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LEGAL RELATIONSHIP [29 records]

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 2025-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

... the law of obligations is simply "everyday life translated into legal equations. "This branch of private law regulates the social relations necessary to the satisfaction of vital human needs. What is an "obligation" in this particular sense? It can be defined as a legal relationship between two persons "by virtue of which one of them, the debtor, is bound [to] another, the creditor, to perform a prestation. "

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
CONT

Droit des obligations. Or l'obligation […] est un rapport de droit entre deux ou plusieurs personnes, en vertu duquel l'une d'elles, appelée le débiteur, est tenue envers une autre, appelée le créancier, d'exécuter une prestation qui consiste à faire ou ne pas faire quelque chose. On pourrait aussi bien la définir comme un rapport de droit entre deux personnes, en vertu duquel l'une d'elle (le créancier) est en droit d'exiger quelque chose de l'autre (le débiteur).

Spanish

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Record 3 2024-06-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mental Disorders
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Common precipitants of suicidal behaviour among adolescents include the break-up of a romantic relationship, conflict with family or peers, recent or impending academic disappointment, bullying(including cyberbullying over social media), disclosure of homosexual orientation, and legal involvement or impending court proceedings.

Key term(s)
  • suicidal behavior

French

Domaine(s)
  • Troubles mentaux
  • Comportement humain
DEF

Comportement qui se caractérise par une tendance au suicide, allant de la pensée et du souhait à la planification et à l'exécution.

CONT

Les raisons d'un comportement suicidaire peuvent fortement diverger d'un individu à l'autre. Il peut être question d'une véritable volonté de mourir, d'un sentiment ou une conviction de ne plus (vouloir) pouvoir affronter la vie, d'un besoin d'échapper à une situation perçue comme insupportable pour la personne ou du fait d'arrêter de penser. Parfois, le comportement suicidaire est l'expression du besoin de rendre quelque chose clair pour les autres. Le comportement suicidaire peut aussi survenir impulsivement et sans grande réflexion préalable.

OBS

Le terme «comportement» fait référence tant aux actes qu'aux pensées. Il est possible de distinguer approximativement quatre phases : les pensées relatives au suicide, la planification du suicide, la préparation du suicide et son exécution.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trastornos mentales
  • Comportamiento humano
CONT

El comportamiento suicida incluye suicidio consumado, intento de suicidio e ideación suicida.

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Record 4 2018-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Corporate Management (General)
CONT

Business relationship management stimulates, surfaces, and shapes business demand across business functions like IT [information technology], human resources, finance, legal, etc. and ensures that the potential business value from meeting business demand is captured, optimized, and recognized.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion de l'entreprise (Généralités)
CONT

La gestion des relations d'affaires aide les départements des technologies de l'information et leurs partenaires commerciaux à trouver un terrain d'entente, en analysant la vue d'ensemble de la collaboration, en vérifiant quel est l'impact sur toutes les parties prenantes et en améliorant le flux de travail d'une manière qui améliore au plus haut point la relation entre toutes les parties.

Spanish

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Record 5 2016-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Some form of legal protection for the confidential relationship between journalists and their anonymous sources is required.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

Les rapports confidentiels entre les journalistes et leurs sources anonymes doivent bénéficier d’une certaine forme de protection juridique.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-09-17

English

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

It is only where there is a relationship of landlord and tenant(legal or equitable) that a right to distrain for rent automatically arises.(Megarry and Wade, p. 691)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

droit de saisir-gager : 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 2015-06-17

English

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

In "Moss v. Moss, "Sir F. H. Jeune O. summed up the requirements of a valid marriage as follows : There must be the voluntary consent of both parties. There must be compliance with the legal requirements of publication and solemnization, so far as the law deems it essential. There must not be incapacity in the parties to marry either as respects age or physical capability or as respects relationship by blood or marriage.

French

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

Mariage qui satisfait aux conditions essentielles à sa validité, soit la capacité juridique des parties de le contracter, leur capacité mentale d'y consentir et leur capacité physique de le consommer.

