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LEGAL RISK [28 records]

Record 1 2026-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
  • Military Strategy
  • Organization Planning
CONT

[The] cyber defense strategies at the operational and tactical levels include specific actions involved with risk mitigation, contingency planning, legal protection, and offensive/competitive positioning(e. g., innovating to maintain a competitive edge). Collectively, these defensive strategies(along with offensive strategies) form a cyber defense shield.

Key term(s)
  • cyberdefence strategy
  • cyber-defence strategy
  • cyberdefense strategy
  • cyber-defense strategy

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Stratégie militaire
  • Planification d'organisation

Spanish

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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Foreign Trade
DEF

The risk of non-repayment of loans by most or all economic agents in a country arising from political, economic, legal or social factors in that country.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Commerce extérieur
DEF

Risque que le gouvernement d'un pays entrave la capacité d'une personne assujettie à son autorité de satisfaire aux engagements que celle-ci a pris sur un instrument financier.

OBS

On trouve aussi parfois l'expression «risque souverain», sous l'influence du synonyme anglais [sovereign risk].

Spanish

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

Espectro de riesgos que surgen de los medios económico, social y político de un país determinado con potencial favorable o adverso a la deuda externa o a las inversiones extranjeras hechas en un país.

OBS

Riesgos país es el plural de riesgo país [...] En este tipo de expresiones formadas por dos sustantivos que se escriben separados, la Gramática española señala que siempre es correcto indicar el plural solo en el primero [...] Sin embargo, algunos de estos compuestos admiten también el plural en el segundo sustantivo (Estados miembro/Estados miembros [...]), casos estos en los que a menudo puede intercalarse el verbo ser: los Estados son miembros, pero [...] los riesgos [no] son países. Asimismo se recuerda que estas dos palabras se escriben siempre separadas, sin guion, y que no es necesario ponerlas en mayúscula ni entrecomillarlas.

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Record 3 2026-01-08

English

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

... people should remain free to agree to waive their legal rights, at least under conditions of free and informed choice. Such a waiver contemplates, of course, a complete shifting of the legal risk, absolving the defendant from all-not just an apportioned share of-responsibility for resulting injury.

French

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

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 4 2025-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Storage Media (Data Processing)
  • IT Security
  • Waste Management
CONT

Data destruction involves destroying the data that is stored on tapes, hard disks, and other forms of electronic or physical media so that it is completely unreadable and cannot be accessed or used for unauthorized purposes. Proper data destruction ensures that your organization complies with legal and regulatory requirements. It also decreases the risk of data spills and breaches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Supports d'information (Informatique)
  • Sécurité des TI
  • Gestion des déchets
CONT

La destruction des données consiste à détruire les données stockées sur des bandes, des disques durs et d'autres supports électroniques ou physiques afin de les rendre complètement illisibles, inaccessibles et inutilisables à des fins non autorisées. La destruction appropriée des données garantit que votre organisation se conforme aux exigences juridiques et réglementaires. Elle réduit également le risque de fuite de données et d'atteinte à leur protection.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medios de almacenamiento (Procesamiento de datos)
  • Seguridad de IT
  • Gestión de los desechos
CONT

La destrucción de datos es de vital importancia, ya que los datos, cuando no se gestionan bien, pueden usarse incorrectamente para perjudicar a una empresa.

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Record 5 2024-04-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts
  • Public Sector Budgeting
CONT

The procuring organization should establish a multifunctional integrated team consisting of functional representatives, including, but not limited to : Communications; Human resources; Legal; Risk; Finance; and Oversight.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
CONT

L'organisation d'approvisionnement devrait mettre sur pied une équipe intégrée multifonctionnelle composée de représentants de différentes fonctions, notamment des suivantes : Communications; Ressources humaines; Juridique; Risque; Finances; Surveillance.

