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LEGAL RELATION [39 records]

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Record 1 2026-01-27

English

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

[At] the time of apprehension, child and family services consented to the child remaining with the primary caregiver as a kinship placement, not because she was a blood relation or biological kin to the child, but on the basis of the legal definition of kinship established by the caregiver having already developed a significant relationship with the child, perhaps the most significant relationship at that point in the child's life.

Key term(s)
  • kinship-care placement

French

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

placement chez un proche; placement 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 2025-06-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
DEF

A binding adjudication that establishes the rights and other legal relation of the parties without providing for or ordering enforcement.

OBS

"Judgment" is the preferred form in the U.S., and seems to be preferred in British legal texts ...; "judgement" is prevalent in British nonlegal texts, and was thought by Fowler to be the better form.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

Le jugement déclaratoire se distingue du jugement déclaratif en ce qu'il n'est pas exécutoire, ne comportant ni condamnation ni ordonnance.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
CONT

[Juicio] que se incoa sobre hechos o derechos contrapuestos, que resuelve el juez declarando a quien corresponde la cosa litigiosa o el derecho cuestionado.

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Record 3 2024-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Road Networks
CONT

In Saskatchewan there are both township and range roads. The numbers of the range roads help to establish the location of the roads as they exist with relation to the legal land description survey system. Range roads travel in a north and south direction between the meridians parallel to the latitudinal lines.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Réseaux routiers

Spanish

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Record 4 2022-11-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
  • Commercial Fishing
  • Marine and River Navigation Aids
DEF

[An] area beyond and adjacent to the territorial sea of a coastal state in which that state has certain rights and duties as set out in the [United Nations] Convention on the Law of the Sea.

CONT

The legal nature of the exclusive economic zone must be appreciated not only in the light of the rights and duties of the coastal Sate in this area, but also in relation to the activities that correspond to other States.

OBS

exclusive economic zone; EEZ: designations standardized by NATO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
  • Pêche commerciale
  • Aides à la navigation fluviale et maritime
DEF

Zone maritime intermédiaire entre la mer territoriale et la haute mer, où l'État riverain dispose de droits souverains en matière d'exploration et d'exploitation des ressources de la mer et de son sous-sol.

OBS

zone économique exclusive; ZEE : désignations normalisées par l'OTAN.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho del mar
  • Pesca comercial
  • Ayuda a la navegación marítima y fluvial
DEF

Franja de mar adyacente al mar territorial sobre la cual el Estado ribereño puede ejercer ciertos derechos esencialmente dirigidos a la exploración de los recursos naturales, tanto vivos como no vivos.

CONT

El derecho de soberanía de los países ribereños sobre los recursos vivos hasta un máximo de 200 millas marinas, contadas desde las líneas de base a partir de las cuales se mide la anchura del mar territorial, elemento esencial de la noción jurídica de zona económica exclusiva, se fue afirmando no sólo en la Conferencia (Tercera Conferencia de las Naciones Unidas sobre el Derecho del Mar, agosto de 1981) sino en la práctica de los Estados.

OBS

[La zona económica exclusiva] comprende también el lecho y el subsuelo de la franja marina. Su límite máximo es de doscientas millas marinas desde la costa en bajamar.

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Record 5 2021-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Aboriginal Law
  • Indigenous Peoples (General)
OBS

[The] "Indigenous Rights and Relations Portfolio" … includes growing legal policy responsibilities in relation to upholding section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982, and implementing the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, as well as … work in relation to Indigenous justice issues.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Droit autochtone
  • Peuples Autochtones (Généralités)
OBS

Le «Portefeuille des droits et relations autochtones» […] englobe des responsabilités accrues en matière de politique juridique liées au respect des droits prévus à l'article 35 de la Loi constitutionnelle de 1982, la mise en œuvre de la Loi sur la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, de même que [de] travaux dans le domaine de la justice applicable aux Autochtones.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-09-17

English

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

The legal relation between the surety and the creditor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

On peut également dire « rapport de cautionnement ».

