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LEGAL NEGLIGENCE [15 records]

Record 1 2021-02-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Trade
CONT

The limitations on and exclusions of liability for damages under section 9 apply regardless of whether the liability is based on breach of contract, tort(including negligence), strict or product liability, hidden defects, breach of warranty, or any other legal duty...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Commerce
CONT

Les limitations et exonérations de responsabilité concernant les dommages et intérêts décrites à l'article 9, s'appliquent indépendamment du fait que la responsabilité est basée ou non sur une infraction au contrat, un acte délictuel (y compris un acte de négligence), la responsabilité stricte ou du fait du produit, des vices cachés, une rupture de garantie, ou toute autre obligation légale [...]

OBS

violation de garantie : terme tiré du mini-lexique «Protection du consommateur» et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-02-21

English

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

[The Negligence Act of Ontario] further stipulates that "If it is not practicable to determine the respective degree of fault or negligence as between any parties to an action, such parties shall be deemed to be equally at fault or negligent. "If the action is tried by a jury, it is for them to determine the degree of fault or negligence as a question of fact. If it is a trial by judge alone, "apportionment of fault is primarily and properly a matter within the discretion of the trial judge... "(and) "except in a strong and exceptional case, an appellate Court will not feel free to substitute its apportionment of fault for that made by the trial Judge, unless there has been palpable and demonstrable error in appreciation of the legal principles to be applied or misapprehension of the facts by the trial Judge. "

French

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

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-08-31

English

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

... the only legal basis for a claim over by the defendant Board against the third parties for contribution or indemnity depends upon the applicability of The Contributory Negligence Act, which, if it does apply, would give rise to a claim of contribution or indemnity in the case that the allegations in the third party claim of negligence by the third parties, vis a vis the plaintiff were established.

Key term(s)
  • claim of contribution

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Health Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit de la santé
OBS

négligence de droit : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-01-18

English

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

The unforeseeable plaintiff. The equivocation between the various elements of liability in general and of duty and legal cause in particular has already been noted. There is, undoubtedly a certain, but not necessarily complete, overlap between these concepts which, in the tort of negligence, can make it difficult to separate two apparently different questions : whether the defendant has breached a duty owed to the plaintiff and, secondly, if he has, whether a particular item of damage is recoverable.

French

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

victime imprévisible : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

"Actual" or "special" damage is where the wrongful act has caused a loss or injury which can be assessed in money.

CONT

There must be actual damage or loss 1. Mere carelessness or negligence is not sufficient cause for legal liability.

French

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

dommage de fait; préjudice de fait : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 7 2015-10-29

English

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

... statutes imposing an obligation of care for the safety of a particular class of persons may be intended to protect them against their own inability to protect themselves ...

OBS

One person who has harmed another is legally liable to him on the ground of negligence only if the court holds that the defendant had in the circumstances owed the plaintiff a legal duty of care, not to have done or allowed to happen the acts which caused the harm, and had in the circumstances failed to implement the duty by not taking the kind and standard of care and precautions required by law.

French

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

Relativement à une réclamation fondée sur la négligence, la question du consentement éclairé à un traitement est concomitante de l'obligation de diligence du médecin.

OBS

obligation de diligence : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 8 2008-09-10

English

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

Reluctant as we have seen the common law to be in protecting economic interests against negligence, our legal tradition has displayed no similar coyness in furnishing legal sanctions against conduct deliberately aimed at impairing advantageous relations or causing other kinds of financial loss.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
  • Legal Documents
DEF

A clause in legal document which excuses a party from liability for its acts other than those caused by willful neglect or gross negligence.

CONT

exculpatory clause: A provision in a Mortgage allowing the borrower to surrender the property to the lender without personal liability for the loan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
  • Documents juridiques

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

Quasi-delict is a French legal term used in some civil law jurisdictions, encompassing the common-law concept of negligence as the breach of a non-wilful extra-contractual obligation to third parties.

OBS

Quasi-offense is used in the civil law of Louisiana (USA).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
DEF

Fait illicite et dommageable ayant le caractère d'une faute d'imprudence ou de négligence.

