria, from August 22 to 26, 1977.

OBS

[The World Conference for Action Against Apartheid] called for international support for efforts to eliminate apartheid and enable the South African people to attain their "inalienable right" to self-determination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Sciences politiques
  • Mouvements sociaux

Spanish

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Record 2 2018-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Social Movements
  • Hygiene and Health
DEF

[A non-religious, non-profit organization without political affiliation that strives] to protect the life and the inherent and inalienable dignity of people who have become vulnerable through illness, old age, or disability, by ensuring they receive compassionate support.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Mouvements sociaux
  • Hygiène et santé
DEF

[Organisme areligieux à but non lucratif et sans affiliation politique qui vise à] promouvoir la protection de la vie et de la dignité, inhérente et inaliénable, des personnes rendues vulnérables par la maladie, la vieillesse ou le handicap en leur assurant un accompagnement empreint de compassion.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités del sector privado
  • Movimientos sociales
  • Higiene y Salud
DEF

Organismo arreligioso, sin ánimo de lucro y apolítico que trata de fomentar la protección de la vida y de la dignidad, inherente e inalienable, de las personas vulnerables debido a enfermedades, a la edad o a minusvalías, proporcionándoles apoyo y compasión.

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Record 3 2017-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Property Law (civil law)
DEF

Not subject to alienation. (Black, 5th ed. 1979, p. 683)

CONT

It is a fundamental principle of English law that property must not be rendered inalienable.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed. 1975, p. 276)

OBS

As opposed to: non-assignable, unassignable.

OBS

Antonym: alienable.

French

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

Qui ne peut être aliéné.

OBS

inaliénable : équivalent selon le Vocabulaire bilingue de la Common law - Droit des biens - (Terminologie française normalisée dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles).

OBS

Terme anglais qui présente un complément d'information utile ou un apparentement avec le terme en vedette anglaise : alienation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
  • Derecho de propiedad (derecho civil)
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Record 4 2013-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

It is a fundamental principle... that property must not be rendered inalienable. It is therefore necessary to prohibit... immediate gifts which are subject to some permanent restraint upon alienation.... Restraints upon alienation attached to direct gifts of property are generally invalid on their face, as repugnant to the interest granted.(Megarry and Wade, p. 267)(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 267)

French

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

règle d'interdiction de l'inaliénabilité : 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 5 2013-05-15

English

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

A limitation or condition placed on the right to transfer property.

CONT

It is fundamental principle of English law that property must not be rendered inalienable. It is therefore necessary to prohibit not only indefeasible future interests which are unduly remote, but immediate gifts which are subject to some permanent restraint upon alienation.... Restraints upon alienation attached to direct gifts of property are generally invalid on their face, as repugnant to the interest granted.(Megarry and Wade, p. 267)

OBS

Restraints can take the form of conditions and covenants in deeds or restraints on use of the property. (Reilly, 2nd ed.,1982, p. 413)

French

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

restriction d'aliénabilité : 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 6 2013-04-22

English

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

(A)s used in the law of property, a limitation of a contingent future interest in violation of the rule against perpetuities. (Ballentine’s, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 939).

OBS

(T) he term "perpetuity" has had at least three meanings in the common law, namely,(1) an unbarrable entail,(2) an inalienable or indestructible interest, and(3) a remote executory interest... The third sense of the word is the modern one...(Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 440).

