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LEGAL RELEVANCE [6 records]

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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 2014-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Aboriginal Law
CONT

Although the Royal Proclamation would have great historical and legal significance to all First Nations in the future, other conciliatory actions held more immediate relevance to the Mississaugas in the early years of the British administration.

OBS

Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Inquiry Toronto Purchase Claim (June 2003).

Key term(s)
  • conciliatory action

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit autochtone
CONT

Même si la Proclamation royale devait dans l'avenir avoir une grande importance historique et juridique pour toutes les Premières Nations, d'autres mesures conciliatoires revêtent une importance immédiate pour les Mississaugas dans les premières années de l'administration britannique.

OBS

Enquête sur la revendication de la Première Nation des Mississaugas de la New Credit relative à l'achat de Toronto (Juin 2003).

Key term(s)
  • mesure conciliatoire

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-09-06

English

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

Many writers have emphasized that if Thayer is correct in stating that relevance is a matter of logic, the concept of legal relevance ought to be rejected. In this approach there are no degrees of relevance : evidence is either relevant or not. According to the standard of legal relevance, evidence is admissible only if, as a minimum, it is logically relevant, and it also has a higher degree of probative value than would be required for ordinary reasoning.(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 62)

French

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

pertinence juridique : 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 2012-04-13

English

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

A statement that expresses a legal duty or result but omits the facts creating or supporting the duty or result.

CONT

Although the Tribunal is not a court, its abilities lie in adjudication... This requires an assessment of the relevance, admissibility and weight of evidence, along with the ability to draw a legal conclusion on the basis of the existing case law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Tribunaux
CONT

Bien qu'il ne soit pas une cour judiciaire, le Tribunal est compétent en matière d'arbitrage [...] Ce rôle exige qu'il évalue la pertinence, l'admissibilité et le poids de la preuve, ainsi que l'aptitude à tirer une conclusion juridique en se basant sur la jurisprudence.

OBS

Il est important de noter la distinction entre les termes «conclusion de droit» et «conclusion juridique». En matière du droit de la preuve, une conclusion qui est fondée sur le droit est tout à fait différente de celle basée sur des textes de loi.

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-06-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
CONT

[The import of embryonic stem cells for research purposes] is the first application of the law on bioethics [ ... ] authorising research on supernumerary frozen human embryos conceived in vitro and without a parental project.

CONT

France’s parliament gave final approval ... to a bioethics law that approves stem-cell research on human embryos ...

CONT

It is recommended to create a bioethical law, which will be inspired from the universal ethical principles and will offer a legal and bioethical framework to the research ethical committees in order to judge the relevance of the research...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Adoption de la loi bioéthique. [ ... ] cadre législatif traitant de l'ensemble des questions relatives à la médecine et à la morale, aux droits de la personne et de ses caractéristiques génétiques, aux règles régissant le don et l'utilisation des éléments et des produits du corps humain, ainsi qu'à celles concernant l'assistance médicale à la procréation.

CONT

La loi sur la bioéthique, qui traite les questions du clonage, du don d'organes et de l'assistance médicale à la procréation en France, est parue au Journal officiel [ ... ]

CONT

[ ... ] la loi relative à la bioéthique : protection juridique des inventions biotechnologiques, prohibition du clonage, des recherches sur l'embryon humain et du transfert d'embryons post mortem [ ... ]

Spanish

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Record 6 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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