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Record 1 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Maritime Law
CONT

This Act, which must be regarded as the actual beginning of the modern rule as to the limitation of shipowners’ liability, referred only to British-owned vessels, and the limit of liability was the value of the ship and the freight which she was earning or was under contract to earn.(Roscoe, Admiralty Jurisdiction and Practice of the High Court of Justice, 1931, p. 232).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit maritime

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho marítimo
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Record 2 2026-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Position Titles
  • Courts
CONT

... any... may... act as a judge of the... Court and while so acting has all the powers of a judge of the Court and shall be referred to as a deputy judge of the Court.

OBS

A paradox: there can be no delegation of judicial authority, hence no deputy judge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de postes
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Denominación de puestos
  • Tribunales
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Record 3 2016-09-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Health Law
CONT

The court may make an order for full guardianship of the person only if the court finds that the person is incapable in respect of all the functions referred to in section 45 [of the Substitute Decisions Act, 1992].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Droit de la santé
CONT

Le tribunal ne peut rendre une ordonnance de tutelle absolue de la personne que s’il constate que la personne est incapable à l’égard de toutes les fonctions visées à l’article 45 [de la Loi de 1992 sur la prise de décisions au nom d’autrui].

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-09-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Legal Actions
  • Penal Law
DEF

Attending trial when there is a finding of guilt as opposed to a guilty plea.

CONT

Upon the service upon the party or witness of an order referred to in section 43, and of an appointment of a time and place for the examination of such party or witness signed by the person named in the order for taking the examination, or, if more than one person is named, then by one of the persons named, and upon payment or tender of the like conduct money as is properly payable upon attendance at a trial, the order may be enforced in like manner as an order made by the court or judge in a cause pending in such court or before such judge.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Actions en justice
  • Droit pénal
CONT

Présence au procès – Cette rubrique couvre toute affaire dans laquelle l’avocat assiste au procès lorsqu’il s’agit d’un procès donnant lieu à une déclaration de culpabilité, par opposition à un plaidoyer de culpabilité.

Spanish

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Record 5 2015-02-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
CONT

Where a solicitor fails to respond to a request referred to in paragraph(1) within 7 days from service, or declares that the document was not so issued, any other party to the proceeding may apply, without notice, for an order staying or dismissing the proceeding and, where the proceeding is stayed, no further step may be taken without leave of the court.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
CONT

Si l'avocat ne répond pas à la demande visée au paragraphe (1) dans les 7 jours de la signification ou s'il déclare que le document n'a pas été ainsi émis, une autre partie à l'instance peut demander à la cour, sans préavis, d'ordonner la suspension ou le rejet de l'instance. Si l'instance est suspendue, aucune autre étape ne peut être entreprise sans la permission de la cour.

Spanish

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Record 6 2015-01-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
  • Courts
CONT

The decisions referred to are not only those of the Permanent Court of International Justice and the International Court of Justice. They include all international courts and municipal courts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
  • Tribunaux
DEF

tribunal international : Organe institué par accord entre deux ou plusieurs États ou par décision d'un organe international qualifié à cet effet, pour statuer, conformément aux règles du droit, par décision ayant force de chose jugée, sur les différends qui lui sont soumis et qui rentrent dans sa compétence. P. ex. : Cour internationale de Justice, Tribunal arbitral, Tribunal administratif des Nations Unies.

DEF

juge international : Terme par lequel on peut désigner quiconque est chargé, en vertu d'un accord entre État ou de la décision d'une autorité internationale compétente à cet effet, trancher un différend entre États par une décision juridiquement obligatoire pour ceux-ci, qu'il s'agisse d'un arbitre unique, d'un tribunal arbitral, d'un organe judiciaire permanent ou d'une commission investie d'un semblable pouvoir de décision.

CONT

L'on peut comprendre par juridiction internationale tout organe de qui la fonction est de trancher en droit et au nom des souverainetés en litige le différend surgi entre celles-ci.

Spanish

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Record 7 2013-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Courts
DEF

An officer appointed by a court of equity to assist the court.

