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LEGAL DESIGN [12 records]

Record 1 2026-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Graphic Arts and Printing
CONT

Legal design is crucial in modern workflows as it enhances the accessibility and effectiveness of legal materials. By applying design principles, complex legal information becomes easier to understand and navigate, benefiting both legal professionals and laypeople.... Legal design promotes user-centricity, tailoring legal materials to the needs of the audience, whether it be clients, judges, or everyday citizens.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Imprimerie et arts graphiques
DEF

Ensemble des activités de conception créative visant à faciliter la compréhension des documents, des outils et des services de nature juridique, de manière à mieux répondre aux besoins des personnes qui les utilisent.

OBS

schématisation juridique : désignation proposée par l'Office québécois de la langue française (OQLF) en 2018.

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Educational Institutions
OBS

University located in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

OBS

Nova Scotia College of Art and Design : name used in the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design Act, 1988, Chapter 138, to designate the legal entity.

Key term(s)
  • NSCAD

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Établissements d'enseignement
OBS

Université située à Halifax, Nouvelle-Écosse.

OBS

Collège d'art et de design de la Nouvelle-Écosse; Université NSCAD : appellations réservées aux documents de portée générale tels qu'un communiqué.

OBS

Collège d'art et de design de la Nouvelle-Écosse; Université NSCAD : La plupart des noms des universités canadiennes de langue anglaise n’ont pas de traduction officielle en français. Le Bureau de la traduction recommande de les traduire, en partie ou en entier, et de mettre la majuscule au mot «université» (de même qu’aux mots «collège» et «institut»). Ces équivalents suivent les règles de cette recommandation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2025-06-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles
  • Military Training
  • Military Law
OBS

The Canadian Forces Military Law Centre is the military legal education and training delivery organization for the Canadian Armed Forces(CAF). The mission of the CFMLC is to lead the design, development and delivery of legal research, doctrine, education and training for the CAF.

Key term(s)
  • Canadian Forces Military Law Center

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
  • Instruction du personnel militaire
  • Droit militaire
OBS

Le CDMFC est l'organisation responsable de l'éducation et de la formation juridique militaire pour les Forces armées canadiennes (FAC). Son mandat consiste à fournir une formation en droit, du matériel et des services didactiques aux militaires afin de les aider à relever les défis associés aux opérations courantes et futures.

Spanish

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Record 4 2023-12-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Design
  • Driving (Road Vehicles)
CONT

The design of roadway elements is primarily carried out by an assumed design speed. Research to date has reported that this assumption can be made on several factors that include legal limits, anticipated operating speed, terrain, accident history, functional classification and traffic volumes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conception des voies de circulation
  • Conduite automobile

Spanish

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Record 5 2017-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Architectural Design
DEF

A competition for selecting the best design leading to a contract or award.

OBS

design competition : With the assistance of the Société du patrimoine urbain de Montréal, which is the umbrella group responsible for the overall legal, administrative and architectural co-ordination of the 600 or so apartments in the Milton-Park housing project, the co-operative decided to organize a competition among five Montreal architects. The design of architect Mario Biocca came out the winner.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Conception architecturale
DEF

Concours qui vise à choisir le meilleur design en vue d'octroyer un contrat ou de décerner un prix.

OBS

On rencontre également le terme «concours technique»; cependant il est plus restrictif. On ne saurait pas, par exemple, l'utiliser en parlant d'œuvre artistique.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Educational Institutions
  • Fine Arts (General)
OBS

Established in Toronto, Ontario.

OBS

OCAD University : name that can be used in any general document, such as a news release.

OBS

Ontario College of Art & Design University : name used in Ontario College of Art & Design University Act, 2002, to designate the legal entity.

OBS

OCAD University is Canada’s "university of the imagination." Established in 1876 by the Ontario Society of Artists, the university was originally known as the Ontario School of Art, and was incorporated as the Ontario College of Art in 1912. OCAD was the first school in Canada dedicated exclusively to the education of professional artists in fine and commercial art. In 1996, it was renamed the Ontario College of Art & Design and in 2010, the name changed to OCAD University, reflecting the institution’s university status.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Établissements d'enseignement
  • Beaux-arts (Généralités)
OBS

Établi à Toronto, Ontario.

