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LEGAL INSTRUCTION [3 records]

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Record 1 2020-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Records Management (Management)
  • Rules of Court
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

An instruction within an organization directing employees and others to preserve(and refrain from destroying or modifying) certain records and information [that] may be relevant to the subject matter of a pending or anticipated legal proceeding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

Les parties devraient mettre en place des mesures raisonnables afin de respecter leur obligation de préserver les informations pertinentes dans le cadre d'un litige. Dans les juridictions de common law, l'obligation de préservation naît lorsqu'une procédure est signifiée mais peut également naître lorsqu'il est raisonnable d'envisager un litige.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-07-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
CONT

Access to the superintendent of public instruction's record check data base shall be limited to... employees of the superintendent of public instruction processing record check information including employees within the fingerprint records section, the office of professional practices, the legal services section, the certification section or their equivalents in case of future agency reorganization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
CONT

Demande de vérification d’un dossier de candidature suite à réception d’une réponse négative.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión del personal (Generalidades)
DEF

Verificación de la identidad y la experiencia de una persona, incluyendo cualquier antecedente penal, cuando esté legalmente permitido, como parte de la evaluación de la idoneidad de un individuo [...]

OBS

[Puede solicitarse] para aplicar un control de seguridad y/o para tener acceso sin escolta a una zona de seguridad restringida.

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Record 3 2006-10-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

The question is whether the verdicts are supportable on any theory of the evidence consistent with the legal instructions given by the trial judge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

La question est de savoir si les verdicts peuvent s'appuyer sur une théorie de la preuve compatible avec les directives juridiques données par le juge du procès.

OBS

directive juridique: terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Spanish

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