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UNNECESSARY PAIN [3 records]

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Record 1 2017-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Protection of Farm Animals
CONT

... unnecessary pain is that which is inflicted on a sentient(feeling) creature when it is not for the good of that particular creature.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médecine vétérinaire
  • Protection des animaux (Agric.)
OBS

douleur inutile : terme tiré du mini-lexique «Droit animalier» et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-07-26

English

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

As used in ordinary parlance, "cruelty" signifies a disposition to inflict suffering; to delight in or exhibit indifference to the pain or misery of others; mercilessness or hard-heartedness as exhibited in action. If in the marriage relationship, one spouse by his conduct causes wanton, malicious or unnecessary infliction of pain or suffering upon the body, the feelings or emotions of the other, his conduct may well constitute cruelty which will entitle a petitioner to dissolution of the marriage if, in the court's opinion, it amounts to physical or mental cruelty "of such a kind as to render intolerable the continued cohabitation of the spouses. "

French

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

La cruauté qui constitue un motif de divorce aux termes de la Loi sur le divorce, qu'elle soit physique ou mentale, est une question de fait. L'établissement d'un tel fait doit dépendre de la preuve présentée dans la cause particulière qu'examine le tribunal [...] Le mot «cruauté» suppose une souffrance excessive, une douleur aiguë, le manque d'indulgence, et non pas simplement le mécontentement, l'agacement, la colère ou l'insatisfaction. De plus, la loi énonce que la cruauté doit être de nature à rendre intolérable la continuation de la cohabitation.

OBS

cruauté : 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 3 1993-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Believes that the rights of self-determination and privacy include the right to control decisions relating to one's own medical care. Opposes the use of medical procedures that prolong the dying process, causing unnecessary pain and suffering.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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