CONT

master in chancery. An officer of a court of chancery who acts as an assistant to the judge or chancellor. His duties are to inquire into such matters as may be referred to him by the court, examine causes, take testimony, take accounts, compute damages, etc., reporting his findings to the court in such shape that a decree may be made; also to take oaths and affidavits and acknowledgments of deeds.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Tribunaux
CONT

Toute partie à interroger oralement pour l'application de la présente loi, doit être ainsi interrogée par ou devant un juge [...] un conseiller maître de la chancellerie, un greffier de la Couronne ou un commissaire-enquêteur spécial du tribunal devant lequel cette pétition d'élection est en cours [...]

CONT

Comme il était conseiller à la cour de la chancellerie depuis 1823, et qu’en 1838 il en était le conseiller principal, sa nomination allait de soi. Il semble avoir rempli cette fonction avec distinction jusqu’à la suppression du poste en 1854, lors d’une réorganisation de la magistrature [...]

Spanish

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Record 8 2012-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Administration (Indigenous Peoples)
  • Aboriginal Law
DEF

A Nisga’a Government body, board, commission, or tribunal established under Nisga’a law, such as a school board, health board, or police board, but does not include the Nisga’a Court referred to in the Administration of Justice Chapter.

OBS

Nisga’a public institution: term and definition taken from the Nisga’a Final Agreement [the letter "g" in Nisga’a should be underlined].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration (Peuples Autochtones)
  • Droit autochtone
DEF

Organisme, conseil, commission ou tribunal du gouvernement Nisga'a établi en vertu d'une loi Nisga'a, tel qu'un conseil scolaire, un conseil de santé ou une commission de police, mais ne comprend pas la Cour Nisga'a mentionnée au chapitre intitulé Administration de la justice.

OBS

institution publique Nisga'a : terme et définition relevés dans l'Accord définitif Nisga'a [la lettre «g» dans Nisga'a devrait être soulignée].

Spanish

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Record 9 2012-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

After hearing the application, the court may dismiss it if the grounds referred to in paragraph 524(1)(a) or(b), as the case may be, are not established and, where they are established, shall declare the election null and void or may annul the election, respectively.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Au terme de l'audition, il peut rejeter la requête; si les motifs sont établis et selon qu'il s'agit d'une requête fondée sur les alinéas 524(1)a) ou b), il doit constater la nullité de l'élection du candidat ou il peut prononcer son annulation.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Sistemas electorales y partidos políticos
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 10 2012-06-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
  • Electoral Systems and Political Parties
CONT

Any person referred to in subsection 526(1) may, within 15 days after being served with the application, file with the court a notice of appearance if he or she wishes to take part in the proceedings.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
  • Systèmes électoraux et partis politiques
CONT

Les personnes visées au paragraphe 526(1) disposent de quinze jours après la signification de la requête pour déposer au tribunal un avis de comparution si elles veulent participer à la procédure.

Spanish

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Record 11 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

Any stroke that for some reason is replayed without penalty. In an average game, only two types of let are encountered : 1) when called solely in respect of a service that one service only shall be replayed; 2) when called under any other circumstance, the point shall be replayed. For instance, a serve that nicks the top of the net, then bounces in the proper service court is to be replayed. By extension, also a call made by the umpire or by one of the players to indicate that a point should be replayed because of a stray ball rolling across the court. Sometimes the term "let" is mistakenly referred to as a "net serve". A "let" is also played if, for instance, the receiver of a service is not ready to start; if one player involuntarily hinders his opponent; or if a player is hindered in playing by an external agency.

CONT

Service lets. If, during t he serving process a let is called because the ball served touched the top of the net and fell in the service area, that serve, and that serve only is taken over again.

OBS

Caution: If the ball touches the net on a service, the net judge will call "net", or sometimes "filet"(French Open). The umpire, however, will call "let", since "let" is the official call he must make. This distinction is not always upheld in social play, where informally one hears the following expressions: "two", "take two", or "play two", i.e. take two serves since the first one touched the net (and landed in), "play one", "take one", "second serve", i.e. first serve touched the net and landed out. Moreover, for precision, the term "let" is sometimes qualified: service let.

PHR

To call, claim, play a let.

PHR

Service let.

PHR

Let call.

Key term(s)
  • service let

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Coup ou service à rejouer.

CONT

Le let au service. Si la balle de service touche le filet et retombe en jeu, on ne rejoue que ce service. Dans tous les autres cas, le let implique la reprise du point.

CONT

[...] l'arbitre de chaise [...] est assisté de dix personnes, sans compter le juge de faute de pied et celui au filet chargé d'annoncer les balles let ou celles passant à travers ou sous le filet.

