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LEGAL SITUATION [19 records]

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Record 1 2024-02-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Conference Titles
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Sociology of Childhood and Adolescence
OBS

The goals of International Youth Year were to increase awareness about the situation and aspirations of young people around the world, to promote the interests of young people within economic and social development policies, to increase the participation of young people and youth organizations in the areas of development and peace and to promote the ideals of mutual respect and understanding. The aim of the International Youth Year Conference on Law was to work towards these goals through a multilateral exchange on legal issues of national and international dimensions.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conférences
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Sociologie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de conferencias
  • Derecho de familia (common law)
  • Sociología de la niñez y la adolescencia
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Record 2 2021-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Law of Evidence
  • Police
CONT

In the context of a custodial interrogation, the purpose of [the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms] is to support detainees’ right to choose whether to cooperate with the police investigation or not, by giving them access to legal advice on the situation they are facing.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Police
CONT

Dans le contexte d'un interrogatoire sous garde, [la Charte canadienne des droits et libertés] vise à étayer le droit du détenu de choisir de coopérer ou non à l'enquête policière, en lui donnant accès à des conseils juridiques sur sa situation.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-04-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
CONT

There are two basic legal remedies involved in a situation of non-closing [of transaction]-namely an action for damages and an action for specific performance.

Key term(s)
  • specific performance action

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamento procesal
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Record 4 2012-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Restrictive Practices (Law)
  • Trade
  • Commercial and Other Bodies (Law)
CONT

Potential competition, a fundamental conception in microeconomics, refers to the possibility of new entrants into a given market. The opposite is a legal monopoly which is a situation where competition is against the law.

CONT

Potential competition is occasionally considered in competitive industry analysis. Are there specific conditions that should highlight or negate concern for potential competitors?

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pratiques restrictives (Droit)
  • Commerce
  • Organismes commerciaux ou non (Droit)
CONT

L'analyse de la concurrence potentielle est étroitement liée dans la littérature aux problèmes de déréglementation et de régulation par les seules forces du marché.

CONT

Le marché contestable est un marché sur lequel la concurrence potentielle (la «menace» d'entrée d'une entreprise concurrente) garantit les prix concurrentiels, même si le marché est en réalité dominé par une seule ou par plusieurs entreprises.

Spanish

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Record 5 2009-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

[An] individual who is not in a fixed and permanent employment relationship but carry out individual commissions (usually not immediate succession) on the basis of contracts for services.

OBS

In this situation, the freelance is free to choose whether or not to accept a particular commission, but he or she has no automatic legal entitlement to be granted such commissions. Freelances are not in a position of personal subordination to the person commissioning their services and are therefore not employees, but in certain circumstances they may be classed as persons treated in law as similar to employee.

Key term(s)
  • free lancer

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Personne qui est rémunérée à la pige.

OBS

Pluriel : free lances. L'adjectif est par contre invariable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 6 2008-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language (General)
CONT

According to..., a person reporting to the hospital must feel at ease : the linguistic component of his/her reception is important. Referring to his experience in the evaluation of the services provided by federal institutions and in the legal field, Commissioner... stated that he had found how important it is to have in place a system of active offer of services in order to secure respect for language rights and that, absent such a system, a person in a minority situation is discouraged from requesting services in French and will opt for English, as those are the services that are immediately available.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Linguistique (Généralités)
CONT

Selon [...], il faut que la personne qui se présente à l'hôpital se sente à l'aise : la composante linguistique de son accueil est importante. Se référant à son expérience dans l'évaluation des services offerts par les institutions fédérales et dans le domaine judiciaire, le Commissaire [...] a indiqué qu'il avait constaté comment il est important d'avoir en place un système d'offre active de services afin de s'assurer du respect des droits linguistiques et qu'en l'absence d'un tel système, la personne en situation minoritaire est découragée de demander les services en français et opte pour l'anglais, ceux-ci étant immédiatement disponibles.

Spanish

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Record 7 2006-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Atmospheric, Climatic and Meteorological Phenomena
  • Organized Recreation (General)
DEF

A group affiliated with an institution, where at least one person is below the age of majority and that minor is not in the company of a parent or legal guardian. [Parks Canada’s definition.]

CONT

Parents of children in a custodial group need to be aware of the risks. [Example approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.]

OBS

Institutions include but are not limited to schools, churches, clubs, Scouts/Guides, cadets and community youth groups. [Parks Canada’s definition.]

OBS

The group may be led by a teacher, camp counsellor, mountain guide or scout leader, etc. As soon as a person other than a parent or a legal guardian assumes responsibilty for a minor on behalf of an institution, a custodial situation occurs.

OBS

custodial group: term officially approved by the Avalanche Bulletin Terminology Standardization Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phénomènes météorologiques, climatiques et atmosphériques
  • Loisirs organisés (Généralités)
DEF

Groupe appartenant à une institution donnée et dont au moins un des membres est un mineur qui n'est pas accompagné d'un parent ou d'un tuteur. [Définition de Parcs Canada.]

CONT

Les parents des enfants d'un groupe encadré doivent être mis au courant des risques. [Exemple entériné par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.]

OBS

Les institutions auxquelles les groupes peuvent appartenir comprennent entre autres les écoles, les églises ou les paroisses, les groupes de scoutisme, les cadets et les maisons de jeunes. [Définition de Parcs Canada.]