CONT

rapport cautionnel : 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 2013-12-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Private Law
CONT

"Unless it is possible to infer from the conduct of the spouses at the time of their concerted action in relation to acquisition or improvement of the family asset that they did form an actual common intention as to the legal consequences of their acts upon the proprietary rights in the asset the court must impute to them a constructive common intention which is that which in the court's opinion would have been formed by reasonable spouses. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit privé
CONT

A moins qu’il soit possible de déduire de la conduite des conjoints au moment de leur action concertée relative à l’acquisition ou à l’amélioration du bien familial qu’ils ont effectivement manifesté une réelle intention commune quant aux conséquences juridiques de leurs actes sur les droits de propriété afférents au bien, la cour doit leur imputer une intention commune censée intervenue (constructive common intention), qui est celle que, de l’avis de la cour, des conjoints raisonnables auraient manifestée.

Spanish

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Record 8 2013-04-09

English

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

A may be the owner of a thing as against all the world except B, while with regard to B he may have no rights of ownership at all, being bound, by virtue of a personal relation between them, to allow B to have the use and profits of the property, or even to deal with the property as B may direct. As the rules of the common law only recognize A's rights to the property and ignore those of B, A is called the legal owner, while B is called the equitable owner, because his rights are only recognized by virtue of the doctrines of equity. The legal owner is the nominal owner, the equitable the beneficial owner.(Jowitt's, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1302).

French

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

propriétaire nominal : 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 9 2013-03-15

English

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

The legal owner is the nominal owner, the equitable the beneficial owner. (Jowitt’s, 2nd ed., 1977, p. 1302).

OBS

The term has come to be used in technical contrast to the equitable owner, and not as opposed to an illegal owner. (Black’s, 5th ed., 1979, p. 806).

OBS

(A) may be the owner of a thing as against all the world except B, while with regard to B he may have no rights of ownership at all, being bound, by virtue of a personal relation between them, to allow B to have the use and profits of the property, or even to deal with the property as B may direct. As the rules of the common law only recognise A's rights to the property and ignore those of B, A is called the legal owner, while B is called the equitable owner, because his rights are only recognised by virtue of the doctrines of equity.

French

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

propriétaire en common law : 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 10 2013-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Control
  • Bankruptcy
CONT

Where a third party has a claim(for example, a legal claim) in relation to the administration of bankrupt's estate(where, for example, the official receiver has disposed of property not belonging to the estate), the official receiver, as trustee, may seek to settle the claim rather than defending the claim in the courts.

OBS

In administering the bankruptcy the trustee did not follow the advice of his lawyer and should have taken his research further regarding the administration of the bankruptcy property ...

Key term(s)
  • administration of bankrupt estate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Faillites
CONT

Dans l'administration de la faillite, le syndic n'avait pas respecté les conseils de son avocat et aurait dû pousser ses vérifications plus loin quant à l'administration des biens de la faillite [...]

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-12-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Diplomacy
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

consular formalities : Formalities that must be completed in relation to imports and which require the intervention of a consul, such as the legal processing or authentication of documents. Consular duties are charged for these services.

OBS

consular formality: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • consular formalities

French

Domaine(s)
  • Diplomatie
  • Commerce extérieur
CONT

formalités consulaires : Les redevances et autres charges ne sont pas imposées pour les formalités consulaires, telles que factures et certificats consulaires, dont la liste sera arrêtée de façon exhaustive par le Comité APE [de l'accord de partenariat économique].

OBS

formalité consulaire : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • formalités consulaires

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Diplomacia
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Formalidades que deben cumplirse en relación con las importaciones y que implican la intervención de un cónsul, por ejemplo, para la legalización de documentos. Pueden cobrarse derechos consulares por estos servicios.

