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UPON MERITS [17 records]

Record 1 2024-04-03

English

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

A preliminary order that determines no question upon the merits and establishes no right.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
OBS

Dans la Loi sur la Cour suprême, L.R.C. (1985), ch. S-26, on rend «any judgment, ruel, order, decision, decree, decutal order or sentence» par «toute décision ou tout arrêt ou ordonnance».

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
DEF

Mandato, disposición, arbitrio y voluntad de alguien.

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Record 2 2023-04-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour Disputes
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Labour Law
CONT

Abandonment of grievance. If the initial grievance was not timely filed... or if it was not timely submitted to arbitration then the grievance shall be deemed to have been abandoned by the union and the union shall be precluded from submitting the matter to arbitration. No arbitrator shall have any authority whatsoever to rule upon the merits of a grievance that has been abandoned in accordance with these procedures.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conflits du travail
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Droit du travail

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-01-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

decision upon its merits; decision on its merits; judgment upon its merits; judgment on its merits : terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

décision au fond; décision sur le fond; décision sur le fond même : terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
  • Fraseología de los lenguajes especializados
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Record 4 2009-03-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal Actions
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Phraseology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Actions en justice
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Phraséologie
DEF

Sur le droit invoqué, sur la prétention elle-même. [...] Se prononcer au fond, c'est décider sur le droit substantiel.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Acciones judiciales
  • Decisiones (Derecho procesal)
  • Fraseología
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Record 5 2007-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Lace (Embroidery)
CONT

Princess lace is one type of tape lace made popular in Belgium during [the 19th century)... Princess lace hardly merits the label "handmade, "but would more correctly be considered as "hand-assembled" from a variety of machine-made elements... Princess lace employs a combination of characteristic plain and fancy machine-made tapes and its design generally relies upon stylized flowers, scrolls, and medallions worked in imitation of traditional Duchesse or Brussels lace designs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentelles
CONT

[Pour confectionner cette dentelle] il faut utiliser un lacet que l'on coud avec une aiguille de chirurgien. Il existe de nombreux types de lacets qui permettent de réaliser différentes formes : fleurs, feuilles, etc. ... On pose le lacet sur une couche de tulle, c'est la dentelle princesse.

OBS

Cette dentelle est appelée «mi-main» parce que le lacet qui la constitue est mécanique et l'assemblage est fait à la main.

Spanish

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Record 6 2007-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
OBS

Cognovit [he has acknowledged]. (LAW) An instrument in writing whereby a defendant in an action acknowledges a plaintiff’s demand to be just.

CONT

Cognovit actionem [Latin, He has confessed the action] The written confession made by a defendant admitting the merits of the action brought against him or her by a plaintiff. The confession is usually based upon designated conditions, given in court, and impliedly empowers the plaintiffs attorney to sign judgment and issue execution for its enforcement.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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Record 7 2004-07-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Special-Language Phraseology
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Phraséologie des langues de spécialité
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 8 2001-02-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Chemical Engineering
CONT

[Air diffusion aeration. ] Several air diffusion devices have been developed which jet air into the sewage and depend upon the shearing action of the rising air to break it into small bubbles. Considerable disagreement exists among authorities as to the relative merits of fine bubble versus large bubble air diffusion.

Key term(s)
  • fine bubble diffusion
  • fine bubble aeration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Génie chimique
DEF

Insufflation, à l'aide de diffuseurs, d'air sous forme de fines bulles dans une eau ou une pulpe.

Key term(s)
  • système à petites bulles

Spanish

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Record 9 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

appeal upon the merits : terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

OBS

appeal on the merits: terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

appel au fond : terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

OBS

appel sur le fond : terminologie employée par la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Spanish

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Record 10 2000-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire
OBS

Code de procédure civile, art. 155.

OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada.

Spanish

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Record 11 2000-07-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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Record 12 2000-02-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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Record 13 1999-05-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
DEF

Preliminary exception by which the defendant, before speaking to the merits of an action, urge its dismissal upon grounds provided by law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure

Spanish

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Record 14 1996-06-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Law
  • International Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international
  • Relations internationales

Spanish

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Record 15 1993-02-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux

Spanish

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Record 16 1993-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Administration
CONT

After completion of the lateral transfer process, each vacant position at the new location will then be advertised. The Public Service Commission will look favourably upon requests from departments to conduct competitive processes restricted to employees of the affected unit, but will reserve the right to review each case on its own merits.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Administration fédérale
CONT

Une fois le processus de mutations latérales terminé, chaque poste vacant au nouveau lieu doit alors être affiché. La Commission de la Fonction publique accueillera favorablement les demandes que les ministères lui présenteront pour que les concours soient limités aux employés de l'unité touchée, mais elle se réserve le droit d'examiner chaque cas.

OBS

Terme tiré du Manuel du Conseil du Trésor / Ressources humaines.

Spanish

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Record 17 1978-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Water Treatment (Water Supply)
  • Wastewater Treatment
  • Chemical Engineering
CONT

[Air diffusion aeration. ] Several air diffusion devices have been developed which jet air into the sewage and depend upon the shearing action of the rising air to break it into small bubbles. Considerable disagreement exists among authorities as to the relative merits of fine bubble versus large bubble air diffusion.

Key term(s)
  • large bubble diffusion
  • large bubble aeration

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traitement des eaux
  • Traitement des eaux usées
  • Génie chimique
CONT

Aération des boues activées. Le système le plus simple [...] est celui dit à grosses bulles qui consiste à envoyer de l'eau dans des canaux d'aération au moyen de tubes d'injection à certaine profondeur.

Key term(s)
  • système d'aération à grosses bulles

Spanish

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