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Record 1,  Textual support,  English

Record 1,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Les modifications encouragent les parties lésées à faire valoir leurs droits sans recourir au gouvernement, en leur permettant de s'adresser aux tribunaux civils pour obtenir des injonctions [...]  2, record 1, French, - partie%20l%C3%A9s%C3%A9e

Record 1,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 2,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... someone who gives false information or presents something in a misleading way to another person.  3, record 2, English, - misrepresenter

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A fraudulent misrepresentation amounts to the tort of deceit, for which the injured party will receive damages from the misrepresentor.  4, record 2, English, - misrepresenter

Record 2,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS

assertion : Proposition, de forme affirmative ou négative, qu'on avance et qu'on donne comme vraie.  4, record 2, French, - auteur%20d%27assertion%20inexacte

Record 2,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 3,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT

... the injured party may suffer "consequential" loss. This expression is used in the law of contract in a number of senses. It may mean simply loss of profits(as opposed to the mere failure to obtain the thing contracted for) : in this sense it is merely an element of expectation loss. Alternatively, it may refer to reliance loss : e. g. to the expense wasted by a buyer in attempting to collect goods which the seller in breach of contract fails to deliver.  1, record 3, English, - consequential%20loss

Record 3,  Textual support,  French

Record 3,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 4,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Doctrine of "mitigation of damages"... imposes on party injured by breach of contract or tort duty to exercise reasonable diligence and ordinary care in attempting to minimize his damages, or avoid aggravating the injury, after breach or injury has been inflicted and care and diligence required of him is the same as that which would be used by man of ordinary prudence under like circumstances.  2, record 4, English, - mitigate%20damages

Record 4,  Textual support,  French

Record 4,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 5,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

To constitute a vital or material breach a defendant's nonperformance must be such as to go to the essence of the contract; it must be the type of breach that would discharge the injured party from further contractual duty on his part.  3, record 5, English, - go%20to%20the%20essence%20of%20the%20contract

Record 5,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Il arrive pourtant un moment à partir duquel le retranchement atteint l'essence du contrat (...).  2, record 5, French, - atteindre%20l%27essence%20du%20contrat

Record 5,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 6,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A breach of contract for which the remedial rights provided by law are substituted for all the existing contractual rights, or can be so substituted by the injured party; esp., a material breach that gives rise to a claim for damages based on the aggrieved party's remaining rights to performance under the contract.  2, record 6, English, - total%20breach

Record 6,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS

violation totale : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 6, French, - violation%20totale

Record 6,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 7,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Damages to compensate an injured party for his actual loss and/or injury and no more, as opposed to nominal damages and punitive damages.  3, record 7, English, - compensatory%20damages

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

actual damages; compensatory damages: terms generally used in the plural.  4, record 7, English, - compensatory%20damages

Record 7,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 OBS

dommages-intérêts compensatoires : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 7, French, - dommages%2Dint%C3%A9r%C3%AAts%20compensatoires

Record number: 7, Textual support number: 2 OBS

dommages-intérêts compensatoires : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.  2, record 7, French, - dommages%2Dint%C3%A9r%C3%AAts%20compensatoires

Record 7,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 8,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 8, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In the circumstance in which breach of a dependent covenant amounts to a breach of the entire contract, an injured party may recover under the contract, or seek an equitable remedy.  2, record 8, English, - dependent%20covenant

Record 8,  Textual support,  French

Record 8,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 9,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 CONT

An agreement to fix the remedy available to an injured party may take one of three forms. [...] the contract may provide for the payment of a sum of money(or the forfeiture of something which has already been paid over, or given by way of a bond to secure performance) and the sum in question is expressed to be a pre-assessment of the injured party's loss.  1, record 9, English, - pre%2Dassessment

Record 9,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 9, Textual support number: 1 OBS

évaluation. - Opération consistant à calculer et à énoncer une valeur d'après des données et des critères déterminées (not. la date d'évaluation), c'est-à-dire à chercher et à chiffrer ce que vaut en argent un bien ou un avantage (évaluation d'un patrimoine, évaluation d'un profit) ou la somme d'argent que représente une perte (évaluation d'un dommage); le terme est plus général qu'estimation, a fortiori qu'appréciation.  2, record 9, French, - %C3%A9valuation%20anticip%C3%A9e

Record 9,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 10,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A valuable and effective method of enabling the injured party to make the vessel herself available as security for his claim has, however, been devised in the so-called maritime lien.  2, record 10, English, - maritime%20lien

Record number: 10, Textual support number: 1 OBS

A maritime lien is a claim against a ship or other maritime property which can be made effective by the seizure of the property in question.  2, record 10, English, - maritime%20lien

Record 10,  Textual support,  French

Record 10,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 11,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Tort liability, which is defined by law, requiring an injured party to prove only that he or she was harmed in a specified way in order to collect damages.  2, record 11, English, - strict%20liability

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

In law, strict liability is a standard for liability which may exist in either a criminal or civil context. A rule specifying strict liability makes a person legally responsible for the damage and loss caused by his or her acts and omissions regardless of culpability (including fault in criminal law terms, typically the presence of mens rea).  3, record 11, English, - strict%20liability

Record 11,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 11, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Le terme «responsabilité stricte» signifie que la preuve d'intention coupable ou mens rea n'est pas requise pour un ou pour tous les éléments de l'actus reus. En ce sens, la responsabilité stricte est une responsabilité sans faute.  1, record 11, French, - responsabilit%C3%A9%20stricte

