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LEGAL MIND [13 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Social Law
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

Nothing in this section renders admissible in evidence in any legal proceeding(a) such part of any record as is proved to be...(iv) a record of or alluding to a statement made by a person who is not, or if he were living and of sound mind would not be, competent and compellable to disclose in the legal proceeding a matter disclosed in the record...

French

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

Rien au présent article ne rend admissible en preuve dans une procédure judiciaire a) un fragment de pièce, lorsqu'on a prouvé que le fragment est [...] (iv) une pièce reproduisant une déclaration ou faisant allusion à une déclaration faite par une personne qui n'est pas ou ne serait pas, si elle était vivante et saine d'esprit, habile et contraignable à divulguer dans la procédure judiciaire une chose divulguée dans la pièce [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

Safe supply refers to a legal and regulated supply of drugs with mind [or] body altering properties that traditionally have been accessible only through the illicit drug market.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
CONT

La Canadian Association of People Who Use Drugs (CAPUD) définit l'approvisionnement sécuritaire comme «un approvisionnement licite et réglementé de drogues ayant des propriétés susceptibles de modifier l'état psychique ou corporel et qui, traditionnellement, ne peuvent être obtenues que sur le marché illicite [...]».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
CONT

Hay dos puntos respecto a este suministro seguro. El primero es, obviamente, el fentanilo que causa muertes. El otro es ofrecer un medicamento con una dosis conocida para que la persona no sufra una sobredosis [...]

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Record 3 2016-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Gov. Provincial Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Private Law
OBS

The Atlantic Provinces Trial Lawyers Association is a plaintiff-oriented organization dedicated to obtaining legal redress for those who have suffered injury or injustice, and to preserving the rights of the injured to full and fair compensation.... APTLA speaks with one voice on matters of concern to plaintiff-oriented lawyers and their clients. APTLA was formed with three fundamental purposes in mind : to form a network of like thinking trial lawyers who would share among its members their wealth of knowledge and experiences; to work to preserve innocent victims’ rights to tort recovery and to directly oppose tort recovery restrictions and work to correct the erosion of rights around the region; and, to establish first class skill-sharpening legal education programs which are inspirational, highly relevant, and impart to plaintiff trial lawyers skills and information directly related to their practices.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités provinciaux non gouv. canadiens
  • Droit privé

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-03-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Reprography
  • School Equipment
CONT

... But there are books written especially with photocopying in mind and these are called blackline masters. These books have a certain number of pages that it is legal to photocopy many times. Simply by making photocopies of the relevant page, the teacher can now provide worksheets for students at a reasonable cost.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Reprographie
  • Matériel et équipement scolaires

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-01-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Social Law
  • Mathematics, Physics and Natural Sciences
  • Engineering
OBS

The Converging Technologies Bar Association(CTBA) [was] formed [in the U. S. A. ] with an array of communities in mind-legal, scientific, engineering, business, financial, government, academic, among others, representing the multidimensional nature of converging technologies.... The CTBA is the voice of and leader for the converging technologies community. It is the world's first professional association of its kind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Droit social
  • Mathématiques, physique et sciences naturelles
  • Ingénierie
OBS

Implications légales : les technologies convergentes devraient remettre en question certains droits de l’homme, notamment le «droit à la dignité humaine», le «droit à la vie», le «respect de la vie privée», à certains égards également le «droit à la protection de la santé» [...] Les États-Unis ont récemment créé une association de juristes dont la mission est de sonder ces domaines [touchés par les technologies convergentes.]

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-12-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Federal Administration
OBS

Objective : Together with the departmental legal services units concerned, to implement the initiative to harmonize federal statutes and regulations that are considered to be priorities, both existing and in the process of enactment, with the civil law of Quebec, keeping in mind the two legal audiences, French-speaking and English-speaking, by proposing amendments to statutes and regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Administration fédérale
OBS

Objectif : De concert avec les contentieux ministériels concernés, mettre en œuvre la démarche d'harmonisation des lois et des règlements fédéraux jugés prioritaires, existants et en voie d'adoption, avec le droit civil du Québec dans le respect de ses deux auditoires juridiques, francophones et anglophones, au moyen de propositions de modifications législatives et réglementaires.

Spanish

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Record 7 2008-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
DEF

Belonging to or characteristic of the profession of the law(E. g.) A legal mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
DEF

Qui a rapport à la profession juridique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
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Record 8 2007-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional and Municipal Gov. Bodies and Committees
  • Practice and Procedural Law
OBS

The Bar of Montreal' s mission is to protect the public. With this in mind, the Bar organizes a number of activities each year which inform members of the public of their legal rights and how they are to be exercised.

Key term(s)
  • Bar of Montreal
  • Montreal Bar Association
  • Montreal Bar

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouv. régionaux ou municipaux
  • Droit judiciaire
OBS

Le Barreau de Montréal s'est donné pour mission de promouvoir la protection du public, par des activités d'information et de sensibilisation et par une participation active à l'administration de la justice. C'est dans cette optique qu'il organise chaque année de nombreuses activités permettant d'informer le public sur ses droits et sur l'accessibilité à la justice.

Key term(s)
  • Le Barreau de Montréal

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
DEF

Legal neighbourhood is "restricted" to "persons who are so closely and directly affected by my act that I ought reasonably to have them in contemplation as being so affected when I am directing my mind to the acts or omissions which are called in question. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
DEF

Mon prochain en droit est «restreint» aux «personnes qui sont touchées de si près et si directement par mon acte que je devrais raisonnablement prévoir qu'elles seront ainsi touchées lorsque je réfléchis aux actes ou omissions qui sont mis en question».

Spanish

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Record 10 2005-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Health Law
CONT

... "synthetic competence". This concept contemplates treating mentally ill persons for the purpose of making them competent to stand trial, in order to convict and sentence them.

CONT

There is... a combined legal-pharmacological-psychiatric enquiry required in relation to synthetic competence. In order to determine the legal effect of synthetic competence, it is necessary for courts to have some idea of the effect of psychotropic drugs on a person's mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Droit de la santé

Spanish

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Record 11 2003-06-04

English

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

Malice in law is not necessarily personal hate or ill will, but it is that state of mind which is reckless of law and of the legal rights of the citizen... A condition of mind which prompts a person to do a wrongful act wilfully, that is, on purpose, to the injury of another, or to do intentionally a wrongful act toward another without justification or excuse.

French

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

Malice : intention de nuire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 12 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

having use and control of one’s own mental faculties

CONT

The person who prepares a will must be of legal capacity to do so... In order to make a will, the testator must be :... of sound and disposing mind. The testator must have sufficient mental capacity to understand what he is doing, and cannot be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Nor can he suffer senility or any disease of the mind that affects his thinking.

Key term(s)
  • disposing memory
  • disposing mind and memory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

Il existe [...] une règle fondamentale qui préside à tout testament pour que ce dernier soit valable : il faut que le testateur, au moment Où il fait son testament, soit «sain d'esprit». Il faut qu'il soit lucide, que son esprit soit libre. On présume que toute personne est saine d'esprit, mais il est toujours loisible de prouver le contraire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho hereditario (common law)
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Record 13 1992-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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