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LEGAL PROCESS COURT [7 records]

Record 1 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Aboriginal Law
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

Informal kinship placements variously include children whose legal status has not changed(i. e., parents/guardians maintain legal custody), but the child is placed with an extended family member or a trusted community member(as in customary care) on an emergency or temporary basis under voluntary conditions or by court order. Formal kinship placements typically involve extended family homes and caregivers who have gone through a formal review, training, and approval process that is similar to the process foster homes undergo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit autochtone
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

placement officiel chez un proche; placement officiel chez une proche : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Aboriginal Law
  • Family Law (common law)
CONT

Informal kinship placements variously include children whose legal status has not changed(i. e., parents/guardians maintain legal custody), but the child is placed with an extended family member or a trusted community member(as in customary care) on an emergency or temporary basis under voluntary conditions or by court order. Formal kinship placements typically involve extended family homes and caregivers who have gone through a formal review, training, and approval process that is similar to the process foster homes undergo.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit autochtone
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
OBS

placement informel chez un proche; placement informel chez une proche : désignations normalisées par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-05-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Legal Actions
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
DEF

The power of the court to hear matters regarding juvenile acts that, if committed by an adult, would be criminal.

OBS

The precise legal definition of a "juvenile delinquent" or "young offender" is someone between 12 and 17 years of age who through the due process of law has been found to have violated criminal legislation and is therefore subject to punishments determined by a youth court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Actions en justice
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
OBS

Selon la définition juridique précise, un «délinquant juvénile» ou «jeune contrevenant», est un jeune âgé de 12 à 17 ans qui, à la suite d'une action en justice, est trouvé coupable d'avoir enfreint la législation criminelle et qui est dès lors sujet à des peines fixées par un tribunal de la jeunesse.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Courts
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
CONT

Execution of process. It is lawful for a person who is charged by law with the duty of executing the lawful process of a court, and who is required to arrest or detain another person under such process, and for every person lawfully assisting a person so charged, to arrest or detain that other person according to the terms of the process.

CONT

This Rule does not apply to the service of documents on CDS as part of a legal process of a court, which shall be governed by the applicable statutory or regulatory provisions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Tribunaux
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

Cette règle ne s'applique pas à la signification de documents à la CDS dans le cadre de procédures judiciaires, régie par les dispositions législatives ou réglementaires applicables.

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
CONT

The careless disclosure of privileged information to a Board of Inquiry can create an injustice that may significantly disrupt the adjudication of a complaint.

OBS

Adjudication. The legal process of resolving a dispute. The formal giving or pronouncing of a judgment or decree in a court proceeding; also the judgment or decision given.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

Le délai de règlement d'une plainte varie d'un cas à l'autre. Si le plaignant et le mis en cause sont disposés à trouver une solution, la Commission désignera un médiateur qui les aidera à trouver un terrain d'entente.

OBS

Le règlement d'une plainte est survenu dans ce cas précis à la suite d'une procédure engagée par les parties devant un tribunal administratif. Il ne faut pas confondre ce terme avec «settlement of a complaint» qui se traduit par «règlement d'une plainte». Ce dernier se fait entre les parties en dehors d'une instance judiciaire.

Spanish

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Record 6 2013-09-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
  • Rules of Court
CONT

Legal process(or sometimes "process"), are the proceedings in any civil lawsuit or criminal prosecution and, particularly, describes the formal notice or writ used by a court to exercise jurisdiction over a person or property.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Acte lié au déroulement d'une procédure contentieuse ou gracieuse, ou tendant à une exécution forcée, émanant des parties ou de certains auxiliaires de justice (avocat, avoué, huissier de justice, greffier) : ainsi une assignation, la convocation d'un témoin, la rédaction et la signification de conclusions.

OBS

acte de procédure : Recommandation du Comité d'uniformisation des règles de procédure civile dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la Justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos jurídicos
  • Reglamento procesal
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Record 7 2003-08-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
OBS

writ: a document issued out of a court in the name of Her Majesty, commanding the person to whom it is addressed to do or forbear from doing some act.

OBS

attachment : the seizure of property for the purpose of placing it in the control of the court.... Sometimes the term is used in the sense of the attachment of debts, and when so used the phrase means the legal process by which debts due or to become due to a debtor by other persons are seized for the benefit of the judgment creditor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Documentos jurídicos
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
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