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SLOW COURT [3 records]

Record 1 2015-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Security
CONT

When the landowner defaulted, courts of equity were again asked to respond, and developed the system of equitable foreclosure. The landowner's failure to repay the loan no longer resulted in an automatic forfeiture of their ownership interest in the land to the lender. Instead, the lender would have a right to petition a court for a decree of foreclosure, the granting of which would bar the landowner's right to the equity of redemption. The lender would thereby recoup his investment by taking title and possession of the property if the landowner failed to repay the loan within a time fixed by the court. The equitable foreclosure system was slow but fair : the lender could petition the court to give ownership of the land to the lender to repay the loan, but the landowner would have a chance to remedy the default or explain the default when the lender had not behaved reasonably.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

forclusion en equity : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l’accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2012-01-10

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A generic term used to describe any soft, relatively slow and delicate shot hit with very little pace or depth low over the net and usually at an acute angle, but also at the feet of an opponent if he is inside the service court area. Used especially to neutralize the effectiveness of volleying attacks.

OBS

Although a "chip shot" is usually shallow, forcing an opponent to move quickly forward to hit up on a low ball right into the waiting hands of the attacker, the term is not entirely synonymous with "dink". The latter is more generic in that it may refer to any shallow shot hit with much or very little spin. Moreover, it usually implies a certain degree of ruse and deception with the use of body language unlike the neutrality of the term "chip". "Dinker" is the slang term often heard on the courts.

OBS

Not to be confused with a "drop shot" or "drop volley".

PHR

Short dink.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
CONT

La mentalité de la mazette est contenue dans l'expression «une carotte» appliquée à une balle bien placée près du filet.

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Racquet Sports
DEF

A rough surfaced court, such as clay, that produces high balls that slow down after the bounce.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports de raquette
DEF

Court dont la surface inégale a tendance à faire rebondir la balle haut et lentement.

OBS

Terme connexe : adepte des surfaces lentes.

Spanish

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

Podemos [...] dividir las superficies en dos tipos: Pistas rápidas y pistas lentas [...] en estas superficies los jugadores tienen más tiempo para observar la pelota, y esto da lugar a un intercambio de golpes hasta lograr la descolocación del adversario.

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