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LEGAL PARLANCE [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

A fact presumed to be true unless it is disproved.

CONT

In common parlance the term "prima facie" is used to describe the apparent nature of something upon initial observation. In legal practice the term generally is used to describe two things : the presentation of sufficient evidence by a civil claimant to support the legal claim(a prima facie case), or a piece of evidence itself(prima facie evidence).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Vocabulaire général
CONT

Locution latine signifiant «à sa face même», «à première vue» que l'on emploie pour qualifier une preuve considérée comme suffisante pour établir un fait jusqu'à preuve contraire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho probatorio
  • Vocabulario general
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Record 2 2013-05-03

English

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

To acquire real property other than by descent. Thus, in very technical legal parlance, gifts are purchased by those who receive them.(Garner, p. 453)

OBS

"Acquire by purchase" is used in its technical sense in this context.

French

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

«Acquire by purchase» se rend par «acquérir par achat» dans l'acception courante de «purchase» et par «acquérir par acte volontaire» dans son acception technique. Dans la plupart des contextes, l'équivalent «acquérir» peut suffire, les auteurs anglais éprouvent presque toujours le besoin d'expliquer le sens très technique du terme «purchase» (substantif et verbe), propre à la common law.

OBS

acquérir par acte volontaire; acquérir : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

OBS

Dans ce contexte «purchase» est utilisé dans son sens technique.

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-02-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Plant and Crop Production
DEF

Literally, a crop in the process of growth, an unmatured crop. But a disputed term in legal parlance. Some authorities hold that a growing crop may be either above or below the surface of the soil, while other authorities hold that a crop is not a growing crop unless it shows above ground, and that underground sprouts do not constitute such a crop. Again, some authorities hold that a crop is growing from the time the seed is planted until the harvest, while other authorities hold that a matured, ungathered crop is not growing. Whether grass in a pasture is a growing crop is also a controverted question.(Ballentine's, 3rd ed., 1969, p. 538)

French

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

récolte en cours de croissance : 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 4 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 5 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción
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