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
OBS

The Canadian Association for Safe Supply is Canada's only national organization focused primarily on increasing access and supply to legal, regulated substances of known potency. [The organization partners] with health authorities, governments, people with lived experience and research institutions to expand programming that provides access to regulated drugs for people at overdose risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

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Record 7 2018-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Actuarial Practice
  • Life Insurance
CONT

Most traditional actuarial disciplines fall into two main categories : life and non-life. Life actuaries, which include health and pension actuaries, primarily deal with mortality risk, morbidity risk, and investment risk. Products prominent in their work include life insurance, annuities, pensions, short and long term disability insurance, health insurance, health savings accounts, and long-term care insurance... Non-life actuaries, also known as property and casualty or general insurance actuaries, deal with both physical and legal risks that affect people or their property.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Actuariat
  • Assurance sur la vie

Spanish

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Record 8 - external organization data 2018-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
Key term(s)
  • Legal Risks Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)

Spanish

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Record 9 2015-11-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
  • Insurance
CONT

Your Title Insurance Policy is a legal contract between you and... Title Insurance Company. This policy is not an opinion or report of your title. It is a contract of indemnity, meaning a promise to pay you or to take other action if you have a loss resulting from a covered title risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
  • Assurances

Spanish

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Record 10 2015-03-20

English

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

When there are no written representations or warranties, the common law rule of caveat emptor("buyer beware") usually applies. Under this rule, the buyer assumes the risk that the quality and condition of the property is satisfactory. Sellers do not have an obligation to disclose all defects at the time of sale. Without written representations or warranties, the buyer may therefore have no legal remedy if the house is defective.

Key term(s)
  • caveat emptor rule

French

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

Spanish

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Record 11 2014-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Laws and Regulations (Canadian)
  • Ecology (General)
OBS

Short title : Species at Risk Act. Legal title : An Act respecting the protection of wildlife species at risk in Canada.

Key term(s)
  • SARA

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de lois et de règlements fédéraux canadiens
  • Écologie (Généralités)
OBS

Titre abrégé : Loi sur les espèces en péril. Titre légal : Loi concernant la protection des espèces sauvages en péril au Canada.

Spanish

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Record 12 2014-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
DEF

clinical guideline: A guideline developed using a systematic method to help practitioners and patients make decisions about appropriate health care.

CONT

The potential users of clinical practice guidelines are diverse... Five major purposes for guidelines, which are not mutually exclusive, are(1) assisting clinical decision making by patients and practitioners;(2) educating individuals or groups;(3) assessing and assuring the quality of care;(4) guiding allocation of resources for health care; and(5) reducing the risk of legal liability for negligent care.

OBS

The development of clinical guidelines may use technology assessment methods or be based on technology assessment reports.

OBS

clinical guidelines; clinical practice guidelines: The singular form of these terms (practice guideline, clinical practice guideline) and the singular definition have been standardized by the Health Technology Assessment (HTA) Glossary English Editorial Board and the Translation Bureau.

Key term(s)
  • practice guideline
  • clinical practice guideline
  • clinical guideline
  • clinical practise guidelines
  • clinical practise guideline

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
DEF

Guide élaboré par une méthode systématique pour aider les praticiens et les patients à prendre des décisions concernant les soins de santé appropriés.

OBS

L’élaboration des guides de pratique clinique peut faire appel à des méthodes d’évaluation des technologies ou se fonder sur des rapports d’évaluation des technologies.

OBS

guide de pratique clinique; lignes directrices de pratique clinique; lignes directrices cliniques; recommandations de pratique clinique; normes de pratique clinique : termes et définition normalisés par l'Institut national d'excellence en santé et en services sociaux (INESSS) et le Bureau de la traduction.

Key term(s)
  • ligne directrice de pratique clinique
  • ligne directrice clinique
  • recommandation de pratique clinique
  • norme de pratique clinique

Spanish

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Record 13 2013-09-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
CONT

With respect to revenue policy, Legal Services is responsible for : reviewing applicable revenue agreements as requested by the Branch Manager; reviewing any proposed agreements, policies, tools or templates as requested in order to ensure the Crown is protected against undue risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique

Spanish

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Record 14 2010-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Political Science (General)
  • Translation (General)
CONT

The need to "earn respect" may also have the consequence of encouraging officials to seek to please ministers and their advisers by avoiding policy advice that might not be appreciated, or failing to press public interest aspects in the decision-making process—not attending to the ethical or "constrained" aspects of "constrained partisanship" and risking criticism of excessive partisan behaviour or over-responsiveness.