OBS

[...] l'arbitre [...] ordonne de rejouer le point quand un joueur a été gêné dans l'exécution d'un coup pour une raison indépendante de sa volonté; [... ou quand une] balle d'engagement, tombée dans la surface après avoir touché le filet, est à rejouer. [...]

OBS

«Let» : mot anglais prononcé par l'arbitre pour indiquer qu'un point est à rejouer, parce que la balle a touché le filet ou pour toute autre raison.

OBS

On ne dit «net» qu'à propos d'une balle de service qui touche la bande du filet. Mais le fait de rejouer le point est appelé un «let». Normalement, c'est le juge de filet qui dit «filet» ou «net» et l'arbitre ordonne un «let». S'il n'y a pas de juge de filet, l'arbitre devrait annoncer «net-let». Habituellement, il se contente de dire «let». Dans tous les cas autres que le service où il faut rejouer un point, la balle est annoncée «let». Voir aussi «net», «filet», ou «balle net».

PHR

Annoncer, jouer, réclamer let.

Key term(s)
  • let au service
  • nul

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes de raqueta
DEF

Un punto que se vuelve a jugar.

CONT

[...] cuando la jugada se declare nula con respecto únicamente a un servicio, solamente se volverá a jugar este servicio.

CONT

El saque deberá ser considerado nulo (let).

CONT

En caso de pelota nula, la jugada no cuenta para nada y el que saca deberá servir de nuevo, pero una pelota nula no invalida una falta precedente.

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Record 12 2010-12-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Legal Profession: Organization
DEF

A judge who sits on a court that has jurisdiction exclusively over matters involving juveniles, such as suits involving child abuse and neglect, matters involving status offenses, and, sometimes, suits to terminate parental rights.

OBS

"youth justice court judge" means a youth court justice referred to in section 13(Youth Criminal Justice Act 2002, C-1)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Organisation de la profession (Droit)
CONT

Les adolescents ne se présentent pas aux mêmes tribunaux que les adultes. Il existe un Tribunal spécial pour la jeunesse. Le juge du Tribunal de la jeunesse va s’assurer que l’adolescent a les services d’un avocat.

OBS

Tout juge du tribunal pour adolescents visé par l'article 13. (Loi sur le système de justice pénale pour les adolescents (2006, ch. 1)

Spanish

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Record 13 2008-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Language Rights
CONT

The Supreme Court of Canada has held that section 133 itself does not prevent Parliament from enacting laws that confer "additional rights or privileges" or impose "additional obligations respecting the use of English and French, if done in relation to matters within the competence of the enacting Legislature". That proposition, which is referred to as the "principle of advancement", was confirmed by subsection 16(3) of the Charter.

Key term(s)
  • advancement principle
  • progress principle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit linguistique
CONT

La Cour suprême du Canada confirme que l'article 133 lui-même n'empêche pas le Parlement du Canada d'adopter des lois qui confèrent « des droits ou privilèges additionnels » ou imposent « des obligations additionnelles relativement à l'usage de l'anglais et du français, si cela est fait relativement à des matières qui relèvent de la compétence de la législature légiférant en ce sens ». Cette thèse, dite du « principe de progression », a été confirmée au paragraphe 16(3) de la Charte.

Spanish

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Record 14 2008-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organization Planning
  • Management Control
  • The Legislature (Constitutional Law)
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Although in considering the purpose of the NB OLA [Official Languages Act of New Brunswick], the Court of Appeal referred to Beaulac and acknowledged the importance of an interpretation that emphasizes “the protection and development of official language communities”, we submit that it relegated the purpose of language rights to the second tier. Instead, it relied on other “indicators” of legislative intent, including the overall scheme of the Act and the principle of the statutory coherency, which, in our submission, became the determining factors in its analysis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Planification d'organisation
  • Contrôle de gestion
  • Pouvoir législatif (Droit constitutionnel)
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Bien que dans le cadre de son examen de l'objet de la LLO [Loi sur les langues officielles] du NB [New Brunswick], la Cour d'appel se soit référée à l'affaire Beaulac et ait reconnu l'importance d'une « interprétation visant la protection et l'épanouissement des collectivités de langue officielle », nous soumettons qu'elle a relégué l'objet des droits linguistiques au second plan. Elle a plutôt privilégié d'autres « indicateurs » de l'intention du législateur, dont l'économie générale de la loi et le principe de la cohérence de la loi, qui, à notre avis, sont devenus les facteurs déterminants de son analyse.