OBS

mariage valide : 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 8 2014-08-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Records Management (Management)
DEF

The process of determining the value and thus the disposition of records based upon their current administrative, legal, and fiscal use; their evidential and informational or research value; their arrangement; and their relationship to other records.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des documents (Gestion)
DEF

Détermination de la valeur des documents d'après leur degré d'utilisation administrative, juridique ou fiscale, leur importance pour la recherche, la qualité des informations qu'ils contiennent et la valeur de témoignage qu'ils fournissent quant aux renseignements portant sur un organisme afin de fixer les délais de conservation appropriés.

Spanish

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Record 9 2014-07-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
DEF

An obligation whether to pay money, perform certain acts, or discharge duties that is created by or arises out of a statute, rather than based on an independent contractual or legal relationship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques

Spanish

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Record 10 2014-05-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Economic Co-operation and Development
  • Organization Planning
DEF

... a formal alliance between two commercial enterprises, usually formalized by one or more business contracts but falls short of forming a legal partnership or agency or corporate affiliate relationship.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coopération et développement économiques
  • Planification d'organisation
CONT

La mise en œuvre des partenariats stratégiques — Dans le monde des affaires, les partenariats considérés comme stratégiques sont nombreux. [...] le partenariat est [...] une relation d’affaires bâtie sur mesure qui repose sur la confiance mutuelle, l’ouverture, le partage des risques et des bénéfices, et dont l’objectif est de procurer un avantage concurrentiel résultant d’une meilleure performance d’affaires. [Il existe] différentes formes de partenariats [stratégiques.]

Spanish

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Record 11 2013-04-26

English

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

The grantor's offer coupled with the grantee's acceptance in due form creates a contract for sale, the terms of which will be regulated either as provided by the pre-emption agreement or under the general law. This bilateral contract brings the parties into a new legal relationship. It supersedes the right of pre-emption and should itself be protected by registration in the appropriate manner.(Barnsley, p. 153)

Key term(s)
  • preemption agreement

French

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

convention de préemption : 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 12 2013-04-23

English

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

Possession(is) a legal concept of variable meaning, the word being used in different contexts with different meanings. It denotes a kind of relationship between a person and some object of property, real or personal. It is sometimes used as meaning merely physical control or detention, without any question of legal right. Secondly, it may mean legal possession which will be recognized and protected by law....(Oxford Companion to Law, 1980, pp. 970-1).

French

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

possession : 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 13 2013-04-18

English

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

An enforceable option to purchase land confers on the grantee, Y, a right to call for a conveyance of the land from the grantor, X, provided that Y complies with all the terms of the option. Where X and Y are strangers between whom no other legal relationship exists, the option is commonly termed an option in gross.... An option may also be conferred on a tenant to purchase the freehold reversion. An option contained in a lease differs from an option in gross only in the respects that the grantor and the grantee stand in the relationship of landlord and tenant, and that the contract creating it is made part of the terms on which the lease is granted....(Barnsley, "Land Options", p. 2)

French

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

option indépendante : 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 14 2012-10-03

English

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

Because of the differences in the legal relationships created by an assignment of lease on one hand, and a sublease on the other, the distinction between the two must be carefully noted.... When the tenant assigns the lease to a third party, the assignee becomes the tenant of the landlord with resulting privity of estate between the two.... Thus, in the case of an assignment, covenants which touch and concern the land are enforceable between the assignee and the landlord. A sublease creates no direct relationship between the subtenant and the landlord.(Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 259)

Key term(s)
  • lease assignment

French

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

cession de bail : 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 15 2012-05-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
DEF

A legal duty. In the law of tort it refers to the bond created as a result of the special relationship existing between two or more persons, giving rise, e. g. to a duty to exercise due care.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
DEF

Deber jurídico establecido normativamente o por voluntario otorgamiento, de dar, hacer o no hacer alguna cosa y cuyo cumplimiento puede ser exigido de manera coactiva.

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Record 16 2011-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
DEF

The legal relationship under which one person engages another to serve him, and to do certain work for him, having power to direct and control what work is to be done and when, where and how it is to be done.

DEF

The relation ... exists where one person, for pay or other valuable consideration, enters into the service of another and devotes to him his personal labour for an agreed period ....

OBS

relation of master and servant : Such term has generally been replaced by "employer and employee".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
DEF

Rapport de dépendance, caractérisé par la subordination du préposé, et un rapport corrélatif de supériorité caractérisé par l'autorité du commettant.

CONT

En Belgique comme en France, la jurisprudence caractérise le lien de préposition par le «droit» de donner des ordres plus que par la constatation en fait de l'exercice de l'autorité de commettant sur son préposé.

