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INCIDENTAL POWER [10 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-06-11

English

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

... authority to borrow money carries with it as an incidental authority the power to sign commercial paper to effectuate the borrowing.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-05-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Intelligence (Military)
  • Energy (Physics)
DEF

Intelligence derived from the collection and analysis of noninformation-bearing elements extracted from the electromagnetic energy unintentionally emanated by foreign devices, equipment, and systems, excluding those generated by the detonation of nuclear weapons.

CONT

Unintentional radiation intelligence(RINT) involves the integration and specialized application of MASINT [measurement and signature intelligence] collection, processing, and exploitation techniques against unintentional radiation sources that are incidental to the RF [radio frequency] propagation and operating characteristics of military and civil engines, power sources, weapons systems, electronic systems, machinery, equipment, or instruments. These techniques may be valuable in detecting, tracking, and monitoring a variety of activities of interest.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Renseignement (Militaire)
  • Énergie (Physique)

Spanish

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Record 4 2010-05-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Loans
DEF

The capacity of an individual, firm or corporation to borrow, or to procure accommodation at a bank.

OBS

borrowing power : term and text reproduced from The Encyclopedia of Banking and Finance, Tenth Edition(1993), by Glenn G. Munn, F. L. Garcia and Charles J. Woelfel, with the permission of the copyright holder, The McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. In no event shall McGraw-Hill have any liability to any party for special, incidental, tort, or consequential damages arising out of or in connection with the use of this material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Prêts et emprunts
DEF

Possibilité qu'une entreprise a de faire appel à l'emprunt, compte tenu de sa structure financière et de sa capacité d'autofinancement.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión presupuestaria y financiera
  • Préstamos
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Record 5 2009-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Rules of Court
DEF

A clerk of court, particularly a chief or principal clerk. A ministerial officer of the court, having the custody of its records and seals, with power to certify the correctness of transcripts from such records, and possessing authority to perform certain acts of a judicial nature incidental to his ministerial duties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Préposé à l'administration d'un palais de justice; dépositaire de tous les papiers de cour d'un palais de justice; dépositaire des registres de ce dernier; celui qui émet les brefs et autres papiers de cour en leur donnant, par sa signature, un caractère d'authenticité. -- Officier public qui, en l'absence du juge, peut rendre des décisions et auquel on s'adresse en matière de nomination de tuteur, d'interdiction et de mariage civil.

Spanish

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Record 6 2002-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • Federalism
OBS

Holds that while legislative jurisdiction concerning a particular matter may be exclusively federal or provincial it may be necessary to effective legislation by the other level in one of its fields of jurisdiction.

Key term(s)
  • incidental doctrine
  • necessarily incidental power
  • necessarily incidental powers
  • ancillary power
  • ancillary powers
  • necessarily incidental
  • truly ancillary
  • properly incidental

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Fédéralisme
OBS

Tient pour acquis que même si la compétence législative dans un domaine quelconque appartient exclusivement au fédéral ou au provincial, il peut être nécessaire à un des ordres de légiférer dans ce domaine dans l'exercice d'une compétence qui lui est propre.

Key term(s)
  • doctrine des pouvoirs accessoires
  • théorie du pouvoir accessoire
  • théorie du pouvoir auxiliaire
  • théorie du pouvoir complémentaire

Spanish

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Record 7 2001-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)

Spanish

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Record 8 1994-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
OBS

Source(s) : ministère de la Justice.

OBS

Source(s) : Lexique Justice.

Spanish

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Record 9 1986-01-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

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Record 10 1985-08-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques

Spanish

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