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POOR LAW [9 records]

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Record 1 2012-10-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Non-Canadian Laws and Legal Documents
CONT

Athenian law and lawcourts get bad press. Much of the blame for the poor reputation of the Athenian legal system falls on its amateurism, especially as compared to Roman law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques non canadiens

Spanish

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Record 2 2006-04-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • Urban Sociology
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Indeed much of the square was tenanted with settlers of this class, who established a law of possession among themselves. Many of them were earnest workers, but poor in purse. They knew the land was not their own, but toiled on and hazarded the result. In many cases excellent farms were developed by this squatter community, and when the town was set off from Brownyule they were specially enfranchised by the creating act.

CONT

After describing the plight of [a woman] and her family, moving from squatter settlement to squatter settlement, and eventually living under plastic on the sports field of Wallacedene with the winter rains arriving, [she] wrote: "The case brings home the harsh reality that the Constitution’s promise of dignity and equality for all remains for many a distant dream.

CONT

Claudette then moved into the squatter community known as Tent City, located on Toronto’s waterfront.

Key term(s)
  • squatters settlement
  • squatters community

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Sociologie urbaine
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Tent City est la première grand colonie de squatters de l'histoire récente de Toronto. Formé en 1998 par un petit groupe de sans-abri sur un site industriel à l'abandon appartenant à Home Depot, ce bidonville a pris de l'ampleur et s'est enrichi de plusieurs maisons construites de toutes pièces à l'aide de matériaux de fortune.

CONT

Lorsqu'une personne tombe malade, que ce soit dans une colonie de squatters en pleine ville ou dans un village pauvre, faut-il établir les priorités en fonction de la transmissibilité ou non de sa maladie?

Key term(s)
  • colonie de squatteurs
  • agglomération de squatteurs
  • campement de squatteurs

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Sociology (General)
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
OBS

Publication of the Caledon Institute of Social Policy, 1997, par Ken Battle. Information confirmed by the organization.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Sociologie (Généralités)
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
OBS

Publication de Caledon Institute of Social Policy, 1997, par Ken Battle. Information confirmée par l'organisme.

Spanish

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Record 4 1988-10-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Legislation
DEF

a law providing for or regulating the public relief or support of the poor.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Législation sociale
DEF

impôt établi autrefois au profit des hospices et des bureaux de bienfaisance (...)

Spanish

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Record 5 1986-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Scientific and Technical Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire technique et scientifique général

Spanish

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Record 6 1981-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cost of Living
OBS

Everyone hates a landlord and loves a farmer. To protect the poor from being gouged by landlords, maximum rentals are often fixed by law. These fiats may do short-run good; but they may also do long-run harm.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Coût de la vie

Spanish

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Record 7 1981-01-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Saving and Consumption
  • Laws of the Market (Economy)
OBS

(...) if each extra dollar brings less and less satisfaction to a man, and if the rich and poor are alike in their capacity to enjoy satisfaction, a dollar taxed away from a millionaire and given to a median-income person is supposed to add more to total utility than it subtracts [, the] so-called "law of diminishing utility".

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épargne et consommation
  • Lois du marché (Économie)

Spanish

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Record 8 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons

Spanish

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Record 9 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi

Spanish

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