OBS

Université de l'École d'art et de design de l'Ontario : appellation utilisée dans le cadre de la loi constituante de cette université.

OBS

En 2010, l’École d’art et de design de l’Ontario est prorogée sous le nom de Université de l’École d’art et de design de l’Ontario. L’Université a pour vocation d’offrir une formation avancée dans les domaines des arts et du design, tant au premier cycle qu’aux cycles supérieurs, de procurer un milieu propice à cette formation et d’appuyer l’enseignement, la recherche et l’exercice professionnel dans ces domaines.

Spanish

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Record 7 2012-06-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Advertising Techniques
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

Notice design alerts readers as to legal significance, lending credibility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques publicitaires
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

La conception des notifications informe les lecteurs de leur importance juridique, ce qui leur donne de la crédibilité.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-07-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Oil Production
DEF

An installation designed for one or more specific field processing units - scrubbers, absorbers, drip points, compressors, single- or multiple-stage separation units, low-temperature separators and other types of separation and recovery equipment.

CONT

Before an operator commences the operation of a field facility, the operator shall submit to the Chief Operations Officer for approval... a legal survey of the field facility site and... independent third party verification of the design and construction of the field facility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Production pétrolière
CONT

Désignation des installations de champs [...] chacun des éléments énumérés [...] constitue une installation de production de pétrole et de gaz [...] une batterie [...] une station de pompage [...] une station de compression [...] un déshydrateur [...] une station d'injection de gaz [...] un réchauffeur de conduites [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 1997-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

A coin featuring the design of a coin once used as legal tender and made by the original government producer using the original dies.

OBS

The numismatic item so produced at a later date is usually not done with the intention of meeting a monetary need.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Pièce frappée avec les coins originaux après la date d'émission régulière; cette pratique ne vise habituellement pas à remettre la pièce en circulation.

OBS

Terme employé quelquefois avec le sens de «tréflage» (double striking) ou celui de «surfrappe» (overstrike).

Spanish

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Record 10 1994-04-14

English

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

Enhance value of the European audiovisual heritage by contributing, in particular at research, design and implementation of resources stage, to production of archive-based creative works in keeping with lasting unity among European peoples and the European view of world events and culture; foster and develop exchange of audiovisual archives; assist authors in gaining access to national archives and propose legal financial arrangements to bring their projects to fruition; promote circulation of works resulting from its action; advise members on production or utilization of archives in conjunction with partners from outside Europe

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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Record 11 1994-01-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
CONT

Before being sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, a static measure that is of a class, type or design approved for use in trade and that is manufactured on or after January 1, 1976 shall be marked with the following information : a) the name or registered trade mark of the manufacturer or importer of the measure; b) the approval number for that class, type or design of measure; c) the capacity of the measure expressed in terms of the appropriate unit of measurement; d) the words "Legal for Trade"(Légal pour le commerce") ;and e) any other information required to be marked on the device by the notice of approval. [Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 19-d].

OBS

Legal for Trade: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 19-d.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
OBS

Légal pour le commerce : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, article 19-d.

Spanish

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Record 12 1993-12-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Trade
  • Measuring Instruments
CONT

Before being sold, leased or otherwise disposed of, a weighing machine or measuring machine that is not of a class, type or design approved for use in trade and that is not exempt from approval for use in trade shall be marked "Not Legal for Trade"("Non légal pour le commerce") in letters of not less than 6 mm or 1/4 inch in height. [Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 23].

OBS

Not Legal for Trade: Consolidation of the Weights and Measures Regulations, March 1990, s. 23.

OBS

Written on bathroom and kitchen scales.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Commerce
  • Appareils de mesure
OBS

Non légal pour le commerce : Consolidation des Règlements sur les poids et mesures, mars 1990, article 23.

Spanish

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