Key term(s)
  • formalidades consulares
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Record 12 2012-11-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Scientific Research Methods
  • Law of Evidence
  • Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
  • Emergency Management
DEF

A series of detailed post-mortem external and internal examinations performed on a dead body or human remains to determine the victim’s identity and facts of death.

OBS

A forensic autopsy may also involve the collection of relevant evidence to support a criminal investigation.

OBS

forensic autopsy; medico-legal autopsy : terms referring to an autopsy that is performed to solve legal matters but is not ordered by a court in relation to a crime.

OBS

forensic autopsy; medico-legal autopsy: terms and definition standardized by the Canadian Capability-Based Planning Terminology Committee and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • medicolegal autopsy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Méthodes de recherche scientifique
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
  • Gestion des urgences
DEF

Série d'examens post mortem détaillés des parties externes et internes d'un corps ou de restes humains, qui est réalisée en vue de déterminer l'identité de la victime ainsi que les faits relatifs au décès.

OBS

L'autopsie médico-légale peut également comporter la collecte d'éléments de preuve pertinents qui appuyent une enquête criminelle.

OBS

autopsie médico-légale : Ne pas confondre avec «autopsie judiciaire». En effet, l’adjectif «médico-légal» désigne les domaines de spécialisation concernés (médical et légal) tandis que «judiciaire» indique que l’autopsie est demandée par la justice, dans un cas de mort brutale ou suspecte, sans accord de la famille, les conclusions étant remises aux seules autorités judiciaires.

OBS

autopsie médico-légale : terme et définition normalisés par le Comité de terminologie de la planification axée sur les capacités au Canada et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • autopsie médicolégale

Spanish

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Record 13 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 14 2011-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Law
  • Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

Legal aid is available in relation to most civil matters. A limited number of matters are excluded from the scope of civil legal aid, and you should consult with your local law centre solicitor if you need more information or clarification on this.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit social
  • Lois et documents juridiques
OBS

Aide juridique : Assistance juridique, sécurité juridique (analogue à la sécurité sociale). Droit à des services professionnels gratuits d'avocats, de notaires, d'officiers de justice, ou de leurs auxiliaires. (...) Pour obtenir l'aide juridique, le requérant doit formuler sa demande auprès d'un bureau d'aide juridique ou d'une corporation locale d'aide juridique. Il doit prouver son besoin de services juridiques d'avocats ou de notaires, le sérieux du droit ou du recours qu'il entend exercer et son état de personne économiquement défavorisée.

OBS

L'aide juridique se distingue de l'assistance judiciaire en ce qu'elle comprend l'assistance judiciaire et extrajudiciaire en plus des services professionnels de notaires, entre autres.

OBS

L'aide juridique s'applique aux services en matière civile comme en matière pénale.

Spanish

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Record 15 2010-12-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Political Institutions
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

Council established in 1952 to promote cooperation amongst Nordic countries in relation to legal, economic, social, environmental, cultural and communications matters of interest. Members are Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

OBS

Nordic Council: term and definition reproduced from the CAPITAL Business Dictionary with the permission of LID Editorial Empresarial.

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 internationaux
  • Institutions politiques
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Conseil établi en 1952 pour promouvoir la coopération entre les pays nordiques dans les domaines de l'économie, l'environnement, la société, la culture et les communications. Les membres sont le Danemark, la Finlande, l'Islande, la Norvège et la Suède.

OBS

Conseil nordique : terme et définition extraits du CAPITAL Business Dictionary et reproduits avec l'autorisation de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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 internacionales
  • Instituciones políticas
  • Comercio exterior
DEF

Consejo fundado en 1952 para promover la cooperación entre los países nórdicos en temas legales, económicos, sociales, medioambientales, culturales y de comunicaciones. Sus miembros son Dinamarca, Finlandia, Islandia, Noruega y Suecia.

OBS

El Consejo se reúne cada año en una de las cinco capitales y elige un Presidente para el año siguiente.

