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LEGAL SANCTION [6 records]

Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Penal Law
DEF

... to issue(a person) with a notification that he or she may be liable to legal sanction(e. g. a fine) in consequence of having contravened a law or regulation.

CONT

A police officer shall ... cite a bicyclist for a traffic law violation but the violation shall not affect the status of the bicyclist’s license to operate a motor vehicle nor shall it affect the bicyclist’s status in the safe driver insurance plan.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Droit pénal
CONT

[...] les agents de l'État sur le territoire duquel a été commise l'infraction sont compétents pour intercepter et verbaliser le contrevenant dans les conditions et selon les modalités prévues par leur législation nationale.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-05-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sentencing
  • Penal Administration
DEF

The judicial determination of a legal sanction upon a person convicted of an offence.

CONT

The fundamental purpose of sentencing is to contribute to the maintenance of a just, peaceful and safe society through the imposition of just sanctions.

OBS

In some cases, the Court has the option to impose a conditional or absolute discharge. A conditional discharge requires the offender to follow certain rules for a specified length of time as set out in a probation order.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Peines
  • Administration pénitentiaire
CONT

L'objet fondamental de la détermination de la peine est de contribuer à faire régner la justice, la paix et la sécurité dans la société au moyen de l'imposition de sanctions équitables.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Penas
  • Administración penitenciaria
DEF

Acto procesal mediante el cual el juez o jurado determina la sanción que se impondrá al individuo que se ha juzgado culpable de haber cometido una infracción o delito.

CONT

Graduación de la pena [...] quiere decir fijar la que debe corresponder para cada delito. El problema se plantea en cuanto al modo de hacer esa graduación y se complica tanto más cuando difiere respecto del criterio o concepto que de la pena se tenga. Si funciona como prevención, en el sentido de que por el temor que infunde resulta idónea para apartar a la gente de cometer un delito, habría que admitir que, cuanto más grave, mejor sirve; pero entonces resulta innecesaria la valoración individual del hecho y de la persona, con lo que no sería justa.

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Record 4 2010-12-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
CONT

Regulation can be considered as legal restriction promulgated by government authority. One can consider at least two levels in democracies-legislative acts, and implementing specifications of conduct imposed sanction(as a fine).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
CONT

Une réglementation est un ensemble de lois, de prescriptions, de règles, régissant une activité sociale.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho constitucional
  • Poder legislativo (Derecho constitucional)
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Record 5 1992-06-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Educational Institutions
DEF

Process of legal sanction, authorizing the holder of a credential to perform specific services in the public schools of the state. Its accepted purpose is to establish and maintain standards for the preparation and employment of persons who teach or render certain nonteaching services in the schools.(The International Encyclopedia of Teaching and Teacher Education, Dunkin, Michael J., 1987).

DEF

The act of designating persons whom public boards of education may legally employ as teachers in public schools and of issuing teaching certificates to these qualified persons. (Dictionary of Education, Good, Carter V., 1973).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Établissements d'enseignement
DEF

Processus administratif au terme duquel un ministère de l'Éducation déclare une personne apte à enseigner.

OBS

Termes recommandés par le Réseau des traducteurs et traductrices en éducation selon le contexte.

Spanish

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Record 6 1983-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Documents
OBS

A legal form giving permission or sanction for the use or publication of a photograph or photographs that might otherwise be considered a violation of the rights of the person signing the release.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Documents juridiques
OBS

Document légal donnant la permission d'utiliser ou de publier une ou plusieurs photographies qui risqueraient d'être considérées comme violant les droits de la personne signant la libération.

Spanish

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