OBS

La personne responsable du groupe peut être un professionnel, un guide de montagne, un enseignant, un moniteur, etc.

OBS

Termes relevés dans les documents de Parcs Canada pour nommer cette notion : groupe gardien, groupe sous la responsabilité d'un gardien. Ces termes sont à éviter, car en français, gardien entre surtout dans la composition des syntagmes suivants : gardien de prison, de musée, de la paix, gardien d'enfants, parent-gardien, etc.

OBS

groupe encadré; groupe encadré par un adulte : termes uniformisés par le Comité d'uniformisation de la terminologie des bulletins d'avalanche.

Spanish

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Record 8 2006-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

To associate fundamentally inconsistent defences like automatism and self defence with each other entails serious risks for the proper conduct of the trial, the assessment of the facts and the determination of the parties’ legal situation by the jury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
CONT

L'association de défenses fondamentalement contradictoires comme l'automatisme et le plaidoyer de légitime défense comporte de forts risques pour la bonne conduite du procès, l'appréciation des faits et l'évaluation de la situation juridique des parties par le jury.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-10-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
OBS

This expression refers to all the programs or activities established to manage the linguistic needs of Anglophones and Francophones in a legal context. Given Canada's particular situation as a bijural and bilingual country, government and the legal community play a specific role in Canadian jurilinguistic management.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
OBS

Cette expression désigne l'ensemble des programmes ou des activités établies pour gérer les besoins linguistiques des francophones et des anglophones dans un contexte juridique. En raison de la situation particulière du Canada en tant que pays bijuridique et bilingue, les pouvoirs publics et la communauté juridique jouent un rôle particulier dans l'aménagement jurilinguistique canadien.

Spanish

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Record 10 2006-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
  • Translation (General)
CONT

To associate fundamentally inconsistent defences like automatism and self defence with each other entails serious risks for the proper conduct of the trial, the assessment of the facts and the determination of the parties legal situation by the jury.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
  • Traduction (Généralités)
CONT

L'association de défenses fondamentalement contradictoires comme l'automatisme et le plaidoyer de légitime défense comporte de forts risques pour la bonne conduite du procès, l'appréciation des faits et l'évaluation de la situation juridique des parties par le jury.

Spanish

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Record 11 2005-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
CONT

As a general rule, an individual has no duty to aid another in danger if he did not create the perilous situation. This doctrine of "bad samaritanism" is a prevalent feature of the Anglo-American legal systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

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Record 12 2005-03-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Emergency Management
OBS

A tiered approach to emergency management has evolved in Canada, where-in keeping with the country's legal and constitutional framework-responsibility for initial action in an emergency lies with the individual. The different orders of government only step in as their resources and response capabilities are needed to control and mitigate the situation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Gestion des urgences
OBS

Pour la gestion des urgences, le Canada s'est doté d'une approche hiérarchisée qui respecte son cadre légal et constitutionnel. Ainsi, la responsabilité des premières mesures en cas d'urgence est individuelle en ce sens qu'elle appartient à chaque personne et à chaque entreprise. Les différents ordres de gouvernement n'interviennent que lorsque leurs ressources et leurs capacités d'intervention sont requises pour maîtriser la situation et minimiser les risques et les dommages.

Spanish

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Record 13 2003-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho constitucional
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Record 14 2002-04-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education (General)
DEF

Situation in which pupils of academic ability leave school at the earliest legal opportunity before achieving their scholastic potential.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pédagogie (Généralités)
DEF

Arrêt des études dès que cesse l'obligation scolaire ou avant que cette période soit révolue.

Spanish

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Record 15 2002-01-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Government Accounting
  • Public Sector Budgeting
DEF

A situation where a department commits itself to expenditures in excess of its appropriation. To be legal, over-commitment must be specifically authorized in the Estimates.

Key term(s)
  • overcommitment

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comptabilité publique
  • Budget des collectivités publiques
DEF

Situation où les engagements de dépenses d'un ministère excèdent les limites budgétaires approuvées dans le Budget des dépenses.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Contabilidad pública
  • Presupuestación del sector público
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Record 16 1999-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • War and Peace (International Law)
CONT

In the legal sense, belligerency means war, or a situation of conflict by armed force in which all the participants are legally equal in respect to the hostilities. This implies that all belligerents are bound to observe the laws of war, are free to exercise war powers, and are entitled to expect from other states observance of the law of neutrality.

OBS

While properly applied to international hostilities of this type, the term is more commonly applied to such hostilities arising from civil strife. Belligerency is to be distinguished from piracy brigandage, from insurgency, and from aggression.

French

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

Situation d'un pays en état de guerre.

Spanish

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Record 17 1999-11-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Legal System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

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Record 18 1998-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Relations
DEF

Procedure normally followed in a particular industrial relations situation. May carry as much moral and legal right as an agreed procedure.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations du travail

Spanish

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Record 19 1985-12-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administrative Law
DEF

An act issued unilaterally by an administration and imposing upon the citizen a change in his legal situation without his consent.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit administratif
DEF

Acte émanant de la seule volonté de l'Administration et qui impose au citoyen des changements dans sa situation juridique sans son consentement.

Spanish

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