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Record 1 - internal organization data 2012-09-10
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Position Titles
- Parliamentary Language
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- Deputy Speaker and Chair of Committees of the Whole
1, record 1, English, Deputy%20Speaker%20and%20Chair%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole
correct, Canada
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- Deputy Speaker and Chairman of Committees of the Whole 2, record 1, English, Deputy%20Speaker%20and%20Chairman%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole
correct, Canada
- Deputy Speaker of the House of Commons 3, record 1, English, Deputy%20Speaker%20of%20the%20House%20of%20Commons
correct, Canada
- Deputy Speaker 4, record 1, English, Deputy%20Speaker
correct, Canada
- Chair of Committees of the Whole 5, record 1, English, Chair%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole
correct, Canada
- Chairman of Committees of the Whole 5, record 1, English, Chairman%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole
correct, Canada
- Chair of Committees of the Whole House 5, record 1, English, Chair%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole%20House
correct, Canada
- Chairman of Committees of the Whole House 5, record 1, English, Chairman%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole%20House
correct, Canada
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The Member elected by the House at the beginning of each Parliament to replace the Speaker when the latter is unavoidably absent and to preside over all Committees of the Whole. 6, record 1, English, - Deputy%20Speaker%20and%20Chair%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
At the commencement of every Parliament or whenever there is a vacancy, the Speaker of the House, after consultation with the leaders of each of the officially recognized parties, shall announce to the House the name of a Member he or she considers to be qualified for the position of Chair of Committees of the Whole who, upon his or her election to that post, shall also be Deputy Speaker of the House. 7, record 1, English, - Deputy%20Speaker%20and%20Chair%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
House of Commons. 6, record 1, English, - Deputy%20Speaker%20and%20Chair%20of%20Committees%20of%20the%20Whole
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Titres de postes
- Vocabulaire parlementaire
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- vice-président et président des comités pléniers
1, record 1, French, vice%2Dpr%C3%A9sident%20et%20pr%C3%A9sident%20des%20comit%C3%A9s%20pl%C3%A9niers
correct, masculine noun, Canada
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- vice-présidente et présidente des comités pléniers 2, record 1, French, vice%2Dpr%C3%A9sidente%20et%20pr%C3%A9sidente%20des%20comit%C3%A9s%20pl%C3%A9niers
correct, feminine noun, Canada
- vice-président de la Chambre des communes 3, record 1, French, vice%2Dpr%C3%A9sident%20de%20la%20Chambre%20des%20communes
correct, masculine noun, Canada
- vice-présidente de la Chambre des communes 4, record 1, French, vice%2Dpr%C3%A9sidente%20de%20la%20Chambre%20des%20communes
correct, feminine noun, Canada
- président des comités pléniers 5, record 1, French, pr%C3%A9sident%20des%20comit%C3%A9s%20pl%C3%A9niers
correct, masculine noun, Canada
- présidente des comités pléniers 6, record 1, French, pr%C3%A9sidente%20des%20comit%C3%A9s%20pl%C3%A9niers
correct, feminine noun, Canada
- Orateur adjoint 7, record 1, French, Orateur%20adjoint
former designation, masculine noun
- Orateur suppléant de la Chambre 6, record 1, French, Orateur%20suppl%C3%A9ant%20de%20la%20Chambre
former designation, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Député qui est élu par la Chambre au début de chaque législature pour remplacer le Président de la Chambre lorsque celui-ci doit s’absenter et pour assumer la présidence de tous les comités pléniers. 2, record 1, French, - vice%2Dpr%C3%A9sident%20et%20pr%C3%A9sident%20des%20comit%C3%A9s%20pl%C3%A9niers
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Au début de chaque législature ou en cas de vacance, le Président de la Chambre, après consultation des chefs de chacun des partis reconnus officiellement, annonce à la Chambre le nom du député qu’il juge compétent pour occuper le poste de président des comités pléniers et qui, une fois élu à ce poste, devient également [v]ice-président de la Chambre. 7, record 1, French, - vice%2Dpr%C3%A9sident%20et%20pr%C3%A9sident%20des%20comit%C3%A9s%20pl%C3%A9niers
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Contrairement à la règle appliquée pour le titre du Président de la Chambre des communes, où l'emploi de la majuscule est obligatoire dans certains contextes(voir la fiche), dans le cas du vice-président et président des comités pléniers, c'est l'usage habituel(minuscule aux titres de poste) qui s’applique en français. 2, record 1, French, - vice%2Dpr%C3%A9sident%20et%20pr%C3%A9sident%20des%20comit%C3%A9s%20pl%C3%A9niers
