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Record 1 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
OBS

A contract that is additional to another contract, as "a contract the consideration" for which is the making of some other contract... It is collateral to the main contract, but each has an independent existence, and they do not differ in respect of their possessing to the full the character and status of a contract.(Yogis, 2nd, p. 42)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Les contrats accessoires supposent un autre contrat auquel ils se rattachent, dont ils assurent l'exécution.

OBS

Solution valable aussi pour le sens métonymique.

OBS

contrat accessoire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2002-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary
  • Biotechnology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général
  • Biotechnologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Vocabulario técnico y científico general
  • Biotecnología
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Record 3 2000-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications Transmission
DEF

Time-division multiplex telegraphy in which characters are transmitted sequentially on a common channel, the characters coming from each independent channel in turn without separation of the unit elements of each character.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Transmission (Télécommunications)

Spanish

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Record 4 1998-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
OBS

Montréal, Quebec. Montréal International : a private, independent, non-profit organization whose mandate is to promote and develop the international character of Greater Montreal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
OBS

Organisme privé, autonome et sans but lucratif, Montréal International a pour vocation de promouvoir et développer le caractère international de la grande région de Montréal.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités provinciales y no gubernamentales canadienses
OBS

Montréal International, un organismo privado, autónomo y sin ánimo de lucro, tiene como vocación la promoción y el desarrollo del carácter internacional de la gran región de Montreal.

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Record 5 1992-03-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Plant and Crop Production
OBS

Selection by independent culling levels is the selection of two or more characters simultaneously, at levels independently determined for each character. This can also be called ’truncation’ selection in respect of each character separately.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Cultures (Agriculture)
OBS

La sélection simultanée de deux ou de trois caractères indépendants à des niveaux différents s'appelle la sélection indépendante. On peut aussi parler de sélection tronquée relativement à chaque caractère pris séparément.

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fluid Mechanics and Hydraulics (Physics)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
CONT

Solids in suspension... may be defined in term of :... form-crystalline(CaCO3), gelatinous(hydroxides), filamentous(algae), flaky(metallic scale).... possible colloidal character of microsuspensions which are able to co-exist with a suspension of independent, macroscopic particles.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Mécanique des fluides et hydraulique (Physique)
  • Traitement des eaux
CONT

Les matières en suspension [...] peuvent être caractérisées par: [...] leur forme; cristal (CO3Ca), gel (hydroxydes), filaments (algues), paillettes (battitures). [...] le caractère colloïdal éventuel de microsuspensions pouvant coexister avec une suspension de particules indépendantes et macroscopiques.

Spanish

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