Spanish

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Record 17 2011-03-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Residual policy consideration outside the relationship of the parties that might negative the imposition of a duty of care. They are not concerned with the relationship between the parties, but with the effect of recognizing a duty of care on other legal obligations, the legal system and society more generally

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Aucune considération de politique résiduelle n’est suffisamment impérieuse, isolément ou avec d’autres, pour que soit écartée l’obligation de diligence prima facie de Pinkerton’s et du gouvernement territorial.

Spanish

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Record 18 2010-04-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • War and Peace (International Law)
DEF

... the legal status of a state that asserts a position of nonparticipation in respect to a war existing between other states. It is not merely abstinence from war. It is a relationship involving rights and duties on the part of neutrals toward belligerents and on the part of belligerents toward neutrals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Guerre et paix (Droit international)
DEF

Situation juridique et politique d'un État qui, en présence d'une guerre entre deux ou plusieurs autres États, reste en dehors de cette guerre, s'abstenant d'assister l'un ou l'autre des belligérants.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Relaciones internacionales
  • Guerra y paz (Derecho internacional)
CONT

Suiza es, efectivamente, un Estado neutral desde 1515, un estatus que fue reconocido en la Paz de Westfalia en 1648, por primera vez oficialmente declarado en 1674 y reiterado en 1815 por las potencias europeas en el Congreso de Viena, que veían en la neutralidad helvética un elemento importante del nuevo equilibrio europeo.

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Record 19 2010-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

In New York, the agreement is a binding legal contract when it is in writing, signed by both parties and expressly states the material terms of the agreement.

OBS

A contract is a binding legal agreement, which is created when there has been an offer, an acceptance of the offer, consideration(usually the price of goods or services supplied) and an intention by the parties to enter into a legal relationship.

Key term(s)
  • legal binding contract
  • legally binding contract

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
CONT

Un contrat ayant force obligatoire sera conclu dès lors que vous recevrez cette confirmation de commande, et votre commande sera traitée.

Spanish

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Record 20 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 21 2003-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
OBS

To choose and bring into a certain relationship; specif., to take into one's own family by legal process and raise as one's own child. WEBNV p. 18.

French

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

Prendre légalement pour fils ou pour fille. PROB (Petit Robert) p. 23.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
DEF

Recibir como hijo, con los requisitos y solemnidades que establecen las leyes, al que no lo es naturalmente.

OBS

Se dice que "el acogimiento produce la plena participación del menor en la vida de familia e impone a quien lo recibe las obligaciones de velar por él, tenerlo en su compañia, alimentarlo, educarlo y procurarle una formación integral".

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Record 22 2003-04-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance
DEF

One having opposing parties; contested, as distinguished from an "ex parte" hearing or proceeding. One of which the party seeking relief has given legal notice to the other party, and afforded the latter an opportunity to contest it.

OBS

"Adversary", which can act as both noun and adjective, is the legal term used in phrases such as an "adversary relationship". E. g., "The need to develop all relevant facts in the adversary system is both fundamental and comprehensive. ""Adversarial" is not listed in any dictionary, though it is fairly common in place of the adjective "adversary". E. g., "Rarely does this type of adversarial("read adversary") relationship exist between school authorities and pupils. "... In some contexts, "adversarial" connotes animosity(adversarial conferences), whereas "adversary" is a neutral, clinical word... "Adversarial" may develop a differentiation in sense that will justify its existence; until that time, it is best avoided.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
DEF

Procédure dans laquelle le demandeur et le défendeur ont déposé des conclusions.

OBS

Contradictoire : [...] s'oppose parfois à «par défaut» et à «réputé contradictoire».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamento procesal
  • Seguridad social y seguro de desempleo
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Record 23 2003-04-10

English

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

Relationship in economically dependent couples, such as widowed sisters and brothers, or even army buddies or any relationship of economic dependency in which people live together.

CONT

One idea would be to create registered domestic partnerships, in which couples could be legally recognized simply by signing up.

OBS

A much wider concept than the same-sex relationship recently covered by codified legal obligations in Canada.

French

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

Voir partenaire domestique.

