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INDIRECT INJURY [4 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2025-12-16
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Law of Civil Liability (civil law)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- indirect damage
1, record 1, English, indirect%20damage
correct, noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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. 1, record 1, English, - indirect%20damage
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la responsabilité civile (droit civil)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- dommage par ricochet
1, record 1, French, dommage%20par%20ricochet
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- dommage indirect 2, record 1, French, dommage%20indirect
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 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». 1, record 1, French, - dommage%20par%20ricochet
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Le dommage par ricochet n'est pas indemnisable en droit civil québécois. 3, record 1, French, - dommage%20par%20ricochet
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2025-12-16
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Law of Civil Liability (civil law)
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- indirect victim
1, record 2, English, indirect%20victim
correct, noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 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. 1, record 2, English, - indirect%20victim
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Droit de la responsabilité civile (droit civil)
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- victime par ricochet
1, record 2, French, victime%20par%20ricochet
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- victime indirecte 2, record 2, French, victime%20indirecte
correct, feminine noun
- victime médiate 2, record 2, French, victime%20m%C3%A9diate
correct, feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 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 [...] 3, record 2, French, - victime%20par%20ricochet
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2015-10-30
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- PAJLO
- Tort Law (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- indirect damage
1, record 3, English, indirect%20damage
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
- consequential injury 2, record 3, English, consequential%20injury
correct
- consequential damage 3, record 3, English, consequential%20damage
correct
- consequential harm 3, record 3, English, consequential%20harm
correct
- indirect injury 4, record 3, English, indirect%20injury
correct
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 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. 5, record 3, English, - indirect%20damage
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 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. 6, record 3, English, - indirect%20damage
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- PAJLO
- Droit des délits (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- dommage indirect
1, record 3, French, dommage%20indirect
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- préjudice indirect 1, record 3, French, pr%C3%A9judice%20indirect
correct, masculine noun, standardized
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 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). 2, record 3, French, - dommage%20indirect
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2008-08-15
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
- Animal Pests (Crops)
- Viticulture
Universal entry(ies) Record 4
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- grape phylloxera
1, record 4, English, grape%20phylloxera
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
- grapevine phylloxera 2, record 4, English, grapevine%20phylloxera
correct
- grapevine root-aphid 3, record 4, English, grapevine%20root%2Daphid
correct
- grape louse 4, record 4, English, grape%20louse
correct
- vine louse 5, record 4, English, vine%20louse
correct
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A small yellowish green North American phylloxera (Phylloxera vitifoliae) that lives and forms galls on the leaves and roots of various grapes being relatively harmless to native forms but extremely destructive to European vinifera grapes. 4, record 4, English, - grape%20phylloxera
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Grape phylloxera, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae(Fitch) is an insect pest which attacks many grape species both wild and cultivated. During feeding, phylloxera secrete a chemical which causes plant tissue to grow near the feeding site, resulting in the characteristic galls. Phylloxera is an indirect pest of grapes, damaging vines by feeding on plant sap from roots, leaves and tendrils, but not causing actual fruit injury. It is often described as an "aphid-like", sucking insect or a "vine louse". 6, record 4, English, - grape%20phylloxera
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
"Viteus vitifoliae" seems to be the preferred scientific name. 7, record 4, English, - grape%20phylloxera
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
- Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
- Viticulture
Entrée(s) universelle(s) Record 4
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- phylloxéra de la vigne
1, record 4, French, phyllox%C3%A9ra%20de%20la%20vigne
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- phylloxera de la vigne 2, record 4, French, phylloxera%20de%20la%20vigne
correct, masculine noun
- puceron galligène de la vigne 3, record 4, French, puceron%20gallig%C3%A8ne%20de%20la%20vigne
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le phylloxera de la vigne, Daktulosphaira vitifoliae (Fitch) est un insecte nuisible qui s'attaque à de nombreuses espèces de vigne, à la fois sauvages et cultivées. Il est responsable de l'apparition de galles à l'endroit où il s'alimente. Ces galles se forment à la suite de la sécrétion par l'insecte, pendant qu'il s'alimente, d'un produit chimique qui cause la prolifération des tissus. Le phylloxera est un ravageur indirect qui endommage les vignes en s'alimentant de la sève qui circule dans les racines, les feuilles et les vrilles. Il ne cause toutefois pas de dommages véritables aux fruits. On le décrit souvent comme un insecte suceur qui fait penser au puceron ou au pou. 4, record 4, French, - phyllox%C3%A9ra%20de%20la%20vigne
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 OBS
phylloxéra : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004). 5, record 4, French, - phyllox%C3%A9ra%20de%20la%20vigne
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Le nom latin le plus utilisé est «Viteus vitifoliae». 6, record 4, French, - phyllox%C3%A9ra%20de%20la%20vigne
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
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