Record 11,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 12,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 DEF

... the claim for damages for the expected gains from transactions which the injured party expected to complete had it not been for the tort.  2, record 12, English, - loss%20of%20profit

Record 12,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 12, Textual support number: 1 OBS

perte de profits : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 12, French, - perte%20de%20profits

Record 12,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 13,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 CONT

[T] he generally accepted rule is that "each of two or more persons whose tortious conduct is a legal cause of a single and indivisible harm to the injured party is subject to liability to the injured party for the entire harm.  2, record 13, English, - indivisible%20harm

Record 13,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 13, Textual support number: 1 OBS

dommage indivisible; préjudice indivisible : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).  2, record 13, French, - dommage%20indivisible

Record 13,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 14,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 14, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Every person is expected to conduct themselves without injuring others. When they do cause injury to others, either intentionally or by negligence, they can be required by a court to pay money to the injured party("damages") so that, ultimately, they will suffer the pain caused by their action. Compensation is probably the most important social role of tort law.  2, record 14, English, - cause%20injury%20to

Record 14,  Textual support,  French

Record 14,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 15,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 15, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Doctrine of "mitigation of damages"... imposes on injured party the duty to exercise reasonable diligence and ordinary care in attempting to minimize his damages after injury has been inflicted... The care and diligence required is(that) used by a man of ordinary prudence under like circumstances.  1, record 15, English, - doctrine%20of%20mitigation%20of%20damages

Record 15,  Textual support,  French

Record 15,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 16,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A wrong for which a nonperpetrator is held responsible...  3, record 16, English, - quasi%2Dtort

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 CONT

A tort or quasi-tort is an unlawful and unjust act, whether positive or negative, whether due to dolus or culpa, which causes damage to the person or to the property of another person. It is a cause of obligations as a person causing damage is bound to make good such damage to the injured party.  4, record 16, English, - quasi%2Dtort

Record 16,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 16, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Délit civil commis par une personne mais imputé à une autre.  2, record 16, French, - quasi%2Dd%C3%A9lit

Record 16,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 17,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Money awarded to an injured party for an injury's residual or projected effects that reduce the person's ability to function  1, record 17, English, - future%20damages

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Examples are expected pain and suffering, loss or impairment of earning capacity, and projected medical expenses.  1, record 17, English, - future%20damages

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 2 OBS

future damages : term usually used in the plural in this context.  2, record 17, English, - future%20damages

Record 17,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 CONT

Selon la jurisprudence [...], il n'est pas possible d'accorder des dommages-intérêts futurs en prévision de ce qui pourrait se produire à la suite de la négligence dans l'exploitation du barrage [...]  1, record 17, French, - dommages%2Dint%C3%A9r%C3%AAts%20futurs

Record number: 17, Textual support number: 1 OBS

dommages-intérêts futurs : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.  2, record 17, French, - dommages%2Dint%C3%A9r%C3%AAts%20futurs

Record 17,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 18,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 DEF

The right of an individual to bring a suit against someone who is not directly the wrong doer. In insurance cases any right of an injured third party to sue an insurer direct.  2, record 18, English, - direct%20action

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

Generally there is no right of "direct action" against the insurer without first obtaining a judgment against the "insured".  2, record 18, English, - direct%20action

Record 18,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Demande d'indemnisation, présentée à l'amiable ou par voie judiciaire, par un tiers lésé ou ses ayants droit, à l'entreprise d'assurance garantissant le responsable du préjudice.  2, record 18, French, - action%20directe

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 OBS

action directe : terme normalisé par l'AFNOR. Extrait de la norme NF-K40-001, reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.  3, record 18, French, - action%20directe

Record 18,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record number: 18, Textual support number: 1 DEF

Facultad que tiene el perjudicado por un siniestro para reclamar una indemnización directamente contra la entidad aseguradora de la persona que es responsable del daño. Es típica de los seguros de responsabilidad civil.  1, record 18, Spanish, - acci%C3%B3n%20directa

Record 19,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 DEF

A... fund created to reimburse persons injured in auto accidents who cannot collect damages awarded to them because the responsible party is either insolvent or uninsured.  1, record 19, English, - unsatisfied%20judgment%20fund

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

compensation fund: Désignation courante du Fonds d’indemnisation, tiré d’une brochure publiée par la Régie de l’assurance automobile du Québec sur l’assurance-automobile.  3, record 19, English, - unsatisfied%20judgment%20fund

Record 19,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 19, Textual support number: 1 OBS

[Fonds qui] a pour but de dédommager les victimes d'accidents corporels causés par des véhicules terrestres à moteur lorsque l'auteur responsable est inconnu, non assuré ou insolvable.  2, record 19, French, - fonds%20d%27indemnisation%20des%20victimes%20d%27accidents%20automobiles

Record 19,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 20,  Textual support,  French

Record 20,  Textual support,  Spanish

Record 21,  Textual support,  English

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 CONT

termination of contract entitling the injured party to sue.  1, record 21, English, - entitling%20the%20injured%20party%20to%20sue

Record 21,  Textual support,  French

Record number: 21, Textual support number: 1 CONT

résiliation d'un contrat aux torts et griefs de la partie lésée.  2, record 21, French, - aux%20torts%20et%20griefs

Record 21,  Textual support,  Spanish