OBS

Uno de sus objetivos originales, el establecimiento de un Mercado Común Escandinavo, se suspendió por la creación de la Asociación Europea de Libre Comercio en 1959.

OBS

El Consejo ha eliminado el requisito de pasaportes para los ciudadanos escandinavos que viajen a los países miembros, ha suministrado un mercado escandinavo de trabajo y ha fomentado la legislación común, mediante recomendaciones hechas en varios campos.

OBS

Consejo Nórdico: término y definición extraídos del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

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Record 16 2010-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

The legal system needs forensic engineers to communicate knowledge from one sphere of activity(engineering) to another(law). This is a relatively new and emerging discipline for engineers... The forensic engineer's role in the legal system is to analyze the failure or problem in such a manner so as to permit objective, impartial conclusions to be reached. At bottom, forensic engineering is a science concerned with the relation between engineering and the law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Ingénierie
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 17 2008-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Personnel Management (General)
OBS

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. The policy objective is to ensure the accurate and consistent administration of salaries for legal officers in the Department of Justice and other legal officers excluded from collective bargaining, including incentives to recognize and reward individuals in relation to their peers and subordinates.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
OBS

Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada. L'objectif de la politique est d'assurer l'administration exacte et uniforme des traitements des conseillers juridiques du ministère de la Justice et des autres conseillers juridiques exclus de la négociation collective, y compris des encouragements destinés à reconnaître et à récompenser chacun en comparaison avec ses pairs et subalternes.

Spanish

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Record 18 2007-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Rules of Court
OBS

The Litigation Practice Management Centre supports the Assistant Deputy Attorney General(Civil) in the delivery of litigation services by in-house counsel and legal agents. As such, this group looks after the development and management of the civil component of the Agent Affairs Program and provides operational support in relation to the appointment and remuneration of civil legal agents.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Règles de procédure
OBS

Le Centre de gestion de la pratique du contentieux des affaires civiles permet au sous-procureur général adjoint (contentieux des affaires civiles) de s'acquitter de ses fonctions en fournissant des services de contentieux assurés par ses propres avocats et par des mandataires. Il s'occupe à ce titre du développement et de la gestion du volet civil du Programme des mandataires et fournit du soutien opérationnel à l'égard de la nomination et de la rémunération des mandataires.

Spanish

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Record 19 2007-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Family Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit de la famille (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
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Record 20 2006-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Employment Benefits
CONT

A legal representative may submit a claim to the appropriate authority for a staged payment of his fees in relation to criminal proceedings in the Crown Court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Avantages sociaux

Spanish

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Record 21 2005-03-17

English

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

... "synthetic competence". This concept contemplates treating mentally ill persons for the purpose of making them competent to stand trial, in order to convict and sentence them.

CONT

There is... a combined legal-pharmacological-psychiatric enquiry required in relation to synthetic competence. In order to determine the legal effect of synthetic competence, it is necessary for courts to have some idea of the effect of psychotropic drugs on a person's mind.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Droit de la santé

Spanish

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Record 22 2003-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

A trade union, a council of trade unions, an employer and an employers’ organization as defined in the Industrial Relation Act, are legal entities capable of suing and being sued.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 23 2001-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
OBS

Short title : Non-smokers’ Health Act. Legal title : An Act to regulate smoking in the federal workplace and on common carriers and to amend the Hazardous Products Act in relation to cigarette advertising.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
OBS

Titre abrégé : Loi sur la santé des non-fumeurs. Titre légal : Loi régissant l'usage du tabac [...] en ce qui concerne la publicité des cigarettes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de leyes y reglamentos federales canadienses
  • Salud y seguridad en el trabajo
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Record 24 2001-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Employment Benefits
OBS

Short title : Modernization of Benefits and Obligations Act. Legal title : An Act to modernize the Statutes of Canada in relation to benefits and obligations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Avantages sociaux
OBS

Titre abrégé : Loi sur la modernisation de certains régimes d'avantages et d'obligations. Titre légal : Loi visant à moderniser le régime d'avantages et d'obligations dans les Lois du Canada.

