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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
CONT

... the Unemployment Insurance Commission is now reimbursed for benefit payments in two different forms. In the first instance, benefit payments in respect of fishing benefits, payments related to the Adult Occupational Training Act, extended benefits and those initial benefits resulting from unemployment in excess of four percent, are all reimbursed directly by the government.

OBS

Extended benefit: Unemployment Insurance Act, 1985 (with Amendments to March 1, 1991).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Prestation complémentaire : Loi sur l'assurance-chômage, 1985 (avec modifications jusqu'au 1er mars 1991).

Spanish

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Record 2 2025-11-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Biometrics
DEF

An occurrence of a biometric characteristic ...

CONT

Another conventional user identification protocol requires users to submit biometric-based data, such as a fingerprint scan, for example, and this biometric data is evaluated to determine user access. Such an identification protocol generally includes two stages: enrollment and identification. During enrollment, a biometric instance (such as a fingerprint scan) is obtained, and unique characteristics or features of the biometric instance are extracted to form a biometric template, which is stored as an enrollment template for subsequent identification purposes. Identification involves obtaining a subsequent biometric instance reading of the same type, extracting unique characteristics or features of the subsequent biometric instance to form a new template (the verification template), and comparing the two biometric templates to determine identification of the user.

OBS

A human hand typically has five instances of a fingerprint biometric characteristic.

OBS

biometric instance : designation and definition standardized by ISO in collaboration with the International Electrotechnical Commission.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biométrie
DEF

Occurrence d'une caractéristique biométrique [...]

OBS

Une main humaine possède généralement cinq instances de la caractéristique biométrique qu'est l'empreinte digitale.

OBS

instance biométrique : désignation et définition normalisées par l'ISO en collaboration avec la Commission électrotechnique internationale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Biometría
CONT

Ejemplo biométrico. Esto hace referencia a la muestra biométrica completa necesaria para realizar una operación de verificación. Por ejemplo, se requiere una sola huella digital para realizar una comprobación.

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Record 3 2015-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

... the employer may incur liability for personal negligence in connection with the employment itself : For instance, if he carelessly entrusts the work to someone incompetent; or if he, unlike the contractor, knows that there is a risk of harm unless special precautions are taken, and fails to give instructions accordingly; or if he either authorizes the commission of an unlawful act or employs a contractor to do something which necessarily involves violation of another's rights. In all these cases... the employer's liability rest on his own default, not the contractor's.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-01-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence
DEF

The set of all possible examples and counterexamples of a concept to be learned.

OBS

example space; instance space : terms and definition standardized by ISO/IEC [International Electrotechnical Commission].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle
DEF

Ensemble de tous les exemples et contre-exemples d'un concept à apprendre.

OBS

espace d'exemples; espace d'instances : termes et définition normalisés par l'ISO/CEI [Commission électrotechnique internationale].

Spanish

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Record 5 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
  • Penal Administration
  • Sentencing
DEF

Circumstances that increase the seriousness or outrageousness of a given crime, and that in turn increase the wrongdoer’s penalty or punishment.

CONT

aggravating circumstances : Circumstances relating to the commission of a crime which cause its gravity to be greater than that of the average instance of the given type of offense.

OBS

aggravating circumstances; circumstances of aggravation: terms usually used in the plural in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
  • Administration pénitentiaire
  • Peines
DEF

Faits entourant la commission de l'infraction qui permettent au juge, lorsqu'il les apprécie, d'infliger à l'accusé une peine plus sévère que la sanction encourue normalement.

OBS

circonstances aggravantes : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho penal
  • Administración penitenciaria
  • Penas
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Record 6 1987-05-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A market for securities exempt from regulation by a securities commission; for instance, in Ontario and most other provinces, a securities firm or any financial institution that engages in transactions on government securities or in deals with a value in excess of $97, 000 is not required to operate under registration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
DEF

Un marché pour les titres qui sont exemptés de la réglementation par une commission des valeurs mobilières. Ainsi, en Ontario et dans la plupart des autres provinces, une maison de courtage en valeurs mobilières ou une institution financière qui négocie des titres gouvernementaux ou effectue une transaction dont la valeur excède 97 000$ est exemptée des règles relatives à l'enregistrement.

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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