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LEGAL TEST [7 records]

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Record 1 2017-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

A large local organization founded in 1971. [Its mission is] to provide legal assistance to persons who are physically, mentally, socially, economically or otherwise disadvantaged, through litigation, test cases, public education and law reform endeavours.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

Organisme local de grande envergure fondé en 1971.

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • System Names
  • Environment
OBS

The Environmental Law Information System (ELIS) was created in 1970 in cooperation with the International Council of Environmental Law (ICEL).

OBS

ELIS is a computer-based reference system providing information on and rapid access to a wide varity of "legal" materials. It holds descriptive and bibliographic data on and analysis of the original documents; through extensive abstracts and annotations may be provided it does not contain full test records.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Noms de systèmes
  • Environnement

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombres de sistemas
  • Medio ambiente
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Record 3 2005-10-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
CONT

The Umpire concluded that the Board had erred in law by applying the wage legal test for determining whether the claimant was disqualified...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
CONT

Le juge-arbitre a conclu que le conseil arbitral avait commis une erreur de droit en appliquant le mauvais critère juridique [ ... ]

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-10-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
DEF

A drug that has not passed all the tests to make sure it works and is safe to take. (From source a).

OBS

Usually a new drug is tried out in the test tube first, then on animals, and on a small number of humans. Sometimes researchers also have to prove that the drug works better than a placebo("a sugar pill") before a drug is made legal.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
DEF

Nouveau médicament qui n'a pas été approuvé pour le traitement d'une maladie.

CONT

Le Manisyl est un nouveau médicament expérimental qui fonctionne différemment de tout autre groupe de médicaments anti-VIH. L'antigène Manisyl stimule la reconnaissance de peptides VIH par les cellules destructrices CD8+ et inhibe la reproduction du virus dans les cellules hôtes. Puisqu'il est expérimental, le Manisyl n'a pas encore été approuvé comme médicament pour le traitement de l'infection au VIH.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
OBS

Medicamento en fase experimental cuyos efectos adversos a corto y a largo plazo aún no han sido evaluados.

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Record 5 1998-08-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
CONT

... Until precedent-setting legal opinions become available, the LAO cannot side with either the employer or the employee in submitting to or in refusing a drug test or drug screening in the workplace.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Drogues et toxicomanie

Spanish

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Record 6 1996-09-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Offences and crimes
OBS

the legal term for the state of mental derangement which accompanies or induces the commission of a crime and prevents the criminal from knowing the criminal nature of the act committed. The basic test of insanity is the knowledge of right and wrong; thus mental defect is often confused with mental deficiency.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Infractions et crimes
OBS

Ce sont ceux qui, sous l'influence d'une maladie mentale, commettent des infractions. Source: Bouzat et Pinatel, Traité de droit pénal et de criminologie, t. 1, Paris, 1970.

Spanish

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Record 7 1994-08-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Legal System

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Théorie du droit

Spanish

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