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RAISONNEMENT JURIDIQUE [3 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2018-08-14
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Legal System
- Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
- Logic (Philosophy)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- legal reasoning
1, record 1, English, legal%20reasoning
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Théorie du droit
- Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
- Logique (Philosophie)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- raisonnement juridique
1, record 1, French, raisonnement%20juridique
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Raisonnement qui a toujours pour objet de confronter une situation de faits et des règles de droit en vue de dégager une solution juridique adéquate. 2, record 1, French, - raisonnement%20juridique
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2010-04-06
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Offences and crimes
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- constructive possession of a drug 1, record 2, English, constructive%20possession%20of%20a%20drug
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
constructive possession: Possession not actual but assumed to exist, where one claims to hold by virtue of some title, without having the actual occupancy, as, where the owner of a tract of land, regularly laid out, is in possession of a part, he is constructively in possession of the whole. 2, record 2, English, - constructive%20possession%20of%20a%20drug
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Infractions et crimes
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- possession présumée de narcotique
1, record 2, French, possession%20pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9e%20de%20narcotique
feminine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- possession conjointe 1, record 2, French, possession%20conjointe
feminine noun
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
présomption : Mode de raisonnement juridique en vertu duquel, de l'établissement d’un fait on induit un autre fait qui n’ est pas prouvé. 2, record 2, French, - possession%20pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9e%20de%20narcotique
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 2 OBS
possession présumée de narcotique : traduction proposée par Mme Odile Calder, réviseur à la section judiciaire. 1, record 2, French, - possession%20pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9e%20de%20narcotique
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 3 OBS
possession conjointe : expression proposée par un terminologue juriste à l’O.L.F., Montréal. 1, record 2, French, - possession%20pr%C3%A9sum%C3%A9e%20de%20narcotique
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 1999-09-03
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Legal System
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- be misguided 1, record 3, English, be%20misguided
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
the legal argument is misguided. 1, record 3, English, - be%20misguided
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Théorie du droit
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- être spécieux 1, record 3, French, %C3%AAtre%20sp%C3%A9cieux
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
- être entaché d'erreur 1, record 3, French, %C3%AAtre%20entach%C3%A9%20d%27erreur
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
le raisonnement juridique est spécieux; l'usage que l'on fait est entaché d’erreur. 1, record 3, French, - %C3%AAtre%20sp%C3%A9cieux
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
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