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UNSECURED OBLIGATION [5 records]

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Record 1 2016-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Commercial Law
  • Finance
CONT

A capital obligation is an unsecured indebtedness of the bank subordinate to the claims of depositors and all other creditors of the bank regardless of whether the claims arose before or after the issuance of the note or debenture representing the capital obligation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit commercial
  • Finances
CONT

L’obligation d’immobilisation de la provision d’un chèque bancaire ou postal en cas d’opposition.

Spanish

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Record 2 2016-02-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Investment
  • Stock Exchange
DEF

A short-term promissory note, or unsecured money market obligation, issued by prime rated commercial firms and financial companies, with maturities from 2 days up to 270 days.

OBS

The most active market is in issues under 30 days.

OBS

commercial paper : term published in the Journal officiel by the Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie of the Government of France.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Investissements et placements
  • Bourse
DEF

Titre de créance à court terme négociable, émis par une entreprise sous la forme d'un billet à ordre non assorti d'une garantie.

OBS

Le billet peut être émis directement sur le marché monétaire, sans passer par une banque ou un autre établissement de crédit.

OBS

La traduction littérale «papier commercial» est couramment utilisée au Canada.

OBS

billet de trésorerie : terme publié au Journal officiel par la Commission générale de terminologie et de néologie du gouvernement de la France.

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-09-18

English

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

A promissory note is typically what is called an "unsecured" obligation. This means that in the event that the borrower declares bankruptcy, the debt secured by the note will only be repaid after all debts to "secured creditors" have been paid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des sûretés
OBS

obligation non garantie : 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 1999-12-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Forms
  • Bankruptcy
OBS

"Claim" means any indebtedness, liability or obligation of any kind that, if unsecured, would be a debt provable in bankruptcy within the meaning of the Bankruptcy Act.

OBS

Form GST 258 E of Revenue Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de formulaires administratifs
  • Faillites
OBS

«Réclamation» s'entend de toute dette, tout engagement ou toute obligation d'un genre quelconque qui, s'il n'était pas garanti, constituerait une dette prouvable en matière de faillite au sens de la Loi sur la faillite.

OBS

Formulaire GST 258 F de Revenu Canada.

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Stock Exchange
  • Investment
DEF

... a debenture in respect of which interest or dividends are payable only when the debtor company has made a profit before taking into account the interest or dividend obligation ...

OBS

Debenture : A certificate of indebtedness issued by a government or corporation, generally being one of a number of such certificates. The term usually implies an unsecured obligation.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Bourse
  • Investissements et placements
OBS

«Débenture à revenu variable» est formé sur le modèle de «obligation à revenu variable» (Dictionnaire de gestion financière (CONFI), 1979, p. 270). Dans la loi de l'impôt sur le revenu, «income debenture» et «income bond» ont été traduits par «obligations à intérêt conditionnel», ce qui ne permet pas de distinguer entre la débenture et l'obligation.

Key term(s)
  • obligation à intérêt conditionnel

Spanish

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