Spanish

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Record 15 2008-03-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
CONT

Finally, on the question of costs and related charges, Mr. Knopf had referred to subsection 81(2) of the OLA [Official Language Act], which provides that where a court is of the opinion that an application raises an important new principle in relation to the Act, it shall order that costs be awarded to the applicant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

Finalement, sur la question des dépens et des frais afférents, M. Knopf avait invoqué le paragraphe 81(2) de la LLO [Loi sur les langues officielles] qui prévoit qu'un tribunal accordera les frais et les dépens à l'auteur d'un recours dans les cas où il estime que l'objet du recours soulève un principe important et nouveau quant à cette loi.

Spanish

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Record 16 2008-03-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Position Titles
OBS

Terms usually used in the plural

OBS

Law Lords. A colloquial term signifying sometimes the Lords of Appeal in Ordinary and sometimes the rather larger body of persons who may sit in the House of Lords in its judicial capacity to hear appeals.

OBS

Judges are the only Canadians still entitled to be addressed as if they were peers of the realm, but the nation's supreme law lords and ladies have voted to renounce their "anachronistic" titles. "Counsel are asked to refrain from addressing the judges as ’my lord’, ’my lady’, ’your lordship’ or ’your ladyship’, "instructs a notice handed out last week to lawyers at the beginning of the Supreme Court of Canada's fall session. "Supreme Court judges, in court or otherwise, would prefer to be referred to as ’Justice Smith’ or ’Justice Jones’ rather than ’my lord’ or ’my lady’, "Justice Major said in an interview. "My lord" and "my lady" remains the standard form of address in Canadian appeal courts, and is also used by some federally appointed trial courts. Provincial court judges, however, are addressed as "your honour". "Your honour" is now used by judges in Australia, New Zealand and the U. S. federal courts, except in the United States Supreme Court, where "Justice" is the correct form of address.

Key term(s)
  • law lord

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Titres de postes
OBS

Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • lord juriste

Spanish

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Record 17 2008-01-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Constitutional Law
CONT

The Court of Appeal also referred to the unwritten constitutional principle of the protection of minorities, which can be used as an aid to interpretation. It stressed that this unwritten principle can be important for the purposes of interpreting an existing constitutional text. However, the Court cautioned against any use of the principle to establish a free-standing right unrelated to a specific provision in the Constitution...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit constitutionnel
CONT

La Cour d'appel a fait mention aussi du principe constitutionnel non écrit de la protection des minorités, qui peut servir également d'aide à l'interprétation. Elle a souligné que ce principe non écrit peut être important pour interpréter un texte constitutionnel existant non sans ajouter que ce principe ne peut être invoqué pour établir un droit indépendant, non lié à une disposition précise de la Constitution [...]

Spanish

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Record 18 2007-02-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Labour Disputes
  • Labour Law
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

An adjudicator may, in relation to any matter referred to adjudication...(d) accept any evidence, whether admissible in a court of law or not... [Public Service Modernization Act, 2003].

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Conflits du travail
  • Droit du travail
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Pour instruire toute affaire dont il est saisi, l'arbitre de grief peut : [...] d) accepter des éléments de preuve, qu'ils soient admissibles ou non en justice [...] [Loi sur la modernisation de la fonction publique, 2003].

Spanish

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Record 19 2006-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A certified official who has been trained to preside over one match at a time, sitting in an umpire chair.

CONT

In serious play there is an officiating chair umpire(usually referred to as the umpire), who sits in a raised chair to one side of the court. The umpire has absolute authority to determine matters of fact. The chair umpire may be assisted by line umpires, who determine whether the ball has landed within the required part of the court and who also call foot faults.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Seul chargé de la police générale du court pendant la partie et prend ses décisions en s'appuyant sur le règlement et les procédures d'arbitrage.

CONT

Assis sur une chaise haute dans le prolongement de l'axe du filet, de part ou d'autre de la surface du jeu, l'arbitre de chaise annonce le score et l'inscrit sur une feuille dite d'arbitrage enregistrant ainsi les décisions des juges de lignes [...] L'arbitre de chaise peut aussi donner un avertissement aux joueurs ou remplacer un juge de ligne s'il l'estime nécessaire. Ses décisions sont sans appel sur la matérialité des faits mais il ne peut modifier celle des juges de ligne.