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
Chambre des communes. 2, record 1, French, - vice%2Dpr%C3%A9sident%20et%20pr%C3%A9sident%20des%20comit%C3%A9s%20pl%C3%A9niers
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Denominación de puestos
- Lenguaje parlamentario
Record 1, Main entry term, Spanish
- Vicepresidente de la Cámara
1, record 1, Spanish, Vicepresidente%20de%20la%20C%C3%A1mara
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 1, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Título otorgado al diputado que es elegido Presidente de las Comisiones Plenarias al inicio de cada legislatura. 1, record 1, Spanish, - Vicepresidente%20de%20la%20C%C3%A1mara
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
El Vicepresidente de la Cámara sustituye al Presidente de la Cámara cuando éste último debe ausentarse. 1, record 1, Spanish, - Vicepresidente%20de%20la%20C%C3%A1mara
Record 2 - internal organization data 2004-03-30
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Meteorology
- Polar Geography
- Glaciology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- Rutschkiel test
1, record 2, English, Rutschkiel%20test
correct, see observation
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
- swiss test 2, record 2, English, swiss%20test
- wedge test 2, record 2, English, wedge%20test
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The Rutschblock test (shear block) and it's cousin the Rutschkiel test (pronounced Rootch-kyle) have rapidly become the standard snowpit test of choice for avalanche professional who do a lot of snowpits ... First, on a slope of at least 30 degrees, isolate a block of snow about a ski length across, and a ski pole length up the slope (2 meters wide by 1.5 meters upslope). If you use a snow saw which mounts on the end of an avalanche probe ski pole you can cut the block in under a minute ... Next, simply step onto the block with your skis or snowboard on and jump progressively harder until the block fails. 1, record 2, English, - Rutschkiel%20test
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
The Rutschkiel test is exactly the same as the Rutschblock except it's a triangle of snow (with the point uphill) instead of a square block. 1, record 2, English, - Rutschkiel%20test
Record 2, Key term(s)
- rutschkiel test
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Météorologie
- Géographie du froid
- Glaciologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- essai de coin suisse
1, record 2, French, essai%20de%20coin%20suisse
see observation, masculine noun, France
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
- coin suisse 1, record 2, French, coin%20suisse
see observation, masculine noun, France
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Test basé sur la stabilité d’un coin prédécoupé et chargé afin d’apprécier le risque d’avalanche. 1, record 2, French, - essai%20de%20coin%20suisse
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Les essais de glissement sont des méthodes qui, à partir d’un essai de glissement d’un bloc de neige prédécoupé puis mis sous charge, permettent d’arriver à estimer un degré de risque. En France, selon un usage d’origine obscure, il est devenu habituel de distinguer, selon la forme du bloc, le coin suisse et le bloc norvégien : le coin suisse est une méthode d’évaluation du risque testée par l'armée suisse, puis popularisée entre autres par le guide W. Munter qui l'a largement éprouvée [...] Le bloc prédécoupé a la forme d’un triangle équilatéral [dont la surface est de] 3 m². 1, record 2, French, - essai%20de%20coin%20suisse
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Ce test est similaire au «test Rutschblock». Seule la forme du bloc de neige concerné est différente. Aussi, «bloc norvégien» est un régionalisme de «test Rutschblock». 2, record 2, French, - essai%20de%20coin%20suisse
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record 3 - internal organization data 2003-03-21
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Tort Law (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- customary behaviour
1, record 3, English, customary%20behaviour
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Customary behaviour in the trade carries significant weight as evidence of a standard of care. 2, record 3, English, - customary%20behaviour
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Droit des délits (common law)
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- usage habituel
1, record 3, French, usage%20habituel
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2001-03-02
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Tort Law (common law)
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- non-natural use
1, record 4, English, non%2Dnatural%20use
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
