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LEGAL REASONS [18 records]

Record 1 2025-07-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Communication and Information Management
  • Protection of Property
  • IT Security
DEF

Data that encompasses a wide range of information relating to an individual or organization and that should be carefully handled since it identifies specific or confidential aspects of an individual or organization.

CONT

... sensitive data is data that must be protected against unwanted disclosure. Protecting sensitive data may be required for legal or ethical reasons, for personal privacy, or for proprietary considerations.

OBS

Sensitive data includes ethnic or racial origin, political opinion, religious or other similar beliefs, memberships, physical or mental health details, details on personal life or criminal or civil offences. Sensitive data can also include information related to a person as a consumer, client, employee, patient or student, identifying information (contact information, identification cards and numbers, birth date and parents’ names), as well as financial information.

OBS

sensitive data: designation and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
  • Sécurité des biens
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Ensemble de données qui constituent un large éventail de renseignements sur une personne ou une organisation et qu'il convient de gérer prudemment étant donné que ceux-ci portent sur des aspects particuliers ou confidentiels d'une personne ou d'une organisation.

OBS

Les renseignements suivants sont considérés comme des données sensibles : l'origine ethnique ou la race d'une personne, les opinions politiques, les croyances religieuses ou autres types de croyances, l'adhésion à des groupes et des détails sur la santé physique ou mentale, la vie personnelle ou les infractions d'ordre criminel ou civil. Les données sensibles peuvent également comporter des renseignements sur une personne en tant que consommateur, client, employé, patient ou étudiant, des renseignements d'identification (coordonnées, cartes d'identité et numéros, date de naissance, nom des parents) ainsi que des renseignements financiers.

OBS

données sensibles; données de nature délicate : désignations et définition normalisées par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • donnée sensible
  • donnée de nature délicate
  • donnée critique
  • donnée délicate
  • donnée ayant un caractère délicat

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Gestión de las comunicaciones y la información
  • Protección de los bienes
  • Seguridad de IT
OBS

[...] datos sensibles, aquellos datos personales que se refieren a las características físicas o morales de las personas, o a hechos o circunstancias de su vida privada o intimidad, tales como hábitos personales, el origen racial, las ideologías y opiniones políticas, las creencias o convicciones religiosas, los estados de salud físico o psíquicos y la vida sexual.

Key term(s)
  • dato sensible
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Record 2 2023-12-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Physics
  • Driving (Road Vehicles)
CONT

Every year, thousands of drivers are reported for speeding in Spain... the speedometer is the device that indicates the speed of a vehicle,... but, when we talk about the speedometer as installed in a vehicle, then it is a well-known fact that the device is not displaying the actual speed that the vehicle is travelling at. In fact, the speedometer always shows a higher speed than the actual speed, on all vehicles, without exception, whether it is analog or digital, for legal reasons. In the European Union, the regulations establish that the indicated speed should never be lower than the real speed with a maximum margin of error on the real speed of 10 percent...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Physique
  • Conduite automobile
CONT

Le compteur de votre voiture doit afficher une vitesse supérieure ou égale à la vitesse réelle, il s'agit d'une obligation pour les constructeurs automobiles. [...] Par exemple, si l'aiguillon indique 100 km/h [kilomètres à l'heure], vous n'êtes en général qu'à 95 km/h. Mais attention, tous les compteurs n'affichent pas la même marge d'erreur. [...] Lorsque vous vous faites flasher, les forces de l'ordre vous adressent un PV [procès-verbal] pour excès de vitesse. Sur ce dernier, il est possible de lire la vitesse à laquelle le radar a enregistré votre véhicule : la vitesse réelle. Cette notion est à différencier de la vitesse retenue pour l'infraction, qui tient compte de la marge d'erreur du radar.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
DEF

A moral duty that is not enforceable by judicial action.

CONT

Natural obligations are recognized in civil-law jurisdictions. While they are not enforceable by judicial action, something that has been performed under a natural obligation may not be reclaimed.

OBS

A term sometimes applied to obligations said to arise from the law of nature only or from natural justice and equity, such as the obligations between parents and children. The term is sometimes applied also to obligations binding morally but, for technical legal reasons, such as defective formalities, not legally enforceable, though having some effect, such as barring a claim for repayment of a debt due but not enforceable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
DEF

Obligation qui résulte d'un pouvoir moral ou de conscience et qui n'est pas, selon la loi, susceptible d'exécution forcée.

Spanish

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Record 4 2014-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
  • Legal System
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

First, there is no evidence before us explaining the policy and legal reasons for the apparent widespread use of this clause in easement agreements...

OBS

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

OBS

legal reasons : term usually used in the plural in this context.

