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SAIN ESPRIT [5 records]

Record 1 2016-06-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Health Law
  • Medical and Hospital Organization
  • Ethics and Morals
  • Sociology of Medicine
DEF

[A] suicide carried out with the assistance of a physician (whose role is typically to provide a lethal dose of a drug at the explicit, voluntary request of a mentally competent patient).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la santé
  • Organisation médico-hospitalière
  • Éthique et Morale
  • Sociologie de la médecine
CONT

Le suicide médicalement assisté [est] défini de la façon suivante :«un médecin fournit une dose suffisante de narcotiques pour permettre au patient de se suicider». [...] le patient est un individu sain d’esprit, gravement malade, dont la mort est imminente [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de salud
  • Organización médica y hospitalaria
  • Ética y Moral
  • Sociología de la medicina
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Record 2 2011-08-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Federal Government Bodies and Committees (Canadian)
  • Commercial Fishing
OBS

Canada's Minister of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) established the Fisheries Joint Management Committee (FJMC) in 1986, as required by the Inuvialuit Final Agreement (IFA). FJMC Mission Statement : To ensure that the renewable marine, anadromous and freshwater resources of the Inuvialuit Settlement Region are managed and conserved for the wise use and benefit of present and future generations.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités fédéraux (Gouvernement canadien)
  • Pêche commerciale
OBS

Le Comité mixte de gestion de la pêche(CMGP), organisme de cogestion regroupant les Inuvialuits et le gouvernement du Canada, a encouragé la collaboration entre les chasseurs, les collectivités et les chercheurs. L'idée était de maintenir un écosystème sain afin de permettre une récolte durable. Dans l'esprit de cet objectif, le CMGP travaille en vue d’unir les forces et de forger des liens entre la science, le savoir traditionnel et la surveillance communautaire. En recueillant différents types de connaissances, il vise à assurer la santé future de la population de bélugas reflétant un écosystème sain.

Spanish

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Record 3 2007-08-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Penal Law
CONT

The presumption of sanity dispenses with a requirement that the government include as an element of every criminal charge al allegation that the defendant had the capacity to form the mens rea necessary for conviction and criminal responsibility.

CONT

For the reasons given by McLachlin J. in Chaulk, the presumption of sanity in s. 16(4) of the Code, reflecting as it does the fundamental pre-condition of criminal responsibility and punishment, does not violate s. 11(d) of the Charter.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit pénal
CONT

[...] un certain nombre de parties ont soutenu que le par. 16(4) n’enfreint pas la Charte parce que la présomption de santé mentale est nécessaire à la protection de l’accusé lorsque c’est le ministre public qui soulève la question de l’aliénation mentale.

OBS

Présomption que chacun est sain d’esprit.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
  • Derecho penal
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Record 4 2003-05-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
DEF

having use and control of one's own mental faculties

CONT

The person who prepares a will must be of legal capacity to do so ... In order to make a will, the testator must be: ... of sound and disposing mind. The testator must have sufficient mental capacity to understand what he is doing, and cannot be under the influence of alcohol or drugs. Nor can he suffer senility or any disease of the mind that affects his thinking.

Key term(s)
  • disposing memory
  • disposing mind and memory

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

Il existe [...] une règle fondamentale qui préside à tout testament pour que ce dernier soit valable : il faut que le testateur, au moment Où il fait son testament, soit «sain d’esprit». Il faut qu'il soit lucide, que son esprit soit libre. On présume que toute personne est saine d’esprit, mais il est toujours loisible de prouver le contraire.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho hereditario (common law)
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Record 5 2001-03-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Estates (common law)
CONT

The new Family Law Reform Bill ... gives the wife greater property rights but the right to, for instance, one-half of the matrimonial assets does not arise unless and until the marriage breaks down. Otherwise, all assets in her husband's name are his to dispose of by Will.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
CONT

Pour disposer par testament, il faut, lors de l'établissement de cet acte, être sain d’esprit, et posséder toute sa mémoire et son intelligence.

Spanish

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