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LEGAL OPERATION [26 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Artificial Intelligence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Intelligence artificielle

Spanish

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Record 2 2017-06-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
CONT

The legal powers of the Governor General and the Lieutenant Governors of Canada and the provinces, respectively, are very substantial. They are in fact the essence of how a First Minister controls the operation of government in Canada at both the federal and provincial levels.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

Il existe trois ordres de gouvernement au Canada : l’échelon fédéral, l’échelon provincial et l’échelon municipal (local). Chaque ordre de gouvernement est chargé d’administrer différents programmes et services.

CONT

Les gouvernements provinciaux canadiens ressemblent au gouvernement national. À l'échelon provincial, le pouvoir exécutif est partagé entre un premier ministre et un lieutenant-gouverneur.

Spanish

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Record 3 2016-09-21

English

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

The Panama Canal Authority(ACP) is an autonomous legal entity of the Republic of Panama, established under public law, established under Title XIV of the National Constitution with exclusive charge of the operation, administration, management, preservation, maintenance, and modernization of the Canal, as well as its activities and related services, pursuant to legal and constitutional regulations in force, so that the Canal may operate in a safe, continuous, efficient, and profitable manner.

OBS

ACP: as per its name in Spanish ("Autoridad del Canal de Panamá").

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
OBS

ACP : d'après son nom en espagnol («Autoridad del Canal de Panamá»).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos, unidades administrativas y comités
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
OBS

La Autoridad del Canal de Panamá (ACP) es una entidad del Gobierno de Panamá creada en el Título XIV de la Constitución Nacional y a la que le corresponde privativamente la operación, la administración, el funcionamiento, la conservación, el mantenimiento, el mejoramiento y modernización del Canal, así como sus actividades y servicios conexos, conforme a las normas constitucionales legales vigentes, a fin de que el Canal funcione de manera segura, continua, eficiente y rentable.

OBS

Autoridad del Canal de Panamá; ACP: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que cuando se emplee el nombre de la entidad que administra el canal de Panamá y que se denomina "Autoridad del Canal de Panamá", conviene respetar las mayúsculas por tratarse de un nombre propio. Su sigla es ACP, que se escribe con todas las letras mayúsculas y sin puntos intermedios.

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Record 4 2016-07-22

English

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

immunity : a state of freedom from certain legal consequences or the operation of certain legal rules.

French

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

immunité : privilège de pouvoir faire impunément, dans certaines circonstances (v.g. en assemblée parlementaire), des déclarations à caractère diffamatoire ou des actes illégaux.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-25

English

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

A form of liability insurance which is specifically designed to indemnify for loss incurred through legal liability for bodily injury and damage to property of others caused by accident arising out of ownership or operation of an automobile.

Key term(s)
  • motor third party assurance

French

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

Assurance de responsabilité civile du fait des dommages causés par des véhicules terrestres à moteur.

OBS

assurance directe : L'emploi de l'adjectif «direct» appliqué à un risque R.C. déroge, en ce qui concerne la branche auto, et à elle seule, à la tradition du langage assurantiel qui qualifie d'«indirects» les risques R.C., notamment en incendie. Il en résulte une déplorable confusion. [...] Ce qui précède suffit à condamner l'acception du mot «directe» dans la branche automobile [...]

OBS

assurance aux tiers : Expression populaire (qui signifie) assurance de la responsabilité civile des automobilistes vis-à-vis des tiers. Terme déconseillé.

OBS

assurance de responsabilité civile automobile, assurance automobile des dommages causés : termes normalisés par l'AFNOR; assurance directe, assurance aux tiers : termes déconseillés par l'AFNOR. Extrait de la norme NF-K40-001, reproduite avec l'autorisation de l'AFNOR.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Seguro de transporte
  • Incendio, accidentes y riesgos varios (Seguros)
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Record 6 2016-01-20

English

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

Assignment by operation of law. The interest of the lessor or lessee of lands or tenements may be transferred in another person or persons by operation of law, independently of the act of the parties, by reason of : the death of the lessor, the death of the lessee, legal process or bankruptcy.(Williams & Rhodes, 5th, p. 15-1)

French

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

cession par effet de la loi : 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 7 2015-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Security
OBS

... proviso generally has a narrower sense than provision(=a contractual term). In DRAFTING, a proviso is either a clause that is inserted in a legal or formal document and that makes some condition, stipulation, exception, or limitation, or a clause upon whose observance the operation or validity of the instrument depends. E. g., "When there is no accuracy or promptitude, the company should answer for all injury resulting, subject to the proviso that the injury must be the natural and direct consequence of the negligent act. "…(A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage, 2nd Ed., p. 710.)

OBS

[defeasance] A condition upon the fulfillment of which a deed or other instrument isdefeated or made void; a contractual provision containing such a condition. – Alsotermed defeasance clause. (Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th Ed., p. 449.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

disposition restrictive portant anéantissement : 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 2014-12-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Criminology
DEF

A well-organized confederation, secret in nature and operation, whose members are largely of Sicilian or Italian descent, which carries on criminal and some legal activities.