French

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

perpétuité : 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 7 2013-04-15

English

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

(S) uch a state of possession of land as makes it inalienable; whence it is said to be in a dead hand-in a hand that cannot shift away the property. It takes place upon alienation to any corporation, sole or aggregate, ecclesiastical or temporal.(Jowitt, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1206)

OBS

Historically, the word "mortmain" is derived from the Norman-French meaning a "dead hand" because, said Coke, "the lands were said to come to dead hands as to the lords, for that by alienation in mortmaine they lost wholly their escheats, and in effect their knights-services for the defence of the realms, wards, marriages, reliefs, and the like; and therefore was called a dead hand, for that a dead hand yieldeth no service. (Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 1489)

French

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

mainmorte : 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 8 2013-02-19

English

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

(An) inalienable interest(is a) type of interest in property which cannot be sold or traded.(Black's, 5th ed., 1979, p. 683)

French

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

intérêt inaliénable : 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 9 2010-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • History (General)
  • Family Law (common law)
DEF

A system... of marital property... in which the wife's dowry was inalienable and which the husband had the administration and enjoyment.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Histoire (Généralités)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
DEF

Régime matrimonial dans lequel les biens de la femme se répartissent entre biens dotaux (dont le mari a l'administration et la jouissance) et biens extra-dotaux ou paraphernaux (dont la femme garde l'administration et la jouissance).

Spanish

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Record 10 2002-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Museums
OBS

The quality or state of being inalienable

Key term(s)
  • inalienableness

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Muséologie
DEF

Qualité (juridique) d'un bien (ou d'un droit) qui ne peut valablement être l'objet d'une aliénation [...]

OBS

incessibilité : Syn. d'inaliénabilité employé de préférence quand il s'agit d'un bien incorporel (créance, pension, brevet d'invention, fonds de commerce).

Spanish

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Record 11 2002-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Committees and Boards (Admin.)
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

United Nations.

Key term(s)
  • United Nations Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Comités et commissions (Admin.)
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Nations Unies.

Key term(s)
  • Comité des Nations Unies pour l'exercice des droits inaliénables du peuple palestinien

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités internacionales
  • Comités y juntas (Admón.)
  • Derechos y Libertades
OBS

Naciones Unidas.

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Record 12 2000-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
DEF

The rights of women and girl children as an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights and including the concept of reproductive rights.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
OBS

Source(s) : Rapport de la quatrième Conférence mondiale sur les femmes, Beijing, du 4 au 15 septembre 1995.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derechos y Libertades
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Record 13 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seminar Titles
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, New York, June 19-20, 1989.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de séminaires
  • Droits et libertés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de seminarios
  • Derechos y Libertades
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Record 14 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Symposium Titles
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
OBS

Also seen as : European Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine. Source : Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

OBS

NGO: non-governmental organization.

Key term(s)
  • European Regional Non-Governmental Organization Symposium

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de symposiums
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
OBS

Aussi appelé : European Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine. Source: Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

OBS

NGO: non-governmental organization.

Key term(s)
  • European Regional Non-Governmental Organization Symposium

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de simposios
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
  • Operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz
OBS

Intercambiable con: European Regional NGO Symposium on the Question of Palestine. Source: Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

OBS

NGO: non-governmental organization.

Key term(s)
  • European Regional Non-Governmental Organization Symposium
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Record 15 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seminar Titles
  • International Relations
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
OBS

Source : Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, Madrid, 27-30 May 1991.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de séminaires
  • Relations internationales
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de seminarios
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Operaciones de mantenimiento de la paz
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
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Record 16 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
OBS

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones
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Record 17 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meetings
  • War and Peace (International Law)
  • International Relations
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; New York, June 1990.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réunions
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
  • Relations internationales
  • Droits et libertés

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reuniones
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Derechos y Libertades
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Record 18 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Seminar Titles
  • War and Peace (International Law)
OBS

Theme of the United Nations North American regional seminar organized by the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People; New York, June 1990.

Key term(s)
  • Peace and justice for the Palestinian people an imperative for the 1990s

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de séminaires
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
Key term(s)
  • Paix et justice pour le peuple Palestinien un impératif pour les années 90

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de seminarios
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
Key term(s)
  • Paz y justicia para el pueblo palestino una necesidad imperativa en el decenio de 1990
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Record 19 1994-02-18

English

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

French

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

Spanish

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Record 20 1994-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance Law
  • Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des assurances
  • Phraséologie
OBS

(glossaire Régie des rentes du Québec)

Spanish

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