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LEGAL PROOF [18 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

The body of law regulating the burden of proof, admissibility, relevance, and the weight and sufficiency of what should be admitted into the record of a legal proceeding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Citoyenneté et immigration

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho probatorio
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
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Record 2 2014-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Legal Documents
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

The First Nation argues that if, as we have found, the Alexis Band was vulnerable in its dealings with Calgary Power, the legal burden of proof shifts to the more powerful party to establish the providence of the transaction, citing as authority the Supreme Court of Canada's case of Norberg...

OBS

Alexis First Nation Inquiry TransAlta Utilities Rights of Way Claim (March 2003).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Documents juridiques
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

Enquête sur la revendication de la Première Nation d'Alexis relative aux emprises accordées à TransAlta Utilities (Mars 2003).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-08-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

The body of law regulating the admissibility of what is offered as proof into the record of a legal proceeding.

CONT

Under the rules of evidence, the witness’s statement is inadmissible hearsay that is not subject to any exception.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

règle de preuve : 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 2013-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

The obligation of proving facts. (L.B. Curzon,) A Dictionary of Law, 1979

CONT

In the Common law, burden of proof is the obligation to prove allegations which are presented in a legal action. More colloquially, burden of proof refers to an obligation in a particular context to defend a position against a prima facie other position.

OBS

The term "burden of proof" is commonly used to describe either or both of the following two concepts...(a) Burden of Adducing Evidence of Evidential Burden(b) Burden of Persuasion or Legal Burden(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 19)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

charge de la preuve; fardeau de la preuve : 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

burden of proof : Terme générique. Certains emploient aussi «burden of proof» dans un sens spécifique correspondant à «burden of persuasion», en opposition avec «burden of evidence» («burden of producing evidence»).

Spanish

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Record 5 2012-10-24

English

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

Proof of user as of right for so long as aged persons could remember came to be accepted as sufficient to raise a presumption that it had existed from time immemorial. Nevertheless, it has been held that common law prescription based upon legal memory cannot be set up in Canada as there is no time immemorial on which to found it.(Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, pp. 936-7)

French

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

prescription acquisitive de common law; prescription de common law : 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).

Spanish

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Record 6 2008-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
  • Law of Evidence
  • Rules of Court
OBS

Probative. Having the effect of proof, tending to prove, or actually proving. When a legal controversy goes to trial, the parties seek to prove their cases by the introduction of evidence. All courts are governed by rules of evidence that describe what types of evidence are admissible.

OBS

Probative. Tending to prove or disprove. Courts can exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Serment prêté par une personne en vue de faire la preuve d'un fait.

Spanish

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Record 7 2005-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Patents (Law)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
CONT

The first inventor's right to the invention is non-transferable. Unless there is proof to the contrary, the inventor is presumed to be the person or legal entity who first applied for the patent. This means that the inventor has the exclusive right to implement his invention commercially within the statutory time limit, and to prohibit others from producing, selling, importing, renting, delivering, using, supplying for sale or delivering patented products.

OBS

In the United States first inventor refers to the first to invent. In Europe first inventor refers to the first to file an invention.

Key term(s)
  • prior inventor’s right
  • right of a first inventor
  • right of a prior inventor

French

Domaine(s)
  • Brevets d'invention (Droit)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
CONT

Si le système du brevet aux États-Unis repose sur le droit du premier inventeur (first to invent), il se fonde en France et en Europe sur celui du premier déposant (first to file).

CONT

Une entreprise peut se présenter en dernier à l'office des brevets et faire valoir son droit de premier inventeur.

Spanish

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Record 8 2004-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
DEF

make allowance for; leave room for; be capable (of)

OBS

It is said that the legal presumption admits in this case of proof of the contrary.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

on dit alors que la présomption légale souffre la preuve contraire

OBS

(sujet de chose) voir Admettre. Cela ne souffre plus à un retard. [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Traducción (Generalidades)
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Record 9 2004-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

In any legal or other proceedings, a certificate issued by or under the authority of the Minister of Foreign Affairs... is conclusive proof of the truth without proof of the signature or official character of the person appearing to have issued the certificate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

Le certificat est recevable en preuve sans qu'il soit nécessaire de prouver l'authenticité de la signature ou la qualité officielle du signataire

Spanish

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Record 10 2003-06-23

English

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

evidence rules... the body of law regulating the burden of proof, admissibility, relevance, and the weight and sufficiency of what should be admitted into the record of a legal proceeding...

