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Record 1 2016-01-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

... conduct falling below the standard established for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm. This standard of conduct is ordinarily measured by what the reasonable man of ordinary prudence would do in the circumstances.

OBS

The tort.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Vocabulaire général
OBS

négligence : 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 2015-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Negligence is commonly defined to include both acts and omissions involving an unreasonable risk of harm... In some respects, however, it is still important to advert to the distinction, deeply rooted in the common law, between misfeasance and nonfeasance, between active misconduct working positive steps to benefit others or to protect them from some impending harm.

CONT

The early common law furnished redress only for injury wrought directly by affirmative misconduct ... Inaction was too remote a focus for imposing legal responsibility.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 3 2012-04-27

English

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

Negligence is conduct falling below the standard established for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm. This standard of conduct is ordinarily measured by what the reasonable man of ordinary prudence would do in the circumstances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
OBS

norme de conduite : 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 4 2012-04-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Whether the act or omission in question is one which a reasonable man would recognize as posing an unreasonable risk must be determined by balancing the magnitude of the risk... against the difficulty, expense or other disadvantage of desisting from the venture or taking a particular precaution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
OBS

omission : Terme emprunté au droit civil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
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Record 5 2012-03-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
DEF

Absence of advantage; an unfavourable condition or circumstance.

CONT

Whether the act or omission in question is one which a reasonable man would recognize as posing an unreasonable risk must be determined by balancing the magnitude of the risk... against the difficulty, expense or other disadvantage of desisting from the venture or taking a particular precaution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

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Record 6 2009-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Private Law
CONT

Whether the act or omission in question is one which a reasonable man would recognize as posing an unreasonable risk must be determined by balancing the magnitude of the risk... against the difficulty, expense or any other disadvantage or desisting from the venture or taking a particular precaution.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit privé

Spanish

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Record 7 2009-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Conduct is negligent if it creates an unreasonable risk of harm.... If the hazard outweighs the social value of the activity, liability is imposed; if it does not, the defendant is exonerated.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

Un comportement peut constituer une négligence s'il comporte des risques excessifs de préjudice. [...] Si les risques créés excèdent la valeur sociale de l'activité, la responsabilité du défendeur sera engagée, et inversement.

Spanish

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Record 8 2007-08-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Federal Government Programs (Canadian)
  • Postal Service
OBS

Canada Post. To address the safety of rural mailbox delivery, Canada Post enlisted the advice of independent traffic safety specialists to develop a consistent process and detailed criteria for assessing all rural mailboxes across the country. The safety assessment measures a range of factors which, individually or taken together, can determine whether delivering to a rural mailbox constitutes an unreasonable risk. The assessment criteria are being applied to all rural mailboxes across the country over a three-year period.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de programmes fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Postes
OBS

Postes Canada. Pour évaluer la sécurité de la livraison aux boîtes aux lettres rurales, Postes Canada a eu recours aux conseils de spécialistes indépendants en matière de sécurité routière afin d'élaborer des critères précis et un procédé d'évaluation uniforme de toutes les boîtes aux lettres rurales au pays. L'évaluation de la sécurité mesure une série de facteurs qui, individuellement ou collectivement, peuvent déterminer si la livraison à une boîte aux lettres rurale constitue un risque déraisonnable. Les critères d'évaluation seront appliqués à toutes les boîtes aux lettres rurales au pays sur une période de trois ans.

Spanish

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Record 9 2006-10-17

English

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

By disregarding the right to freedom of religion without considering the possibility of a solution that posed little or no risk to the safety of the school community, the council made an unreasonable decision.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

En faisant abstraction du droit à la liberté de religion sans étudier les solutions de rechange qui ne posaient que peu ou pas de risques pour la sécurité dans l'école, le conseil a rendu une décision déraisonnable.

Spanish

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Record 10 - external organization data 2005-06-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Nuclear Plant Safety
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
DEF

Any system of the plant that, if it fails to meet its design or performance specifications, could result in unreasonable risk to the health and safety of persons, to national security or to the environment.

