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Record 1 2024-11-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Family Law (common law)
  • Social Problems
  • Sociology of the Family
CONT

Early Childhood Services Act[. New Brunswick. ] The Minister may issue a protection order under this section if, after receiving information from an inspector under subsection 22(8), the Minister has reasonable grounds to believe that(a) there is an imminent danger to the health, safety or well-being of a child who is receiving services at the licensed facility, or(b) the operator has failed to ensure that(i) no child receiving services at the licensed facility is subjected to any form of physical punishment or verbal or emotional abuse, or(ii) no child receiving services at the licensed facility is denied physical necessities.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la famille (common law)
  • Problèmes sociaux
  • Sociologie de la famille
OBS

maltraitance émotionnelle; maltraitance émotive : désignations normalisées 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 2013-09-30

English

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

A verbal act is a more restrictive concept(than contemporaneous statement) because it could be made only by the person who is actively participating in the act.(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 208)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

fait verbal : 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).

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-08-02

English

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

Traditionally, a statement forming part of the res gestae means a contemporaneous statement or a verbal act.(Fed./Prov. Task Force, p. 208)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

déclaration contemporaire : 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).

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Parliamentary Language
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Communication, in the context of the Act, involves verbal(e. g., arranged meetings, phone calls, informal communication, and grass-roots communications) or written(hard copy or electronic format) contact with a public office holder.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire parlementaire
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
CONT

Ces recherches permettent d’expérimenter certaines stratégies encore trop nouvelles pour faire partie des communications populaires d’aujourd’hui.

Spanish

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Record 5 2001-01-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
DEF

the act of disputing or arguing against; active verbal contention, controversy, debate.

CONT

It is a common matter of dispute whether landed estates should be large or small.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain
CONT

l'opposition des opinions forme la dispute. [...] La division qui résulte du désir de défendre son opinion et de la faire prévaloir, c'est la dispute. [...] L'opiniâtreté à ne pas céder caractérise la dispute.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Comportamiento humano
DEF

Enfrentamiento de carácter violento entre dos o más personas o grupos de ellas.

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Record 6 1993-11-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Social Services and Social Work
OBS

acting out: the tendency to express urges, conflicts, and fantasies in uncontrolled action. In acting-out, the individual seeks to release impulses that are usually of a sexual or aggressive nature in order to gain relief from tension or anxiety. For instance, a girl who is afraid of men because of some traumatic family experience, but who refuses to face up to the extent of the trauma during psychotherapy because of increasing fear of it, will begin suddenly to flirt with a number of men. In this way she "proves" to herself and the therapist that she is not afraid of men and therefore does not really need to discover any cause of her fear.

CONT

Jews often speak of themselves as a neurotic people. Given the strong verbal flavor present as part of their child-rearing practices, their tendency to act out in violent ways is relatively diminished....

CONT

In an effort to resolve the conflict between her own needs for individuality, freedom and sexuality and the cultural traditions of over-protection and chastity, the adolescent girl may become rebellious and act-out, often by running away ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Psychologie clinique
  • Services sociaux et travail social
OBS

passage à l'acte : toute conduite soudaine, violente, hétéro- ou autoagressive, parfois délictueuse, qui s'observe chez les psychopathes ou parfois lors des psychothérapies, le plus souvent entre les séances. Dans ce dernier cas, il peut s'agir de l'actualisation de pulsions, passées et revécues, se substituant à l'expression verbale souhaitée. D'autres termes connexes : agissement, actualisation, mise en acte, activation, passage à l'acte.

Spanish

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