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ACTE DIEU [3 records]

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Record 1 2022-10-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Religion (General)
DEF

An action that is against religious rules and is considered to be an offence against God.

PHR

mortal sin, original sin, venial sin

French

Domaine(s)
  • Religion (Généralités)
DEF

Acte délibéré contraire à la volonté de Dieu.

PHR

péché mortel, péché originel, péché véniel

Spanish

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

pecado capital

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Record 2 2022-03-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Insurance Law
DEF

An overwhelming, unpreventable event caused exclusively by forces of nature, such as an earthquake, flood, or tornado.

OBS

vis major: [designation that] denotes acts of human intervention (riots, strikes, civil war) as well as natural phenomena (earthquakes, floods).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des assurances
DEF

Événement attribuable à des phénomènes naturels incontrôlables et destructeurs (tremblement de terre, inondation, ouragan, etc.) […]

OBS

force majeure : [désignation qui] vise à la fois les actes humains (émeutes, grèves et guerres civiles) et les phénomènes naturels (tremblements de terre, inondations).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
  • Seguros (Derecho)
OBS

caso fortuito: causa de exoneración del cumplimiento de las obligaciones.

OBS

"Act of God" es la expresión que se utiliza en inglés jurídico para referirse al "caso fortuito". Se trata de un suceso inesperado e imprevisible que impide a una de las partes cumplir las obligaciones asumidas en el contrato. [...] Este suceso debe ser de origen natural, como, por ejemplo, un desastre natural (natural disaster), condiciones climatológicas adversas (extreme weather conditions), una inundación (flood), un terremoto (earthquake) y otros similares.

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Record 3 2000-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Political Science (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Sciences politiques (Généralités)
DEF

À la manière de Robert Bourassa.

CONT

J’ai salué le geste d’éclat de M. Dumont(avec M. Allaire) il y a plus d’un an :Dieu sait [...] combien le politique québécois nécessite le courage et la jeunesse. Mais je déchante devant un jeune homme qui a déjà le réflexe de la couleuvre(il faut l'entendre répondre «bourassièrement» aux questions des journalistes) devant les exigences subséquentes à son acte cathartique initial.

Spanish

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