Spanish

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Record 25 2001-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Sociology of Medicine
OBS

Short title : Patients’ Bill of Rights. Legal title : An Act to establish the rights of patient in relation to health, treatment and records.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Sociologie de la médecine
OBS

Titre abrégé : Charte des droits des patients. Titre légal : Loi établissant les droits des patients en matière de santé, de traitement et de dossiers.

Spanish

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Record 26 2001-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
DEF

That branch of international law which deals with the legal consequences of a change of sovereignty over territory : a change which may take place in a number of ways, whether by cession, annexation, formation of a union or federation, or attainment of independence, the common factor being that one sovereign substitutes itself for another in relation to a given piece of territory... has effects on rights and obligations.

CONT

Broadly speaking, state succession takes place when one State steps into the place of another and continues to enjoy the latter’s rights and discharge its obligations. Succession has been described as substitution plus continuation. Succession is said to be universal when one State is completely absorbed by another, ... or when a State is dismembered and the various fragments themselves become States or are annexed by surrounding States.

OBS

State succession: Expression and observation: reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

[...] situation qui se présente lorsqu'un État se substitue à titre permanent à un autre État dans un territoire et à l'égard de la population de ce territoire par suite d'une incorporation totale ou d'une annexion partielle, d'un partage ou de la création d'un État nouveau, que l'État dont relevait antérieurement ce territoire subsiste ou disparaisse; [...] substitution d'un État dans les droits et obligations de l'autre résultant de cette situation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
DEF

Sustitución de un Estado por otro en la responsabilidad de las relaciones internacionales de un territorio.

OBS

Expresión definida en las Convenciones de 1978 y 1983 sobre la sucesión de Estados.

OBS

sucesión de Estados: Expresión y definición reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 27 2001-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
OBS

The science of law, namely, that science which has for its function to ascertain the principles on which legal rules are based, so as not only to classify those rules in their proper order and show the relation in which they stand to one another, but also to settle the manner in which new or doubtful cases should be brought under the appropriate rules. "Jurisprudence" is also used, incorrectly, synonymously with "law". In Quebec it is used to refer to "case law", but this is a gallicism resulting from the Civil Code.

OBS

science of law and philosophy of law: Expressions reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
OBS

«Jurisprudence» dans cette acception est un terme vieilli. Il s'emploie maintenant pour l'ensemble des jugements rendus par les tribunaux.

Spanish

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

ciencia jurídica: En el derecho anglosajón este término no tiene el mismo significado con que suele emplearse el de "jurisprudencia", es decir, como el conjunto de las sentencias de los tribunales, y doctrina que contienen, o, más estrictamente, como la doctrina que establece por medio de criterios reiterados, en sus sentencias, el Tribunal Supremo. Dadas las peculiaridades del sistema inglés, con relativamente pocas leyes escritas y una gran masa de precedentes y decisiones judiciales, la costumbre más arraigada es la de emplear el término "case law" para jurisprudencia, reservando el de "jurisprudence" para designar los fundamentos históricos, científicos y filosóficos del derecho.

OBS

ciencia jurídica, doctrina jurídica, dogmática jurídica y filosofía del derecho: Expresiones y observación reproducidas del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 28 2000-12-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • International Public Law
CONT

The Martens Clause is indisputably one of the contemporary legal myths of the international community. Being particularly ambiguous, it has been variously interpreted. The author dismisses the more radical interpretation whereby the clause upgrades to the rank of sources of international law the "laws of humanity" and the "dictates of public conscience". The other, less extreme interpretation, whereby the clause merely serves to reject a possible a contrario argument, is equally without merit. He suggests that the clause was essentially conceived of, at the 1899 Hague Peace Conference, as diplomatic gimmick intended to break a deadlock in the negotiations between smaller and Great Powers. The clause could nevertheless be given a twofold legal significance. First, it could operate at the interpretative level : incase of doubt international rules of humanitarian law should be construed in a manner consonant with standards of humanity and the demands of public conscience. Secondly, the clause, while operating within the existing system of international sources, could serve to loosen-in relation solely to the specific field of humanitarian law-the requirements prescribed for usus whilst at the same time raising opinio to a rank higher than normarly admitted.

