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INCOMPLETE ATTEMPT [4 records]

Record 1 2014-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

"Knowingly" or "With Knowledge" – Sometimes, knowledge of a material fact – an attendant circumstance – is a required element of an offense. A person has "knowledge" of a material fact if he is aware of the fact or he correctly believes that it exists. Most jurisdictions also permit a finding of knowledge of an attendant circumstance when the defendant is said to be guilty of "wilful blindness" or "deliberate ignorance," i.e., if the defendant is aware of a high probability of the existence of the fact in question, and he deliberately fails to investigate in order to avoid confirmation of the fact.

CONT

Because an attempt is in its very nature an incomplete substantive offence, it will always be the case that the actus reus of the completed offence will be deficient, and sometimes this will be because an attendant circumstance is lacking.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

Puisqu'une tentative est par sa nature même une infraction matérielle précise non consommée, l'actus reus de l'infraction sera toujours imparfait, et, parfois, il en sera ainsi parce que la circonstance concomitante est absente.

Spanish

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Record 2 2000-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Weightlifting
OBS

Weightlifting term.

OBS

Rules/refereeing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Haltérophilie
OBS

Terme d'haltérophilie.

OBS

Règlements/arbitrage.

Spanish

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Record 3 1994-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
CONT

Unlike computers, students become inventive when their actions are blocked by a situation their current knowledge has not prepared them to handle. When incomplete knowledge leads to an impasse, that is, a point where a necessary action violates a constraint, they attempt a repair, that is, a local piece of problem solving that will allow them to continue in spite of the impasse.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Dans un espace d'états, position qui n'est pas une solution mais à partir de laquelle aucun déplacement ne permet d'améliorer les choses. Pour s'en sortir, il faut changer de parcours. Lorsque tous les chemins conduisent à une impasse, c'est une indication qu'il n'existe pas de solution.

Spanish

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Record 4 1989-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Continuing Education
DEF

A local piece of problem solving that will allow the student to continue in spite of an impasse.

CONT

Unlike computers, students become inventive when their actions are blocked by a situation their current knowledge has not prepared them to handle. When incomplete knowledge leads to an impasse, that is a point where a necessary action violates a constraint, they attempt a repair.

OBS

See also remediation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
  • Éducation permanente
DEF

Autocorrection des erreurs chez l'apprenant. Terme proposé par Yves Kodratoff de préférence à reprise, redressement et correction.

Spanish

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