OBS

Le code civil [du Québec] a fait l'objet d'un remaniement complet en 1994 et plusieurs concepts ont été changés ou remplacés. [...] Les concepts de délit et quasi-délit / offenses and quasi-offenses ont aussi été remplacés par le concept de responsabilité civile extracontractuelle / extracontractual civil liability.

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Health Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Every one is under a legal duty (a) as a parent, foster parent, guardian or head of a family, to provide necessaries of life for a child under the age of sixteen years; (b) to provide necessaries of life to their spouse or common-law partner; and (c) to provide necessaries of life to a person under his charge if that person (i) is unable, by reason of detention, age, illness, mental disorder or other cause, to withdraw himself from that charge, and (ii) is unable to provide himself with necessaries of life.

CONT

Neglect might be a contravention of the Criminal Code section that imposes a duty to provide the necessities of life to a person under one’s charge if that person is unable by virtue of age, illness or any other cause to care for him or herself.

CONT

Parents have a legal duty to provide necessities of life to their child under the age of 16 years.

CONT

An example of a legal duty that might lead to a charge of criminal negligence would be the duty to provide the necessaries of life imposed by the Criminal Code.

Key term(s)
  • duty to provide necessities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

L'article 215 [du Code criminel] impose aux parents ou aux gardiens l'obligation de fournir les choses nécessaires à l'existence des enfants de moins de 16 ans.

OBS

La jurisprudence a interprété [l'article 215 du Code criminel] comme susceptible de s'appliquer à la situation où un membre du personnel médical néglige ou refuse de fournir des soins médicaux à une personne, à condition que toutes les autres conditions de l'infraction soient également remplie, notamment que cette personne soit inapte à prendre soin d'elle-même. Le médecin qui négligerait d'administrer un traitement à une personne inconsciente pourrait donc, dans certaines circonstances, être passible de poursuites [...]

Key term(s)
  • devoir de fournir les choses nécessaires
  • obligation de fournir les choses nécessaires
  • devoir de fournir les choses nécessaires à la vie

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

... the subspeciality of pathology that focuses on the medicolegal investigation of sudden or unexpected death.

CONT

Forensic pathology is the legal branch of pathology concerned with :(1) determining cause of death(including murder, accident or unexpected death) ;(2) Examination of some wounds and injuries due to crime or negligence;(3) Examination of tissue specimens that may be relevant to rape, or other crimes.

OBS

Forensic pathology : term used by the Office of the Chief Coroner in Ontario.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
CONT

Plusieurs des participants ont mentionné leur souhait de travailler davantage en interdisciplinarité (pathologie judiciaire et formation médicale, clinique et sciences de la santé, clinique et santé communautaire, neuropathologie et génétique médicale, génie biomédical et clinique, etc.).

OBS

«médecine légale» : terme utilisé par le Bureau du coroner en chef de l'Ontario comme équivalent de «forensic pathology».

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
DEF

Coverage to meet the needs of a legal system which is designed to compensate victims of automobile accidents without the necessity of proving negligence on anyone's part.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
DEF

Assurance «hors faute» accordée quel que soit le responsable, que ce soit l'assuré ou non. Évite les litiges et les procédures judiciaires toujours longues et coûteuses.

Key term(s)
  • assurance sans-faute

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
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Record 14 2001-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

An initial review of the main considerations in the context of public risk management suggests that they include : exposure to legal liability(associated with a breach of a duty of care, i. e. the duty to avoid causing loss or damage to others through negligence)...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
CONT

Il ressort d'un premier examen des principales considérations relatives à la gestion publique des risques qu'il s'agit notamment : du risque de responsabilité légale (associé au manquement à une obligation de diligence, autrement dit, au devoir d'éviter de causer une perte ou des dommages à autrui par négligence) [...]

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-05-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military (General)
  • Military Administration
OBS

Negligence that does not involve recklessness, undue carelessness or intentional commission of a wrongful act or an intentional omission to perform a legal duty. QRO App IV

French

Domaine(s)
  • Militaire (Généralités)
  • Administration militaire
OBS

Une négligence qui n'équivaut pas à une imprudence, une inattention excessive ou à l'accomplissement intentionnel d'une action préjudiciable ou à l'omission intentionnelle d'un devoir prévu par la loi. QRO App IV

Spanish

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