OBS

Martens clause: Expression reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Droit international public

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Derecho internacional público
CONT

Enunciada en el preámbulo de la Convención de la Haya de 1907 y reproducida en el párr. 2 del art. 1 del Protocolo I adicional a los Convenios de Ginebra de 1949. El comentario de la Cruz Roja sobre ese párrafo decía, entre otras cosas: "La cláusula de Martens impide interpretar que todo lo que no está expresamente prohibido en los tratados pertinentes está autorizado".

OBS

cláusula de Martens: Expresión y contexto reproducidos del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 29 1999-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

The compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice depends upon a prior declaration of acceptance under Article 36(2) of the Statute, which reads :"The states parties to the present Statute may at any time declare that they recognize as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other state accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the Court in all legal disputes concerning : a) the interpretation of a treaty; b) any question of international law; c) the existence of any fact which, if established, would constitute a breach of an international obligation; d) the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for the breach of an international obligation. "Although this jurisdiction is generally referred to as "compulsory"..., it is only compulsory once the declaration is made and within the limits of that declaration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
OBS

La compétence de la CIJ [Cour internationale de Justice] est définie à l'Article 36, par. 1 et 2 du Statut de la Cour, comme suit : 1) La compétence de la Cour s'étend à toutes les affaires que les parties lui soumettront, ainsi qu'à tous les cas spécialement prévus dans la Charte des Nations Unies ou dans les traités et conventions en vigueur.

OBS

Reproduit de la Liste provisoire de termes juridiques se rapportant aux travaux de la Commission du droit international avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

OBS

La juridiction ou compétence obligatoire est exercée non pas par arbitrage mais par une juridiction internationale comme la C.I.J.

Spanish

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Record 30 1999-09-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea
OBS

Usually used in the plural form.

Key term(s)
  • new legal relation

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
OBS

Pluriel d'usage

Key term(s)
  • nouveau rapport juridique

Spanish

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Record 31 1999-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Legal System
  • International Relations
CONT

Natural law(or law of nature). The belief in natural law and natural law theories has been one of the most ancient and persistent themes in philosophy, and in legal history and theory. In general, it denotes belief in a system of right or justice common to all men prescribed by the supreme controlling force in the universe and distinct from positive law, law laid down by any particular state or other human organization. The starting points of all natural law thinking have been "reason" and "the nature of man". But there have always been disagreements about the meaning of natural law and its relation to positive law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Théorie du droit
  • Relations internationales
CONT

Le droit des gens peut être conçu, soit comme étant l'expression de la justice appliquée aux rapports internationaux, soit comme étant l'ensemble des règles qui, à un moment donné, sont effectivement en vigueur entre des États donnés. Dans le premier cas on est en présence du droit naturel, que l'on appelle aussi droit idéal, nécessaire, rationnel, primitif ou objectif. Dans le second cas on est en présence du droit positif, effectif ou établi. Cette distinction, qui n'est pas propre au droit international, y a une importance particulière pour des raisons d'ordre historique et technique : l'effort doctrinal des théologiens d'une part, l'absence de législateur superétatique d'autre part, expliquent l'attitude fréquemment adoptée par les auteurs du droit international, volontiers enclins à faire appel aux principes du droit naturel pour compléter, amender ou interpréter les données du droit positif.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Fraseología
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Relaciones internacionales
DEF

Primeros principios de lo justo y lo injusto, inspirados por la propia naturaleza.