... strict liability will be imposed if two elements are present: (a) a non-natural use of land and (b) an escape. ... 1. NON-NATURAL USE / The judges who first used the term "non-natural" would probably be surprised by the way it has been explained by later judges. Although the phrase was originally meant to underscore the notion that land, in its natural state, could not be the subject of tort liability, this was soon altered. The judges who opposed the idea of strict liability fastened on to the phrase "non-natural" and employed it, whenever possible, to exempt certain common ordinary activities from the operation of the rule, ... non-natural came to mean special, exceptional, unusual, or out of the ordinary. In the same way, the word natural took on the meaning normal, common, everyday, or ordinary, rather than primitive or in a state of nature. 1, record 4, English, - non%2Dnatural%20use
Record 4, Key term(s)
- non natural use
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Droit des délits (common law)
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- usage non naturel
1, record 4, French, usage%20non%20naturel
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
[...] il y aura responsabilité stricte si deux éléments sont présents : a) un usage non naturel du bien-fonds et b) une fuite ou un échappement. [...] 1. USAGE NON NATUREL/Les juges qui ont employé le terme «non naturel» les premiers seraient probablement surpris de la façon dont les juges l'ont expliqué par la suite. À l'origine, le terme voulait simplement souligner la notion que le bien-fonds, dans son état naturel, ne pouvait pas faire l'objet de responsabilité délictuelle, mais cela n’ a pas tardé à changer. Les juges opposés à l'idée de la responsabilité stricte se sont accrochés au terme «non naturel» et s’en sont servis, chaque fois que cela était possible, pour soustraire certaines activités courantes et ordinaires à l'application de la règle, [...] Le terme «non naturel» en est venu à signifier «spécial», «exceptionnel», «inhabituel», «hors de l'ordinaire». De la même façon, le terme naturel a pris le sens de normal, courant, quotidien ou ordinaire, et non plus «originaire» ou «à l'état habituel». 2, record 4, French, - usage%20non%20naturel
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 1997-02-12
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Occupational Health and Safety
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- disabling injury
1, record 5, English, disabling%20injury
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Any occupational injury (including a fatality) that: (a) prevents an employee from reporting for work or from effectively performing all the duties connected with the employee's regular work on any day subsequent to the day on which the occupational injury occurred, whether or not that subsequent day is a working day for that employee; (b) results in the loss by an employee of a body member or a part thereof or in a complete loss of the usefulness of a body member or part thereof; or (c) results in the permanent impairment of a body function of an employee. 1, record 5, English, - disabling%20injury
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Santé et sécurité au travail
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- accident invalidant
1, record 5, French, accident%20invalidant
correct, masculine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, French
Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 DEF
accident du travail(y compris un accident mortel) qui, selon le cas :(a) empêche l'employé de se présenter au travail ou de s’acquitter efficacement de toutes les fonctions liées à son travail habituel pour toute journée suivant celle où il a subi l'accident invalidant, qu'il s’agisse ou non d’une journée ouvrable pour lui;(b) entraîne chez l'employé la perte d’un membre ou d’une partie d’un membre, ou la perte totale de l'usage d’un membre ou d’une partie d’un membre;(c) entraîne chez l'employé une altération permanente d’une fonction de l'organisme. 1, record 5, French, - accident%20invalidant
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 1989-01-24
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Diagnostic Procedures (Medicine)
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- routine
1, record 6, English, routine
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
of, relating to, or in accordance with established procedure (the routine use of the blood pressure test). 1, record 6, English, - routine
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Méthodes diagnostiques (Médecine)
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- courant
1, record 6, French, courant
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
- habituel 1, record 6, French, habituel
correct
- d’usage 1, record 6, French, d%26rsquo%3Busage
- systématique 1, record 6, French, syst%C3%A9matique
- de routine 1, record 6, French, de%20routine
avoid
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
on doit dire un examen courant, un laboratoire d’analyses courantes et non «un laboratoire de routine». [aussi, habituel; d’usage; systématique]. 1, record 6, French, - courant
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
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