Spanish

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Record 24 2001-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
  • Government Accounting
DEF

Separate legal entities, within the government reporting entity, created by the government's own legislation. This legislation establishes an accountability relationship with parties external to the government reporting entity to use the entity's assets or net assets as specified while that legislation is in effect. Such legislation stipulates, either explicitly or implicitly through the terms of the legislation, that :(i) the entity's revenues, which are derived principally from identified parties external to the government reporting entity in exchange for specified goods or services, can only be used to provide those goods and services; and(ii) the government cannot use the assets or net assets of the entity for a purpose other than providing the goods and services for which the resources were received.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
  • Comptabilité publique
DEF

Entité juridique distincte comprise dans le périmètre comptable du gouvernement et établie par une loi du gouvernement lui-même qui fait obligation à l'entité d'utiliser ses actifs ou actifs nets conformément à des fins déterminées ou d'en rendre compte à des tiers non compris dans le périmètre comptable du gouvernement, tant que la loi est en vigueur. La loi prévoit, explicitement ou implicitement, que : i) les revenus de l'entité, qui proviennent principalement de tiers déterminés non compris dans le périmètre comptable du gouvernement en échange de biens ou de services précis, peuvent être utilisés uniquement pour la fourniture de ces biens ou la prestation de ces services; ii) le gouvernement ne peut utiliser les actifs ou les actifs nets de l'entité à d'autres fins que la fourniture des biens ou la prestation des services pour lesquels les ressources ont été reçues.

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Record 25 1999-09-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of the Sea

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la mer
OBS

Source : René-Jean Dupuy, Océan partagé, 1979; CIJ, Affaire de la Mer du Nord, 1969. Domaine : droit de la mer.

Spanish

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Record 26 1999-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
OBS

Adversary, which can act as both noun and adjective, is the legal term used in phrases such as an adversary relationship. Adversarial is not listed in any dictionary, though it is fairly common in place of the adjective adversary. E. g., "Rarely does this type of adversarial(read adversary) relationship exist between school authorities and pupils. "... In some contexts, adversarial connotes animosity(adversarial conferences), whereas adversary is a neutral, clinical word... Adversarial may develop a differentiation in sense that will justify its existence; until that time, it is best avoided.

French

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

Divorce prononcé à la demande [...] d'un époux, soit aux torts exclusifs de l'un [...], soit aux torts partagés [...]

Spanish

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Record 27 1999-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Rules of Court
OBS

Adversary, which can act as both noun and adjective, is the legal term used in phrases such as "an adversary relationship". E. g., "The need to develop all relevant facts in the "adversary" system is both fundamental and comprehensive". "Adversarial" is not listed in any dictionary, though it is fairly common in place of the adjective "adversary". E. g., "Rarely does this type of "adversarial"("read adversary") relationship exist between school authorities and pupils".... In some contexts, "adversarial" connotes animosity(adversarial conferences), whereas adversary is a neutral, clinical word... "Adversarial" may develop a differentiation in sense that will justify its existence; until that time, it is best avoided.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Principe directeur du procès (qui est l'essence même du procès contentieux et la base des droits de la défense) en vertu duquel nulle partie ne peut être jugée sans avoir été entendue ou appelée [...]. Synonyme : principe du contradictoire.

CONT

Cette analyse qui renforcerait l'effet «erga omnes» des arrêts de la Cour porterait atteinte au principe du contradictoire et au respect des droits de la défense. (Revue de la Concurrence et de la Consommation 42, 3/4.88, page 34)

OBS

contradictoire : [...] s'oppose parfois à «par défaut» et à «réputé contradictoire»

Spanish

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Record 28 1998-10-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Banking
DEF

The intention to create a contract between the parties. The opening of an account with a bank, forms the basis of a legal relationship between banker and customer. [Klein, Gerald. Dictionary of Banking. Pitman Publishing, 1995].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Banque

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Record 29 1995-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Rules of Court
OBS

Adversary, which can act as both noun and adjective, is the legal term used in phrases such as an adversary relationship.... Adversarial is not listed in any dictionary, though it is fairly common in place of the adjective adversary. E. g., "Rarely does this type of adversarial(read adversary) relationship exist between school authorities and pupils". In some contexts, adversarial connotes animosity(adversarial conferences), whereas adversary is a neutral, clinical word... Adversarial may develop a differentiation in sense that will justify its existence; until that time, it is best avoided.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

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