OBS

Public servants risk being "overresponsive"(or politicized) if they exceed the limits of their appropriate or legal authority in order to assist or obstruct the diligent execution of a minister's decision, if they fail to act fairly and objectively, or if they violate political conventions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
  • Traduction (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 15 2010-02-05

English

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

One approach was to insist on arbitrary limitations, such as that the shock must have resulted from fear of injury to oneself or at least to a near-relative; or only from witnessing an accident with one’s own unaided senses or that the plaintiff must have been within the zone of physical.

OBS

physical risk : Par opposition à "legal risk".

French

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

Spanish

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Record 16 2009-04-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Commercial Law
CONT

Legal risk is the risk of loss because a contract cannot be legally enforced, and includes risks arising from insufficient documentation and insufficient authority of the counterparty.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Droit commercial
DEF

Risque attribuable à l'incertitude ou aux changements imprévus du cadre juridique dans lequel est conclue une opération sur instruments financiers.

OBS

Par exemple, le risque qu'une partie à l'instrument financier n'ait pas la capacité juridique de conclure l'opération peut entraîner des conséquences fâcheuses pour l'autre partie.

Spanish

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Record 17 2008-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Informatics
OBS

Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat. A cookie is a small text file placed on a visitor's computer by a Web site in order to remember information. While the technology behind cookies is fairly simple, the implications behind their use are increasingly complicated and far-reaching. Firstly, the technology is not well understood resulting in widespread confusion about why and how they are used. Secondly, since cookies have the ability to store or index personal information, their use can carry legal implications in terms of privacy far more serious than most people realize. Thirdly, cookies can pose a security risk if not used correctly.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Informatique
OBS

Secrétariat du Conseil du Trésor du Canada. Un témoin est un petit fichier texte placé dans l'ordinateur d'un visiteur par un site Web dans le but de mémoriser de l'information. La technologie utilisée est relativement simple; toutefois, les incidences de l'utilisation des témoins se révèlent de plus en plus complexes et profondes. Dans un premier temps, on ne comprend pas bien la technologie, ce qui ne fait qu'augmenter la confusion quant aux raisons et à la façon de les utiliser. Deuxièmement, les témoins peuvent emmagasiner ou indexer des données personnelles, ce qui, au plan de la confidentialité, peut avoir des conséquences juridiques beaucoup plus graves que ne le croit la majorité. Troisièmement, les témoins peuvent parfois poser un risque pour la sécurité s'ils ne sont pas utilisés correctement.

Spanish

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Record 18 2007-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Occupational Health and Safety
OBS

Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety. The guide will help health and safety committee members and representatives as well as supervisors, managers, engineers and other health and safety professionals to : Conduct hazard assessment of heat exposure in the workplace; Identify risk factors for work in hot environments; Develop prevention programs and practices to reduce injury and illness; Plan problem-solving actions through employee and management involvement; Develop hazard controls based on the most current knowledge in the field of occupational health and safety; Comply with legal requirements.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
OBS

Centre canadien d'hygiène et de sécurité au travail, Hamilton, Ontario, 2005.

Spanish

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Record 19 2006-11-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Finance
CONT

Equity monetization transactions are transactions which allow an investor to receive a cash amount similar to proceeds of disposition, and to transfer all or part of the economic risk and/or return associated with securities of an issuer, without actually transferring the legal and beneficial ownership of such securities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances
DEF

Opération qui permet à l'investisseur de recevoir une somme d'argent analogue au produit de la cession de titres et de transférer, en tout ou en partie, le risque ou le rendement économique que comportent ces titres, sans vraiment en transférer la propriété réelle.

Spanish

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Record 20 2006-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
OBS

Located in Ottawa, Ontario, the Canadian Medical Protective Association(CMPA) is a non-profit medical mutual defence organization. The CMPA provides service to more than 69, 000 Canadian physicians including legal defence, indemnification, risk management, educational programs and general advice. [Extract from a 2006 job offer sent by the Association to potential translators. In the document, the article before the name of the Association is lowercased. ]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux canadiens
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
OBS

Située à Ottawa (Ontario), l'Association canadienne de protection médicale (ACPM) est un organisme de défense mutuelle à but non lucratif offrant éducation, conseils, défense juridique, indemnisation et services de gestion des risques à plus de 69 000 médecins membres au Canada. [Extrait d'une offre d'emploi diffusée en 2006 par l'Association en vue de recruter des traducteurs. Sur ce document, l'article devant le nom de l'Association est en minuscule.]