OBS

It originated in Sicily but allegedly exists in many nations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Criminologie
DEF

Association secrète servant des intérêts privés par des moyens plus ou moins illicites.

OBS

mafia : nom d'origine sicilienne.

OBS

mafia : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Criminología
DEF

Cualquier organización clandestina de criminales.

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Record 9 2014-09-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
CONT

Ms. [X] would have consented to the operation in any case, regardless of the legal standard used to assess her consent...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
CONT

La question de savoir si on peut dire qu'une déclaration de culpabilité est déraisonnable ou ne s'appuie pas sur la preuve mène, dans chaque cas, à l'application d'une norme juridique.

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Emergency Management
CONT

... during a mass fatalities response, the medical examiner [is the legal authority and] will appoint a director of medical examiner operations, [who is] preferably a deputy medical examiner, to provide overall coordination of the direct services of the mass fatalities operation, in accordance with established guidelines and procedures. The director of medical examiner operations will be responsible for appointing supervisors to manage the various direct service sites...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Gestion des urgences
OBS

Comme son nom l'indique, le directeur des opérations sous le médecin légiste relève du médecin légiste et son rôle se limite à diriger la recherche et la récupération des cadavres, dans le contexte de la gestion de décès multiples ou massifs. Il ne dirige pas les actions de tous les intervenants sur une scène de catastrophe.

Spanish

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Record 11 2014-04-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
CONT

[The] disaster site chain of command [includes] the medical examiner [who] is the legal authority over the remains in a mass fatalities investigation and operation and serves as the section chief of the mass fatalities operations... a director [or] deputy medical examiner [who is appointed by the medical examiner] to provide overall coordination of the direct services of the mass fatalities operation [and] supervisors [who are appointed by the director] to manage the various direct service sites, including the disaster site, victim identification center, and family assistance center as well as case management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences

Spanish

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Record 12 2013-03-15

English

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

There are legal life tenancies, such as dower consummate after assignment, and curtesy, as well as conventional tenancies, such as those created by the parties as distinguished from by operation of law.(Cartwright, 1972, p. 548).

French

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

tenance viagère légale : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 13 2013-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

Estates that are created by operation of law(such as dower) are known as legal estates, as distinguished from conventional estates, or those created by the parties.(Reilly, 1977, p. 154).

French

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

domaine légal : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 14 2013-01-28

English

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

Curtesy was the right of a husband to an estate for his life, expectant on the death of his wife, in the entirety of land and hereditaments of the wife of which she was seised for an estate of inheritance, subject to his having had issue by her born alive who were capable of inheriting the property from her. (Halsbury, 4th ed., Vol. 39, p. 319).

OBS

In addition to the life estate created by the act of a person, there are the legal life estates, that is, those created by operation of law. These are curtesy and dower.(Anger and Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 29).

OBS

courtesy: In Scotslan ...

French

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

bénéfice du veuf : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 15 2012-11-16

English

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

A covenant in law is an agreement which the law implies from the use of certain words having a known legal operation in the creation of an estate; so that, after they have had their primary operation in creating the estate, the law gives them a secondary force by implying an agreement on the part of the grantor to protect and preserve the estate which by those words has been already created.(12 Hals., 4th ed., p. 1547)

French

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

covenant de droit : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 16 2012-11-07

English

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

Estates that are created by operation of law(such as dower) are known as legal estates, as distinguished from conventional estates, or those created by the parties.(Reilly, p. 154)

French

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

domaine conventionnel : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 17 2011-10-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management (General)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
DEF

... transfer of the legal ownership... by operation of law-...

CONT

A transmission of shares occurs upon the holder dying, becoming a patient under the Mental Health Act 1959, or becoming bankrupt.

OBS

The meaning of "transmission" as used in legal parlance in relation to the change of ownership of shares is very limited. Therefore "transmission" in French should in some contexts be translated as "transfer" ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
DEF

Action de faire passer d'une personne à une autre par voie légale.

CONT

La tradition est le mode de transmission propre aux titres au porteur qui s'effectue par la simple remise matérielle du titre de la main à la main.

OBS

"Transmission" a un sens large. En effet, une cession [...], une tradition [...] et un transfert [...] sont tous les trois un mode de transmission.

Spanish

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Record 18 2006-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Waste Management
OBS

"Municipal solid waste collection" is often shortened to "solid waste/refuse collection". The everyday use of "garbage collection" to describe this operation should be avoided in technical or legal texts since the APWA defines "garbage" as food waste only.

CONT

Household refuse collection ... is ... a combined collection of household food wastes and rubbish from containers placed at the house line, alley, or curb.

OBS

See also "waste recovery".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des déchets
DEF

Ramassage, stockage et transport des ordures du lieu de leur production au lieu de leur traitement.