OBS

... under the rules of evidence, the witness’s statement is inadmissible hearsay that is not subject to any exception.

OBS

"evidence rules" is usually used in the plural in this context.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

Examen au sein des règles de preuve et de procédure des diverses dispositions relatives aux renseignements personnels et à la protection de ceux-ci.

OBS

«règles de preuve» terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Spanish

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Record 11 2001-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (common law)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Provincial Administration
CONT

Registrar's duty in case of re-entry... The registrar, on proof to his satisfaction of lawful re-entry and recovery of possession by a lessor, or his transferee by a legal proceeding, shall make a memorandum of that re-entry and recovery on the certificate of title... and the estate of the lessee in the land thereupon determines, but without releasing the lessee from his liability in respect of the breach of any covenant in the lease...

Key term(s)
  • lessee’s estate
  • lessee estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Administration provinciale
CONT

Obligation du registrateur en cas de reprise de possession [...] Le registrateur, sur preuve qu'il juge suffisante de la reprise légale de possession par le bailleur ou son cessionnaire à la suite des procédures judiciaires, consigne le fait par une note sur le certificat de titre [...] le droit du locataire à l'usage du bien-fonds cesse dès lors, mais sans que ce locataire soit exempté de la responsabilité qu'il a pu encourir par l'inexécution de quelque convention [...]

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-03-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Accounting
  • Government Accounting
DEF

A provision in a law or regulation that protects those who have met certain requirements from possible legal actions by not allowing others to challenge the consequences or making it difficult for others to do so by shifting the burden of proof to them.

CONT

Americans are offering to endorse a "safe harbour" principle whereby companies within the safe harbour undertake to apply standards of privacy protection equivalent to those in the European Union. In return, they will be allowed to collect data unimpeded.

Key term(s)
  • safe harbor
  • safe-harbor
  • safe harbour
  • safe-harbour

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

[Règles refuge :] Règles que l'on a suggéré d'adopter en vue d'atténuer la responsabilité civile ou professionnelle du comptable dans la mesure où ce dernier s'est conformé à certaines exigences. Ainsi il a été proposé qu'une responsabilité légale ne soit attribuée au professionnel comptable que si le requérant peut démontrer clairement qu'un examen normal des comptes aurait permis de découvrir qu'ils avaient été mal établis.

OBS

En Belgique, le réviseur d'entreprises se voit interdire par la loi toute clause contractuelle diminuant sa responsabilité.

Spanish

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Record 13 1998-11-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Financial and Budgetary Management
  • Ecology (General)
  • Parks and Botanical Gardens
  • Animal Pests (Crops)
DEF

Legal provision for a fee to be paid on presenting satisfactory proof of destruction of an individual of a species declared undesirable, i. e. vermin.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion budgétaire et financière
  • Écologie (Généralités)
  • Parcs et jardins botaniques
  • Animaux nuisibles aux cultures
DEF

Versement, codifié par la loi, d'une somme d'argent pour tout animal jugé indésirable dont la destruction aura été démontrée.

Spanish

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Record 14 1994-02-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aboriginal Law
OBS

Execution : As used in this paper ["Land Tenure in Indian Reserves"], the term refers to the signing of a legal document. In order to register such documents, proof of "execution" is required.

OBS

execution: Term officially approved by the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit autochtone
OBS

signature : Équivalence uniformisée au ministère des Affaires indiennes et du Nord canadien.

Spanish

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Record 15 1990-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité

Spanish

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Record 16 1987-02-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements

Spanish

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Record 17 1986-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 18 1980-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
DEF

a person who searches out and summarizes information to be used as reference or proof in legal or insurance cases.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)

Spanish

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