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Record 1 2016-08-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Police
  • Offences and crimes
  • Road Safety
DEF

An instrument of a kind that is designed to receive and make an analysis of a sample of the breath of a person in order to measure the concentration of alcohol in the blood of that person.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Police
  • Infractions et crimes
  • Sécurité routière
DEF

Instrument d’un type destiné à recueillir un échantillon de l’haleine d’une personne et à en faire l’analyse en vue de déterminer l’alcoolémie de cette personne.

OBS

alcootest approuvé : terme tiré du Mini-lexique des infractions contre la personne et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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