Key term(s)
  • legal reasons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit autochtone
CONT

Premièrement, nous ne disposons d'aucun élément de preuve expliquant la politique et les raisons juridiques de l'utilisation apparemment répandue de cette clause dans les ententes de servitude [...]

OBS

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

OBS

raisons juridiques : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel dans ce contexte.

Key term(s)
  • raisons juridiques

Spanish

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Record 5 2014-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
OBS

The Croatian Party of Rights(HSP) is an extra-parliamentary Croatian nationalist conservative right-wing political party in Croatia. The "right(s) "in the party's name refer to the legal and moral reasons that justify the independence and autonomy of Croatia. While the HSP has retained its old name, today it is a right-wing party with an ethnocentric platform.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques

Spanish

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Record 6 2014-05-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Labour Law
  • Social Law
CONT

To refuse jurisdiction to hear this Complaint... This is not a tenable legal position as we point out later in these reasons when discussing jurisdiction over remedy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit du travail
  • Droit social

Spanish

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Record 7 2011-03-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Peace-Keeping Operations
  • Military Organization
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

... armed opposition groups exercising effective power over a significant segment of population and conducting sustained organized armed hostilities may for both conceptual and legal reasons be considered capable of violating human rights...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de maintien de la paix
  • Organisation militaire
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

[...] les groupes d’opposition armée qui exercent un pouvoir effectif sur un segment important de la population et qui se livrent à des opérations armées organisées et soutenues , sont capables de perpétrer des violations des droits humains [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2009-10-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Land Forces
CONT

... armed opposition groups exercising effective power over a significant segment of population and conducting sustained organized armed hostilities may for both conceptual and legal reasons be considered capable of violating human rights...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Forces terrestres
CONT

[...] on peut, pour des raisons d'ordre conceptuel et juridique, considérer que les groupes d'opposition armée qui exercent un pouvoir effectif sur un segment important de la population et qui se livrent à des opérations armées organisées et soutenues , sont capables de perpétrer des violations des droits humains [...]

Spanish

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Record 9 2009-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Customs and Excise
DEF

A list of items or names which require close surveillance, especially for legal or political reasons.

CONT

Watch lists play a critical role in ensuring our national security. They are a key tool in combatting terrorism by stopping terrorists before they reach Canada or by intercepting them at our ports of entry. Since September 11, the number of names on watch lists has grown dramatically. At Canada’s airports, Customs officers on the primary inspection line check the names of arriving passengers against the watch lists. Watch lists are also used as an essential check in issuing visas, of which nearly 900,000 were issued in 2003.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Douanes et accise
CONT

Les listes de surveillance jouent un rôle essentiel en matière de sécurité nationale. Elles sont un outil crucial de lutte contre le terrorisme, car elles permettent d'intercepter les terroristes avant qu'ils ne gagnent le territoire canadien ou lorsqu'ils se présentent aux points d'entrée du Canada. Depuis le 11 septembre, le nombre d'inscriptions sur ces listes a grimpé de façon spectaculaire. Dans les aéroports canadiens, les douaniers de la ligne d'inspection primaire se servent de ces listes pour contrôler le nom des voyageurs qui arrivent. Ces listes sont aussi un moyen essentiel de vérification pour la délivrance de visas dont près de 900 000 ont été émis en 2003.

Spanish

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Record 10 2008-05-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Surveying Techniques
  • Field Engineering (Military)
OBS

The term "chaining" was formerly synonymous with "taping", but "chaining" is now preferred(for historical and legal reasons) for surveys of the public lands system and "taping" for all other surveys.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques d'arpentage
  • Génie (Militaire)
DEF

Mesure des dimensions d'un terrain, avec une chaîne d'arpenteur.

OBS

chaînage : terme uniformisé par le Groupe de travail de terminologie du génie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas de agrimensura
  • Ingeniería de campaña (Militar)
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Record 11 2005-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Ethics and Morals
CONT

No consensus can be found in favour of the decriminalization of assisted suicide. To the extent that there is a consensus, it is that human life must be respected.

CONT

Advocates and opponents of decriminalizing assisted suicide offer moral, legal and practical reasons for their positions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Éthique et Morale
CONT

Certains témoins réclament la décriminalisation de l'aide au suicide parce que les sondages d'opinion publique ne cessent de montrer que la majorité des Canadiens y est favorable [ ... ]

Spanish

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Record 12 2003-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Areal Planning (Urban Studies)
  • Regulations (Urban Studies)
CONT

Legal expert of KIBHR East Kazakhstan branch office had represented the news paper in this case. He argued that this publication could not be viewed as an appeal to forceful change of constitutional order and territorial integrity of Kazakhstan due to the following reasons : The text contains only an appeal to create an autonomy within the Republic. This is a political goal and the appeal itself does not contain a description of methods separatists planned to employ. The text does not mention violence or force in any part. Creation of autonomy itself is not a violation of territorial integrity-it is an attempt to change administrative-territorial division within the Republic and has nothing to do with its territorial integrity. The same about Constitutional order-it can not be affected by changes in administrative-territorial division.