Spanish

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Record 21 2005-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Program Titles (Armed Forces)
  • Military Law
OBS

The DND/CF Framework for Managing Legal Risk recognizes that risk must be managed in a comprehensive manner. In so doing, it also recognizes that risk management is much more than litigation management. It starts form the premise that we cannot manage what we have not identified. Establishing aims and objectives, identifying issues early on, collecting and identifying relevant information, establishing and dealing with risks : this is the essence of legal risk management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes (Forces armées)
  • Droit militaire
OBS

Le cadre de gestion des risques juridiques du MDN/des FC tient compte du fait que les risques doivent être gérés intégralement. Ainsi, il tient aussi compte du fait que la gestion des risques est beaucoup plus vaste que la gestion des litiges. Son principe de base est simple : il est impossible de gérer ce qu'on ne connaît pas encore. Établir des buts et des objectifs, déterminer les problèmes le plus rapidement possible, recueillir et reconnaître les renseignements pertinents, ainsi que déterminer les risques et y réagir constituent l'essence même de la gestion des risques juridiques.

Spanish

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Record 22 2005-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Health Law
CONT

The legal principle of consent requires that a health care provider makes disclosure to the patient of any known material risk inherent in or related to a proposed procedure in order to obtain a valid consent.

CONT

... in Canada the principle of informed consent is deeply entrenched in the common law.

CONT

The consent principle requires "knowledge and consent."

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Le principe du consentement par le patient à chacune des étapes et rencontrant les critères de validité du consentement, à savoir un consentement manifeste, libre, éclairé, à des fins spécifiques et pour une durée déterminée, doit être respecté.

CONT

Le principe du consentement éclairé est enchâssé dans la common law et dans les normes de la profession infirmière.

OBS

En droit de la santé, on comprend par «consentement» un consentement éclairé.

Spanish

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Record 23 2004-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Management Control

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Contrôle de gestion

Spanish

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Record 24 2002-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Loans
  • Education (General)
DEF

The legal transference of a student's outstanding CSLs(Canada Student Loans) from one lender to a different lender. The assignee lender(receiving) essentially purchases the account from the assignor lender(sending). The purchase price of the account includes the total of any outstanding principal of the non-guaranteed CSLs if any risk premium had previously been paid by the Program(Canada Student Loans Program).

OBS

Measure adopted from August 1, 1995 to July 31, 2000.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Prêts et emprunts
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
DEF

Transfert légal d'un prêteur à un autre des PEC (prêts d'études canadiens) impayés d'un étudiant. Essentiellement, le prêteur cessionnaire (destinataire) achète le compte au prêteur cédant (auteur). Le prix d'achat correspond au montant de tout principal impayé, moins 5 p. 100 du principal impayé de tout PEC non garanti à l'égard duquel une prime contre les risques a été payée par le Programme [Programme canadien de prêts aux étudiants].

OBS

Mesure en vigueur du 1er août 1995 au 31 juillet 2000.

Spanish

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Record 25 2001-08-06

English

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

An initial review of the main considerations in the context of public risk management suggests that they include : exposure to legal liability(associated with a breach of a duty of care, i. e. the duty to avoid causing loss or damage to others through negligence)...

French

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

Il ressort d'un premier examen des principales considérations relatives à la gestion publique des risques qu'il s'agit notamment : du risque de responsabilité légale (associé au manquement à une obligation de diligence, autrement dit, au devoir d'éviter de causer une perte ou des dommages à autrui par négligence) [...]

Spanish

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Record 26 2001-08-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decision-Making Process
  • Organization Planning

French

Domaine(s)
  • Processus décisionnel
  • Planification d'organisation

Spanish

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Record 27 1991-05-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Contracts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Marchés publics
OBS

Termes provenant du Guide de la politique des approvisionnements et services en usage au MAS.

Spanish

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Record 28 1988-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fire, Accidents, Miscellaneous Risks (Insur.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Incendies, accidents et risques divers (Assur.)

Spanish

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