OBS

L'expression "cueillette des vidanges" est à condamner: 1) Cueillette s'applique plutôt au ramassage d'objets utilisables 2) Vidange s'applique aux ordures retirées des fosses d'aisances.

CONT

La collecte est [...] effectuée par des services publics : ramassage des ordures contenues dans des récipients déposés devant les immeubles pour les transporter au lieu de leur traitement ou de leur décharge.

OBS

enlèvement des ordures ménagères : Code général des impôts de France, art. 1379.

CONT

enlèvement : action d'enlever ou d'emporter des choses : [p. ex. :] L'enlèvement des bagages, des ordures ménagères, d'une marchandise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de los desechos
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Record 19 2005-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
DEF

... a set of deeply rooted, historically conditioned attitudes about the nature of law, about the role of law in the society and the polity, about the proper organization and operation of a legal system, and about the way law is or should be made, applied, studied, perfected, and taught.

CONT

A legal tradition is ... the general culture underlying a family of similar legal systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
CONT

Héritier d'une tradition juridique à la fois française et britannique, le droit canadien repose sur deux systèmes différents, le droit civil et la Common law.

CONT

[...] le caractère sacré de la vie est un principe fondamental sur lequel repose une bonne partie de notre tradition juridique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
OBS

tradición jurídica: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 20 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 21 2002-05-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

The Japan Foundation was established in 1972 as a special legal entity under the auspices of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for the purpose of promoting mutual understanding and friendship on the international scene. It was the first specialist organization for international cultural exchange in Japan, and it carries out a broad variety of cultural-exchange programs with personnel exchange as their basic premise, ranging from such academic pursuits as Japanese studies and Japanese-language education to the arts, publication, audio-visual media, sports, and general life culture. Its activities are financed by operation profits on government endowments, aid from the government(including the ODA budget), and funding and donations from the private sector.

OBS

Title reproduced from the document "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", with the authorization of UNESCO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Coopération et développement économiques
OBS

Appellation tirée du document «United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions», avec l'autorisation de l'UNESCO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités nacionales canadienses
  • Cooperación y desarrollo económicos
OBS

Extraido de "United Nations and Related Bodies, Specialized Agencies of the United Nations System, Intergovernmental Organizations, International Non-Governmental Organizations, Networks, Systems, Foundations and Similar Institutions", con la autorización UNESCO.

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Record 22 2001-11-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
OBS

EEIG lays down rules, applicable to all members, on the structure and method of operation, thus providing firms, particularly small and medium-size companies, with a framework that is more responsive to their needs and their potential, enabling them to group part of their economic activity, while still retaining their economic and legal independence within a structure that enjoys full legal capacity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Coopération et développement économiques

Spanish

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Record 23 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Trade
OBS

One of several ministerial decisions adopted at Marrakesh to ensuring transition from GATT [General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade] to WTO [World Trade Organization]. Envisages a transitional organizational structure and programme of action, including seeking solutions to administrative, procedural and legal matters to ensure efficient operation of WTO. It came into existence on 1 Jan. 1995.

Key term(s)
  • Decision on the Establishment of the Preparatory Committee for the WTO

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Commerce
Key term(s)
  • Décision sur l'établissement du Comité préparatoire de l'OMC

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Comercio
Key term(s)
  • Decisión relativa al establecimiento del Comité Preparatorio de la OMC
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Record 24 1993-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
  • Legal Profession: Organization
OBS

comprises all practising solicitors in Scotland. It acts as Registrar of Solicitors, controls examinations and admission practicing certificates, and the operation of the legal aid scheme.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)

Spanish

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Record 25 1987-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Publication Titles (Armed Forces)
OBS

A publication that provides : a. an abridged description of a ship's operational and fighting characteristics; and b. a facility for the retention of historical documents pertaining to a ship and those legal documents required for its operation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de publications (Forces armées)
OBS

Publication qui : a. donne une brève description des caractéristiques opérationnelles et de combat du navire; et b. permet de conserver les documents historiques concernant le navire et les documents légaux nécessaires à son exploitation.

Spanish

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Record 26 1987-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
CONT

Unions of States derive their limited or partial legal capacity from the States of which they consist.... it can be said that such institutions may arise at present if the movements towards unity in several parts of the world, among the Arab countries or some of the new States, should succeed. A very recent example is... the Caribbean Community.... The purpose of the Community is not only economic integration to be brought about by means of a specialised suborganisation, the Caribbean Common Market, but also the co-ordination of the foreign policy of member States, and functional co-operation including the efficient operation of certain common services.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
DEF

Terme de portée générale englobant les associations entre États de caractère politique (Alliance, Protectorat, Union personnelle, Union réelle, Confédération d'États, État fédératif, Union des États en des matières administrative, technique, juridique, économique (Union administrative, Union monétaire, Union douanière, Union international stricto sensu, Unesco, etc.).

Spanish

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