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INDIRECT DAMAGE [11 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

A loss that is not directly due to the peril insured against but is nevertheless caused thereby.

Key term(s)
  • consequential damages

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

pertes indirectes : Pertes qui ne sont pas directement provoquées par le risque assuré, mais qui sont néanmoins consécutives au sinistre (pertes de revenus, par exemple).

Key term(s)
  • dommages consécutifs
  • dommages indirects
  • pertes indirectes

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguros
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Daño que es consecuencia mediata o indirecta de un siniestro.

CONT

Un daño consecuencial puede ser el producido por el agua que han utilizado los servicios de extinción para sofocar un incendio.

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Record 2 2025-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Civil Liability (civil law)
CONT

The indirect victim is someone who suffers an autonomous injury after the commission of a fault, where the damage suffered was the logical, direct and immediate result of the fault. This is contrasted with indirect damage where the damage itself is indirect because its source is not the immediate fault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la responsabilité civile (droit civil)
CONT

Comme on le sait, la jurisprudence respecte le critère du caractère direct du dommage édicté par le législateur. Le problème de déterminer ce que constitue un dommage «direct» est complexe et, là encore, il serait présomptueux de vouloir généraliser. Toutefois, une tendance se dégage. Les tribunaux ne reconnaissent pas le préjudice qui puise sa source immédiate non dans la faute elle-même, mais dans un autre préjudice déjà causé par la faute. En d'autres termes, est indirect le dommage issu du dommage, le dommage par ricochet, le dommage au «second degré».

OBS

Le dommage par ricochet n'est pas indemnisable en droit civil québécois.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Civil Liability (civil law)
CONT

The indirect victim is someone who suffers an autonomous injury after the commission of a fault, where the damage suffered was the logical, direct and immediate result of the fault. This is contrasted with indirect damage where the damage itself is indirect because its source is not the immediate fault.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la responsabilité civile (droit civil)
CONT

[...] mais il y a aussi les victimes par ricochet qui n'ont pas subi d'atteinte à leur intégrité physique, donc pas de dommage corporel propre malgré l'expression classique de «dommage par ricochet», mais qui néan­moins subissent des «préjudices par ricochet» pour lesquels elles sont indemnisables [...]

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Pharmacodynamics
  • Toxicology
CONT

Local effects refer to those that occur at the site of first contact between the biologic system and the toxicant. Examples of local effects are demonstrated by the ingestion of caustic substances or inhalation of irritant materials. The obverse of local effects are systemic effects that require absorption and distribution of the toxicant to a site distant from its entry point at which point effects are produced.

CONT

The damage arising from the inhalation, swallowing, or absorption of an industrial poison may be either local or remote... Systemic, remote, or indirect effects are produced when the chemical agent is absorbed, i. e., when it has been taken into the blood stream and subsequently carried to all parts of the body.

OBS

SYS: abbreviation ... used on material safety data sheets.

OBS

systemic: of, pertaining to, or involving the body considered as a functional whole.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pharmacodynamie
  • Toxicologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Farmacodinámica
  • Toxicología
CONT

Si se desea un efecto sistémico, todos los medicamentos deberán diluirse a fin de facilitar su absorción [...]

OBS

sistémico: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, recomienda no confundir los adjetivos "sistémico" y "sistemático" y recuerda que "sistémico" alude a lo "perteneciente o relativo a la totalidad de un sistema; general, por oposición a local".

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Record 5 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

Such damage, loss or injury as does not flow directly and immediately from the act of the party, but only from some of the consequences or results of such act.

CONT

Damage may be direct, i. e. caused immediately by the conduct done in breach of duty, e. g. injury to a person in an accident, or indirect, or consequential, when it results from the conduct only after the intervention of other factors, e. g. pecuniary loss resulting from a vehicle being damaged. Whether and, if so, to what extent a person in breach of duty is legally liable to another to whom his breach has caused indirect or consequential damage raises the problem of remoteness of damage.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

dommage indirect, préjudice indirect : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2011-08-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
DEF

Damage inflicted on the body as the direct or indirect result of an external force, with or without disruption of structural continuity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
DEF

Lésion faite, volontairement ou par accident, directement ou indirectement, par une force extérieure, avec ou sans solution de continuité.

