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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-10-23

English

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

An outstanding claim or encumbrance which, if valid, would affect or impair the title of the owner of a particular estate, and on its face has that effect, but can be shown by extrinsic proof to be invalid or inapplicable to the estate in question.

OBS

A conveyance, mortgage, judgment, tax-levy, etc., may all, in proper cases, constitute a cloud on title. (Black, 5th ed., 1979, p. 232).

French

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

possibilité de contestation de titre : 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 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • International Public Law
DEF

Principle that all agreements are concluded with the implied condition that they are binding only as long as there are no major changes in the circumstances.

CONT

Treaties may be discharged as a result of what is traditionally known as the rebus sic stantibus doctrine, although there is a current trend to dispense with the appellation "rebus sic stantibus". According to this doctrine, a fundamental change in the state of facts which existed at the time the treaty was concluded may be invoked as a ground for terminating the treaty, or for withdrawing from it.

OBS

Lat. At this point of affairs; in these circumstances.

OBS

The expression "fundamental change of circumstances" has been used instead of "rebus sic stantibus" at Section 62 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties.

OBS

rebus sic stantibus :... Contracts may become inapplicable through a fundamental change of circumstances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Droit international public
OBS

rebus sic stantibus : «Les circonstances demeurant les mêmes.» Il arrive qu'une obligation soit contractée avec la condition au moins tacite que les circonstances dans lesquelles elle a été assumée ne changeront pas.

CONT

rebus sic stantibus : Les choses demeurant ainsi (telles qu'elles sont).

OBS

L'expression «changement fondamental des circonstances» a remplacé «rebus sic stantibus» à l'Art. 62 de la Convention de Vienne sur le droit des traités.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Derecho internacional público
OBS

rebus sic stantibus: Estando así las cosas; en tal situación. Como término internacional, condensa una doctrina alemana de mediados del siglo XIX contraria al principio de pacta sunt servanda, según la cual un acuerdo internacional rige sólo mientras dura la situación existente al firmarse el acuerdo.

OBS

rebus sic stantibus y regla del cambio fundamental en las circunstancias: Expresiones y observación reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 3 2002-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electrical Measuring Equipment
  • Printed Circuits and Microelectronics
CONT

The purpose of the Particle Induced Noise Detection(PIND) test is to detect any loose foreign particles that may be present in a hermetic package.(The test is inapplicable to plastic-encapsulated devices).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appareils de mesures (Électricité)
  • Circuits imprimés et micro-électronique

Spanish

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Record 4 2000-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

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