OBS

Officiels de l'arbitrage : 1 juge-arbitre, des arbitres de chaise assistés de juges de lignes, de fautes de pied, de filet.

OBS

Phraséologie complémentaire : injonction au silence de l'arbitre.

CONT

[...] il a échangé quelques propos peu amers avec l'arbitre de chaise.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Nombramiento de cargos (Generalidades)
  • Deportes de raqueta
OBS

En los encuentros dirigidos por un juez de silla, la decisión de éste es inapelable. Pero cuando exista también un juez-árbitro, se podrá recurrir a él para la resolución de un punto de derecho. En este caso, la decisión del juez-árbitro es definitiva.

CONT

Son considerados como accesorios permanentes de la pista, no sólo la red, postes, cuerda o cable metálico, cincha, y franja de tela, sino también, cuando los haya, las telas metálicas, los fondos, tribunas, asientos fijos o transportables, las sillas situadas alrededor de la pista y sus ocupantes, así como todos aquellos elementos colocados en torno o encima de la misma, y el juez de silla, el juez de faltas de pie y los jueces de línea, cuando se hallen en sus puestos respectivos.

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Record 20 2006-01-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Provincial Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Courts
OBS

Most provinces... have a court, presided over by justices of the peace, for minor offences such as infractions of the provincial and municipal laws. In Québec, this is referred to as the Court of Justices of the Peace...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités de gouvernements provinciaux canadiens
  • Tribunaux
OBS

Constitué par la loi provinciale, le Tribunal des juges de paix ne siège plus que dans quelques sous-régions non organisées du Québec, et son importance est devenue marginale.

Spanish

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Record 21 2005-07-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • National and International Security
  • Citizenship and Immigration
CONT

No security or criminal intelligence report referred to in subsection 39(1), 40(1) or 83(1) may be required to be produced in evidence in any court or other proceeding.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité nationale et internationale
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
CONT

Nul ne peut, devant une Cour ou dans une procédure quelconque, exiger la production des rapports secrets en matière de sécurité ou de criminalité, visés au paragraphe 39(1), 40(1) ou 83(1).

Spanish

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Record 22 2005-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
  • Legal Actions
  • Special-Language Phraseology
CONT

Notwithstanding section 650, where an accused is charged with an offence referred to in subsection(2. 102), the presiding judge or justice, as the case may be, may order that any witness testify... outside the court room or behind a screen or other device that would allow the witness not to see the accused, if the judge or justice is of the opinion that the order is necessary to obtain a full and candid account from the witness.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
  • Actions en justice
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
CONT

Par dérogation à l'article 650, lorsqu'une personne est accusée d'une infraction mentionnée au paragraphe (2.102), le juge qui préside le procès ou le juge de paix peut ordonner qu'un témoin dépose [...] à l'extérieur de la salle d'audience ou derrière un écran ou un dispositif qui permet au témoin de ne pas voir l'accusé s'il est d'avis que cela est nécessaire pour obtenir du témoin un récit complet et franc des faits.

Spanish

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Record 23 2004-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
DEF

Preliminary exception by which the defendant urges that a suit be referred to the competent court or, if there is no such court, that it be dismissed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
DEF

Moyen invoqué au cours de la procédure consistant à contester le pouvoir du juge de statuer sur le différend à lui soumis.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Reglamento procesal
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Record 24 2003-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Phraseology
OBS

Judges of the high courts : These judges are addressed in court or court precincts as "My Lord" where otherwise they would be addressed "Sir". They are only addressed as "Your Lordship" when otherwise the word "you" would be used. In the third person, these judges are referred to as "Their Lordships"(plural) or "His Lordship"(singular).

OBS

Judges are the only Canadians still entitled to be addressed as if they were peers of the realm, but the nation's supreme law lords and ladies have voted to renounce their "anachronistic" titles. "Counsel are asked to refrain from addressing the judges as ’my lord’, ’my lady’, ’your lordship’ or ’your ladyship’, "instructs a notice handed out last week to lawyers at the beginning of the Supreme Court of Canada's fall session. "Supreme Court judges, in court or otherwise, would prefer to be referred to as ’Justice Smith’ or ’Justice Jones’ rather than ’my lord’ or ’my lady’, "Justice Major said in an interview. "My lord" and "my lady" remains the standard form of address in Canadian appeal courts, and is also used by some federally appointed trial courts. Provincial court judges, however, are addressed as "your honour". "Your honour" is now used by judges in Australia, New Zealand and the U. S. federal courts, except in the United States Supreme Court, where "Justice" is the correct form of address.

