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POSITIVE ACTION [4 records]

Record 1 2019-07-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Social Law
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Sociology of Human Relations
  • Labour and Employment
DEF

A set of measures taken to eliminate existing and continuing discrimination, to remedy lingering effects of past discrimination, and to create systems and procedures to prevent future discrimination.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit social
  • Droits et libertés
  • Sociologie des relations humaines
  • Travail et emploi
DEF

Ensemble de mesures prises pour éliminer une discrimination existante et continue, pour corriger les effets persistants d'une discrimination antérieure et pour élaborer des systèmes et procédures visant à prévenir une éventuelle discrimination.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho social
  • Derechos y Libertades
  • Sociología de las relaciones humanas
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 2 2015-07-16

English

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

Although much progress has since been made in eroding the distinction between misfeasance and nonfeasance, it still remains true today that an obligation to take affirmative action is imposed only in exceptional cases where the parties stand in some specific relation which commits one of them to a duty of taking positive steps for the protection of the other.

French

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

action positive : terme emprunté au droit civil français.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-09-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Hand Tools
  • Scientific Research Equipment
  • Equipment (Chemistry)
OBS

Term(s) taken from a Canadian laboratory-equipment company's catalogue.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage à main
  • Matériel et équipement (Recherche scientifique)
  • Équipement (Chimie)
OBS

Terme(s) tiré(s) du catalogue d'une compagnie canadienne d'équipement de laboratoire.

Spanish

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Record 4 2004-06-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sports (General)
CONT

In interactional or non targeted sports ... it is the failure of one of the teams to take a positive action that results in a score for the opposing team. That is, there is no definite delimited well defined scoring action. Any legal positive action taken by the offense can result in a score (can constitute a scoring action) if the other team cannot respond by keeping the action going. ... An action scores if the defense cannot make a positive action. There is also correspondingly no distinctive defensive action: positive actions are simultaneously defensive actions.

PHR

Total positive actions.

OBS

Context applies to various sports.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sports (Généralités)
CONT

Pour une période de jeu donné, l’enseignant observe une équipe et relève le numéro des joueurs auteurs de chaque action positive prédéfinie. Le total des actions positives d’un joueur sur l’ensemble des temps de jeu (1 contre chacune des équipes adverses) le situe par rapport à celui des autres joueurs, et permet ainsi de lui attribuer une note sur 12 pts.

OBS

Contexte s'applique à plusieurs sports.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Deportes (Generalidades)
PHR

Total de acciones positivas.

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