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LEGAL RIGHT WAY [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2019-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
DEF

… a political party in the province of Quebec, Canada, that is dedicated to ending cannabis prohibition and setting the ground for a more sensible and comprehensive drug policy.

OBS

A key component of the Bloc Pot platform is [its] commitment to provide greater accessibility to medical marijuana, as a way of ensuring the fundamental right to health. … Through education, [the Bloc Pot] encourages responsible behavior among recreational drug users—no matter the legal status of the substance they choose to consume. [It] also promotes the use of hemp derivatives, as economically and ecologically sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels and hazardous petrochemical products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
DEF

[…] parti politique enregistré dans la province de Québec (Canada) et fondé en septembre 1998 à Montréal [dont l']objectif est de mettre fin à la prohibition du cannabis, et de fournir des pistes de réflexion quant à l'éventuelle légalisation de celui-ci.

OBS

[Le Bloc Pot] veut également faire en sorte que l'utilisation de toutes les drogues, licites ou illicites, se fasse de manière responsable, éclairée et sécuritaire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Organismos y comités de los gobiernos provinciales canadienses
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
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Record 2 2013-03-18

English

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

Suppose that... A was legal owner of Blackacre... and that Blackacre was subject... to a legal right of way owned by R.... If... A succeeded in selling Blackacre to a purchaser P who had no notice of any of the other interests, P... would still be bound by... R's right of way... since these belong to the class of legal estates and interests which bind all comers.(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed. 1975, p. 115).

French

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

droit de passage 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 3 2013-03-15

English

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

To constitute a legal possession there must be not only a corporeal detention, or that quasi detention which, according to the nature of the right, is equivalent to it, but there must also be the intention to act as owner. Thus, no legal possession is acquired by a man walking across the land of his friend, or using a private way thinking it to be a public one....(Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 935).

French

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

Terme souvent employé pour souligner le caractère juridique de la notion de "possession".

OBS

possession 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 2013-03-15

English

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

Where land held upon trust was sold and conveyed by a deed which both the legal and the equitable owners executed, and in which the equitable owner reserved a right of way, it was held that this took effect in law as a regrant by the purchaser(to the equitable owner) of a legal easement, so that it did not create a mere equitable easement....(Megarry & Wade, 4th ed., 1975, p. 830).

French

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

servitude 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 5 2012-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Territories (Indigenous Peoples)
DEF

A boundary parallel to an existing legal survey, a natural boundary or a right of way at a prescribed perpendicular distance from that boundary.

OBS

offset boundary: term and definition taken from the Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement / Gwich’in, Mackenzie Delta; and, term usually used in the Sahtu Dene and Metis Comprehensive Land Claim Agreement.

Key term(s)
  • off-set boundary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Territoires (Peuples Autochtones)
DEF

Limite parallèle à une limite définie par un levé officiel, à une limite naturelle ou à une emprise, qui est située à une distance perpendiculaire prescrite.

OBS

limite voisine à une autre : terme et définition relevés dans l'Entente sur la revendication territoriale globale - Gwich'in, delta du Mackenzie.

OBS

limite en retrait : terme employé dans l'Entente territoriale globale des Dénés et Métis du Sahtu.

Spanish

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