Key term(s)
  • lordship
  • ladyship

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Phraséologie
OBS

Si on s'adresse à un juge, on dira «Votre Seigneurie». Si plusieurs juges siègent, on dira «Vos Seigneuries».

Key term(s)
  • seigneurie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tribunales
  • Fraseología
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Record 25 2002-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Basketball
DEF

The area where teams line up to shoot foul shots, formerly shaped like a key.

CONT

At each end of the court a free-throw lane is marked. It is a rectangle 12 ft wide and extending 19 ft from the end-line. A semi-circle with a radius of 6 ft is drawn from the center of the free-throw lane giving the lane some resemblance to a keyhole. Hence it is normally referred to as the "key". No player is allowed to remain in the key for more than 3 sec. when his team has the possession of the ball.

CONT

From the ends of the foul line to the base line run two lines that form the free throw lane, or foul lane. ... In international play the foul lane is 17 feet wide at the base line, and therefore its lines slant outward from the 12-foot-wide free throw lane.

Key term(s)
  • free throw lane
  • free-shot lane
  • free shot lane
  • foul-shot lane
  • foul shot lane
  • foul lane

French

Domaine(s)
  • Basket-ball
DEF

Zone où se range l'équipe pour exécuter les pénalités [...].

OBS

Autrefois, cette zone avait la forme d'une clé.

OBS

Installations/matériel.

Key term(s)
  • zone de lancer-franc
  • couloir de lancer-franc
  • zone de coup franc
  • couloir de coup franc
  • zone des lancers francs
  • zone des lancers-francs
  • zone des coups francs
  • couloir des lancers-francs
  • couloir des coups francs
  • clé

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Básquetbol
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Record 26 - external organization data 2002-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Radiation Protection
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

Notifying Affected Persons... Where a court, pursuant to paragraph 60(1)(d) of the Act, orders an offender to notify any person who is affected by the offender's conduct of the facts relating to a conviction, the offender shall give notice to the person in accordance with rule 44 or by one of the methods referred to in rule 7, as ordered by the court. [Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission Rules of Procedure]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Radioprotection
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Avis aux victimes [...] Lorsque le tribunal, en vertu de l'alinéa 60(1)d) de la Loi, ordonne au contrevenant d'aviser toute victime des faits liés à la déclaration de culpabilité, celui-ci obtempère en conformité avec l'article 44 ou selon l'une des méthodes prévues à l'article 7, selon ce qu'ordonne le tribunal. [Règles de procédures de la Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire]

Spanish

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Record 27 2001-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

[Probate] is a certificate granted... to the effect that the will of a certain person has been proved and registered in the court and that administration of his effects has been granted to the executor proving the will... The whole is commonly referred to as the probate, but inaccurately, the certificate being the probate, and the copy of the will being the probate copy.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)

Spanish

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Record 28 2001-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Property Law (civil law)
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

Dispossession : deprival of the right to possess a thing, including the right to occupy land and buildings, and meaning in its widest sense deprival of the right to own it. The French and Spanish terms, as well as dispossession and eviction, apply theorically to all forms of property, but all of them are used in particular of land and buildings; this is especially true of eviction, to which dispossession should therefore be preferred unless the context clearly indicates that the eviction concerns land and buildings, e. g. in the case of squatters being evicted from housing by court order. The dispossession referred by the French and Spanish terms is that suffered by a purchaser or a lessee or hirer of property as a result of a claim by a party extraneous to the sale or the lease or hire and includes threat at dispossession and harassment.

OBS

Reproduced from Law Terminology with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (droit civil)
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de propiedad (derecho civil)
  • Derecho de propiedad (common law)
OBS

Reproducido de Law Terminology con la autorización de la Oficina de Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 29 2000-11-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Phraseology
OBS

Judges of the high courts : These judges are addressed in court or in court precincts as "My Lord" where otherwise they would be addressed as "Sir". They are only addressed as "Your Lordship" when otherwise the word "you" would be used. In the third person, these judges are referred to as "Their Lordships"(plural) or "His Lordship"(singular).

