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Record 1 2014-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Banking
DEF

A credit card that indicates that the holder has a greater credit status. That is, he/she is able to obtain more than the usual amount of cash from an ATM, automatic travel insurance, a loan/overdraft without formality or payment of a negotiation fee, etc. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

CONT

Union Carbide's inquiry handling system; management should explain position on public issues to employees; RCA uses Disney World Space Mountain for promotional purposes; Executive Jet Aviation, Inc promotes services through issuance of gold credit cards.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Banque
OBS

carte or : terme utilisé par Visa.

OBS

carte en or : terme utilisé par Master Card.

Spanish

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Record 2 2013-06-05

English

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

As the essential elements of the doctrine of ostensible authority are :(1) representations by the principal; and(2) justifiable reliance upon these by a third-party resulting in his change of position or injury, a sub-purchaser who, without further inquiry, accepts his sub-vendor's statement that he is the agent of the head-vendor, must assume the risk of such statement being inaccurate.(Di Castri, 2nd ed., 1976, p. 413)

French

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

sous-vendeur : 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).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-06-04

English

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

As the essential elements of the doctrine of ostensible authority are :(1) representations by the principal; and(2) justifiable reliance upon these by a third-party resulting in his change of position or injury, a sub-purchaser who, without further inquiry, accepts his sub-vendor's statement that he is the agent of the head-vendor, must assume the risk of such statement being inaccurate.(Di Castri, 2nd ed., 1976, p. 413)

Key term(s)
  • subpurchaser

French

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

sous-acquéreur; sous-acheteur : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 1991-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Chairman: J.D. Gendron.

OBS

Commissioner: M. Doyon-Ferland, A. Gagné, etc., 1972.

Key term(s)
  • Gendron Commission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
Key term(s)
  • Commission Gendron

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

vol. 2 of the Report of the Commission on Inquiry on the Position of the French Language and on Language Rights in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

vol. 1 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Position of the French Language and on Language Rights in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres

Spanish

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Record 7 1991-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Documents and Works
OBS

vol. 4 of the Report of the Commission of Inquiry on the Position of the French Language and on Language Rights in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents et d'œuvres

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
OBS

communications.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
OBS

Télex; Booking via inquiry position (0505); Enregistrer l'appel par l'intermédiaire du service de renseignements (0505); T-291-2; fév. 1972.

Spanish

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