Key term(s)
  • administrative territorial division

French

Domaine(s)
  • Aménagement du territoire
  • Réglementation (Urbanisme)
CONT

Le découpage territorial administratif français donne aux régions depuis quelques années la charge de l'organisation du transport ferroviaire voyageur d'intérêt régional (TER).

CONT

Le découpage territorial administratif des villes a pu être arbitraire dès le début ou l'est devenu [...] quand [...] l'agglomération principale a rejoint puis englobé d'autres communes.

Spanish

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Record 13 2001-04-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Reports
  • Sociology of persons with a disability
DEF

An extensive report on the procedures and legal guarantees necessary for the protection of the mentally ill with emphasis on the status quo. Questions relating to arbitrary deprivation of the freedoms and human rights of an individual on grounds of his mental health condition are given, as are the reasons for voluntary and involuntary hospitalization of persons, their right to treatment and the types of psychiatric institutions. The analysis of these and other important and complex interrelated issues and a comparative study of the replies of governments and other agencies form the basis of this report.

OBS

Report prepared by the Special Rapporteur, UN Subcommission on Prevention of Discrimination and Protection of Minorities (1983). The UN document symbol is E/CN.4/Sub.2/1983/17/Rev.1. Title and observation confirmed by the Terminology Bureau of the United Nations Organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de rapports
  • Sociologie des personnes handicapées
OBS

Rapport préparé par le Rapporteur spécial de la Sous-Commission de la prévention des mesures discriminatoires et de la protection des minorités des Nations Unies. Appellation et observation confirmées par le Bureau de la terminologie de l'Organisation des Nations Unies.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de informes
  • Sociología de las personas con discapacidad
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Record 14 1998-12-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Radio Arts
  • Television Arts
  • Information Sources (Journalism)
DEF

The written copy of a radio or television program.

CONT

When a TV network or a TV or radio station provides a transcript for publication in advance of broadcast, identify the network or station and the program.

OBS

A taped broadcast is always transcribed for legal reasons.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Radio (Arts du spectacle)
  • Télévision (Arts du spectacle)
  • Sources d'information (Journalisme)
DEF

Copie écrite intégrale du contenu d'une émission telle qu'elle est passée à l'antenne.

OBS

audioscript : néologisme.

Spanish

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Record 15 1996-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Labour Law
  • Courts
  • Administrative Law
DEF

with respect to removal from office "for cause" means for reasons which law and public policy recognize as sufficient warrant for removal and such cause is legal cause and not merely a cause which the appointing power in the exercise of discretion may deem sufficient.

CONT

Where ... an employee has been discharged or disciplined by an employer for cause....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Droit du travail
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit administratif
CONT

Dans les cas de congédiement ou de mesures disciplinaires justifiés [...].

Spanish

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Record 16 1995-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Audio-Visual Documents
OBS

Video produced in 1994 by Morag Productions Inc., Montreal, Quebec. What would make an ordinary women kill her husband? This powerful documentary focuses on the experiences of three battered women who, after years of violence, killed their abusers in self-defense. The film explores the reasons for their actions and how they were treated by the courts. Also featured is author, Ann Jones, who offers an historical background on society's attitudes toward women who kill, and who challenges the legal system to confront the widespread violence that men inflict daily on the home front.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de documents audio-visuels
OBS

Vidéo produit en 1994 par Morag Productions Inc, Montréal (Québec).

Spanish

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Record 17 1995-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
CONT

Carry forward of recorded liabilities. The Financial Administration Act permits the Treasury Board to specify the period during which payment of PAYE liabilities is allowed. Since no time limit has been specified, unsettled liabilities related to lapsing authorities must be carried forward until they cease to exist. This can occur for one or more of the following reasons :-the amount became unenforceable through legal decision, or action of legislation including any applicable statute of limitations;...

Key term(s)
  • amount unenforceable

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
CONT

Report des éléments de passif inscrits. La Loi sur la gestion des finances publiques permet au Conseil du Trésor de déterminer la période pendant laquelle le paiement des éléments de passif des CAFE est permis. Comme aucun délai n'a été précisé, les éléments de passif non réglés liés à des autorisations annuelles doivent être reportés jusqu'à ce qu'ils cessent d'exister, pour une ou plusieurs des raisons suivantes : le montant est devenu non exécutoire par décision judiciaire ou par mesure législative, notamment par prescription; [...]

Spanish

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Record 18 1993-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Legal System
OBS

outline its legal position with reasons

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

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