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Record 1 2016-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Typesetting and Imagesetting
DEF

A kind of typesetting having the first line of a paragraph set to the full width of the measure, i. e. flush left, the remaining lines being indented one or more ems from the left edge.

CONT

In hanging indention the first line is set full measure and the following lines are indented.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Composition (Imprimerie)
DEF

Composition qui fait ressortir la première ligne de chaque alinéa. De ce fait, les lignes suivantes semblent renfoncées.

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-11-23

English

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

A deed which is made by one party only. A deed in which only the party making it executes it or binds himself by it as a deed. It was originally so called because the edge of the paper or parchment was polled or cut in a straight line, wherein it was distinguished from a deed indented or indenture.(Black, 5th ed., 1979, p. 373)

French

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

acte formaliste unilatéral : 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).

OBS

L'équivalent ne s'abrège pas, l'adjectif «formaliste» étant essentiel à la compréhension de la notion.

Spanish

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Record 3 1997-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

The edge of a coin having toothlike notches like a saw.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage

Spanish

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Record 4 1986-04-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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