CONT

Blessure veineuse.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Procedimientos diagnósticos (Medicina)
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Record 7 2010-03-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
DEF

lightning damages : Direct damage to aircraft, electric transmission systems, appliances or other property, and indirect damage(due to fire or accidents) caused by lightning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
DEF

dommages causés par la foudre : Dommages directs subis par des aéronefs, lignes de transmission, appareils ou autres biens, et dommages indirects (dus au feu ou aux accidents) causés par la foudre.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fenómenos meteorológicos, climáticos y atmosféricos
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
DEF

Daños directos en una aeronave, los sistemas de transmisión eléctrica, aparatos u otros bienes o daños indirectos (por incendios o accidentes) causados por el rayo.

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Record 8 2010-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toxicology
CONT

Local effects refer to those that occur at the site of first contact between the biologic system and the toxicant. Examples of local effects are demonstrated by the ingestion of caustic substances or inhalation of irritant materials. The obverse of local effects are syptemic effects that require absorption and distribution of the toxicant to a site distant from its entry point at which point effects are produced.

OBS

For some materials, both effects can be noted. For example, tetraethyl lead produces effects on the skin at the site of absorption and then is transported systemically to produce its typical effects on the hematopoietic and other systems. If the local effect is marked as with a severe acid burn, there may also be indirect systemic effects, in this example, damage to the kidney even though the substance has not reached the kidney.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toxicologie
CONT

Dans le cas d'effets dits locaux, l'attente sera localisée au point ou à la surface de contact du toxique avec l'organisme. Le contact se fait au niveau de la peau, des membranes muqueuses, des yeux, du nez, de la bouche, de la gorge ou à n'importe quel endroit des voies respiratoires ou du tractus gastro-intestinal.

OBS

Types d'action. a) Locale : Le toxique agit uniquement à l'endroit de contact : peau, yeux, tractus digestif, voies respiratoires ...

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toxicología
DEF

Efecto que ocurre en el lugar del primer contacto entre el organismo vivo y el agente químico; es el caso de las quemaduras por ácidos.

CONT

La mayoría de los agentes químicos producen un efecto tóxico sistémico, pero en algunos casos, además de éste, puede haber un efecto local. El tetraetilo de plomo, utilizado como antidetonante en algunas gasolinas, produce un efecto local irritante en la piel o el tracto respiratorio de acuerdo a la vía de administración, al realizarse el primer contacto con el organismo y luego, después de absorbido y transportado ocasiona daños en el sistema nervioso central y en el riñón.

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Record 9 2003-06-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
DEF

Loss in value of the remainder of a parcel resulting from an acquisition, sometimes called "indirect damage".

French

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

Perte de valeur de la partie restante d'un terrain, résultant de l'acquisition de l'autre partie; on dit parfois "dommage indirect".

OBS

Fiche terminologique en transactions immobilières fournie par le ministère des Affaires indiennes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
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Record 10 1998-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insurance
DEF

Damage caused by the direct action of a peril as distinguished from damage done contingently, e. g. a fire may destroy an in machine and do direct damage to it and do indirect or contingent damage to the contents of the freezer which spoil as the result of the refrigerator being shut off.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Assurances
Key term(s)
  • dommage direct

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguros
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Record 11 1995-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidermis and Dermis
OBS

The mechanisms of local cold injuries can be divided into phenomena that affect cells and extracellular fluids(direct effects) and those that disrupt the function of the organized tissues and the integrity of the circulation(indirect effect). Generally, no serious damage is seen until tissue freezing occurs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épiderme et derme
CONT

(Gelures légères et graves, hypothermie accidentelle, exposition au froid, pied d'immersion ou des tranchées, engelures, pernion). Ce sont des lésions dues au froid provoquant des altérations de la structure et des fonctions des petits vaisseaux sanguins, des cellules, des nerfs et de la peau, ou un abaissement généralisé de la température corporelle.

Spanish

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