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Record 32 1999-08-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of International Programs
  • Environmental Studies and Analyses
  • Weather Stations and Meteorological Instruments and Equipment
OBS

[A programme of the] Commission of the European Communities, 1989-1992.

OBS

In relation to the matters covered by the Convention [on biological diversity], the [European Economic] Community has adopted several legal instruments, both as part of its environment policy and in the framework of other sectoral policies, [among which the] Council Decision 89/625/EEC of 20 November 1989 on a European Programme on Science and Technology for Environment Protection(STEP)(OJ No L 359, 8. 12. 1989, p. 9)...

OBS

STEP is currently the major activity of the Scientific Committee on Solar-Terrestrial Physics, which was established by the International Council of Scientific Unions in 1987. The goal of STEP is to advance the quantitative understanding of the coupling mechanisms responsible for the transfer of energy and mass from one region of the solar-terrestrial system to another. The program seeks to improve the predictability of the effects of the variable components of solar energy and disturbance on the terrestrial environment, on technological systems in space and on earth and on the biosphere. STEP involves coordinated ground-based, aircraft, balloon, rocket and satellite measurements. It is organized in six projects.

Key term(s)
  • Programme on Science and Technology for Environment Protection
  • Programme on Science and Technology for Environmental Protection
  • Program on Science and Technology for Environment Protection
  • Program on Science and Technology for Environmental Protection
  • Science and Technology for Environment Protection Programme
  • Science and Technology for Environmental Protection Program
  • Science and Technology for Environment Protection

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes internationaux
  • Études et analyses environnementales
  • Stations, instruments et équipements météorologiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de programas internacionales
  • Estudios y análisis del medio ambiente
  • Estaciones, instrumentos y equipos meteorológicos
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Record 33 1997-11-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Copyright, Patent and Trademark Law
  • Trademarks (Law)
  • The Product (Marketing)
OBS

CMEA [Council for Mutual Economic Assistance]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Propriété industrielle et intellectuelle
  • Marques de commerce (Droit)
  • Produit (Commercialisation)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Derecho de propiedad industrial e intelectual
  • Marcas de comercio (Derecho)
  • Producto (Comercialización)
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Record 34 1995-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private Law
  • Penal Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit privé
  • Droit pénal

Spanish

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Record 35 1995-07-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

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Record 36 1993-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Metrology and Units of Measure
DEF

That part of metrology which treats of units of measurement, methods of measurement and of measuring instruments, in relation to the mandatory technical and legal requirements which have the object of ensuring a public guarantee from the point of view of the security and of the appropriate accuracy of measurements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Unités de mesure et métrologie
DEF

Partie de la métrologie se rapportant aux unités de mesure, aux méthodes de mesurage et aux instruments de mesurage en ce qui concerne les exigences techniques et juridiques réglementées qui ont pour but d'assurer la garantie publique du point de vue de la sécurité et de la précision convenable des mesurages.

OBS

métrologie légale: recommandation internationale de la Troisième Conférence Internationale de Métrologie Légale, 1968.

Spanish

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Record 37 1984-11-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Demography
DEF

... relation sustained by persons who contract a marriage that is void by reason of legal incapacity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Démographie

Spanish

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Record 38 1981-04-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
OBS

Legalization means that a previously prohibited behavior becomes legal. The term does not refer to complete permissiveness or total absence of controls. In relation to cannabis, legalization is commonly held to mean legal use within the context of government regulations controlling manufacture, distribution, sale and possession of the drug-a status similar to that of beverage alcohol.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

Source : Texte n° 724519. Auteur : LG décembre 1980. Domaine : Droit pénal.

Spanish

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Record 39 1980-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
  • National and International Economics
OBS

to fix a higher legal value on(currency that has depreciated) in relation to gold : If the franc were devalued and the Deutsche mark upvalued, French food prices in francs would rise proportionately overnight and German food prices in marks would fall proportionately(...)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
  • Économie nationale et internationale
OBS

Rendre sa valeur à une monnaie dépréciée.

Spanish

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