OBS

Judges are the only Canadians still entitled to be addressed as if they were peers of the realm, but the nation's supreme law lords and ladies have voted to renounce their "anachronistic" titles. "Counsel are asked to refrain from addressing the judges as ’my lord’, ’my lady’, ’your lordship’ or ’your ladyship’, "instructs a notice handed out last week to lawyers at the beginning of the Supreme Court of Canada's fall session. "Supreme Court judges, in court or otherwise, would prefer to be referred to as ’Justice Smith’ or ’Justice Jones’ rather than ’my lord’ or ’my lady’, "Justice Major said in an interview. "My lord" and "my lady" remains the standard form of address in Canadian appeal courts, and is also used by some federally appointed trial courts. Provincial court judges, however, are addressed as "your honour. ""Your honour" is now used by judges in Australia, New Zealand and the U. S. federal courts, except in the United States Supreme Court, where "Justice" is the correct form of address.

Key term(s)
  • lord
  • lady

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Phraséologie
Key term(s)
  • Seigneurie

Spanish

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Record 30 1999-11-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

The compulsory jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice depends upon a prior declaration of acceptance under Article 36(2) of the Statute, which reads :"The states parties to the present Statute may at any time declare that they recognize as compulsory ipso facto and without special agreement, in relation to any other state accepting the same obligation, the jurisdiction of the Court in all legal disputes concerning : a) the interpretation of a treaty; b) any question of international law; c) the existence of any fact which, if established, would constitute a breach of an international obligation; d) the nature or extent of the reparation to be made for the breach of an international obligation. "Although this jurisdiction is generally referred to as "compulsory"..., it is only compulsory once the declaration is made and within the limits of that declaration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
OBS

La compétence de la CIJ [Cour internationale de Justice] est définie à l'Article 36, par. 1 et 2 du Statut de la Cour, comme suit : 1) La compétence de la Cour s'étend à toutes les affaires que les parties lui soumettront, ainsi qu'à tous les cas spécialement prévus dans la Charte des Nations Unies ou dans les traités et conventions en vigueur.

OBS

Reproduit de la Liste provisoire de termes juridiques se rapportant aux travaux de la Commission du droit international avec l'autorisation de l'Office des Nations Unies à Genève.

OBS

La juridiction ou compétence obligatoire est exercée non pas par arbitrage mais par une juridiction internationale comme la C.I.J.

Spanish

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Record 31 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Relations
  • International Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Relations internationales
  • Droit international

Spanish

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Record 32 1993-03-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Penal Law
CONT

Since the enactment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982 there have been many cases in which courts in Canada at all levels excepting the Supreme Court of Canada have expressed views on the meaning of "bringing the administration of justice into disrepute" within the meaning of s. 24(2) of the Charter. The most helpful views are contained in several cases extensively reviewed by Coleman, J., in Lysohirka et al.... and start with the comment of Lamer, J. A., in Rothman...(Pre-Charter) wherein he comments at page 152 :... "The judge, in determining whether under the circumstances the use of the statement in the proceedings would bring the administration of justice into disrepute, should consider all of the circumstances of the proceedings, the manner in which the statement was obtained, the degree to which there was a breach of social values, the seriousness of the charge and the effect the exclusion would have on the result of the proceedings. It must also be borne in mind that the investigation of crime and the detection of criminals is not a game to be governed by the Marquess of Queensbury rules. The authorities, in dealing with shrewd and often sophisticated criminals, must sometimes of necessity resort to tricks or other forms of deceit, and should not through the rule be hampered in their work. What should be repressed vigorously is conduct on their part that shocks the community". These comments are now often referred to as the "community shock" test....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit pénal
CONT

Le seuil d'exclusion (...) est fixé plus bas que celui qui découle du "critère de la conduite qui choque la collectivité" énoncé dans l'arrêt Rothman c. La Reine, (1981) 1 R.C.S. 640.

OBS

Les autorités, qui ont affaire à des criminels rusés et souvent sophistiqués, doivent parfois user d'artifices et d'autres formes de supercherie, et ne devraient pas être entravées dans leur travail par l'application de la règle. Ce qu'il faut réprimer avec vigueur, c'est, de leur part, une conduite qui choque la collectivité.

Spanish

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Record 33 1987-05-05

English

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

The court referred to "the tide of precedent" that it saw moving against the privity rule.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)

Spanish

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