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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2012-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
CONT

[A] ccreted lands are additions to the area of realty from gradual deposit by water of solid material, whether mud, sand, or sediment, producing dry land which before was covered by water, along banks of navigable or unnavigable bodies of water.(American Law of Property, Vol. III, p. 855).

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
OBS

Lorsque le terme anglais «accreted land» est un collectif, il y a lieu d'employer «terres d'accroissement».

OBS

terre d'accroissement : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Key term(s)
  • terres d'accroissement

Spanish

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Record 2 2004-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Toponymy
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • Geomorphology and Geomorphogeny
DEF

Series of major unnavigable rapids.

CONT

Kodak Cataract, B.C.

OBS

Rare; used in B.C.

OBS

cataract: term and definition validated by the Canadian Permanent Committee on Geographical Names (CPCGN) within the scope of its glossary (BT-176) which is the first authoritative publication on generics in use in Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymie
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Géomorphologie et géomorphogénie
OBS

Non attesté en français au Québec.

OBS

cataracte : terme uniformisé par le Comité permanent canadien des noms géographiques (CPCNG) dans le cadre du glossaire BT-176 faisant autorité sur la question des génériques en usage au Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Toponimia
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Geomorfología y geomorfogénesis
DEF

Caída del agua de un río de gran caudal en un fuerte desnivel.

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Record 3 1997-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Place Names (outside Canada)
OBS

City, capital of Tambov Oblast on unnavigable Isna, central Russian S. F. S. R.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Toponymes (hors Canada)
OBS

Ville de Russie, au sud-est de Moscou.

Spanish

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Record 4 1995-09-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hydrology and Hydrography
  • River and Sea Navigation
DEF

not navigable.

CONT

The [Colombian Amazon] is protected from encroachment from the east by its rivers, all but one of them(the Río Putumayo) unnavigable.

CONT

unnavigable streams.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Hydrologie et hydrographie
  • Navigation fluviale et maritime
CONT

Mer non navigable.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Hidrología e hidrografía
  • Navegación fluvial y marítima
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