Key term(s)
  • risk significant system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sûreté des centrales nucléaires
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
DEF

Tout système de la centrale nucléaire qui, s'il ne satisfait pas aux spécifications de conception et de performance, peut entraîner un risque inacceptable pour la santé et la sécurité des personnes, pour la sécurité nationale ou pour l'environnement.

Spanish

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Record 11 - external organization data 2004-12-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire

Spanish

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Record 12 2004-03-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Private Law
DEF

Something that is established by authority, custom, or general consent as a model or example to be followed.

CONT

Negligence is conduct falling below the standard established for the protection of others against unreasonable risk of harm. This standard of conduct is ordinarily measured by what the reasonable man of ordinary prudence would do in the circumstances.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit privé
OBS

norme : Terme emprunté au droit civil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho privado
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Record 13 - external organization data 2002-02-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Environment
  • Radiation Protection
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

... any other information that is necessary to enable the Commission or the designated officer to determine whether the device poses an unreasonable risk to the environment, the health and safety of persons or national security and whether certification of the device would be in conformity with measures of control and international obligations to which Canada has agreed.

OBS

Regulation cited: Nuclear Substances and Radiation Devices Regulations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Santé et sécurité au travail
  • Environnement
  • Radioprotection
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

[...] à la demande de la Commission, tout autre renseignement dont la Commission ou le fonctionnaire désigné a besoin pour déterminer si l'appareil présente un danger inacceptable pour l'environnement, la santé et la sécurité des personnes ou la sécurité nationale, et si l'homologation de l'appareil est conforme aux mesures de contrôle et aux obligations internationales que le Canada a assumées.

OBS

Règlement cité : Règlement sur les substances nucléaires et les appareils à rayonnement.

Spanish

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Record 14 - external organization data 2001-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

For the purpose of section 7 of the Act, the Commission may grant an exemption if doing so will not(a) pose an unreasonable risk to the environment or the health and safety of persons... [General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations]

French

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

Pour l'application de l'article 7 de la Loi, la Commission peut accorder une exemption si cela : a) ne crée pas de danger inacceptable pour l'environnement ou la santé et la sécurité des personnes [...] [Règlement général sur la sûreté et la réglementation nucléaires]

Spanish

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Record 15 - external organization data 2001-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)
  • Official Documents
  • Compartment - Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission
CONT

For the purpose of section 25 of the Act, the Commission may renew a licence on its own motion if failure to renew the licence could pose an unreasonable risk to the environment, the health and safety of persons or national security. [General Nuclear Safety and Control Regulations]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
  • Documents officiels
  • Tiroir - Commission canadienne de sûreté nucléaire
CONT

Pour l'application de l'article 25 de la Loi, la Commission peut, de sa propre initiative, renouveler un permis si le non-renouvellement pourrait créer un danger inacceptable pour l'environnement, la santé et la sécurité des personnes ou la sécurité nationale. [Règlement général sur la sûreté et la réglementation nucléaires]

Spanish

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Record 16 2001-03-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 17 2000-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • IT Security
DEF

A computer risk, which were it to occur, would be extremely harmful and that must therefore be prevented by all available means.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité des TI
DEF

Risque informatique dont la réalisation constituerait une menace au fonctionnement d'une organisation et qui, doit être réduit au minimum par tous les moyens possibles.

Spanish

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Record 18 1989-06-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Security
  • Toxicology
  • Occupational Health and Safety
OBS

"risk": The predicted or actual frequency of occurrence of an adverse effect of a chemical substance or mixture from a given exposure to humans or the environment.

CONT

The definition of risk can be used as the foundation for the definition of unacceptable(unreasonable) risk. "Unacceptable risk" is a term that is applied under some legislation by a decision-maker when the risk(s) associated with an activity are found to be unjustified by the social and economic benefits derived from the activity.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sécurité
  • Toxicologie
  • Santé et sécurité au travail

Spanish

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