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DEVOIR [5 records]

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Alphabetical list of terms

Record 1 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Tort Law (common law)
DEF

In tort law, a legally sanctioned obligation the breach of which results in the liability of the person owing the duty.

CONT

Negligence is no source of liability, unless the law exacts a "duty" in the circumstances to observe care. "Duty" may therefore be defined as an obligation, recognized by law, to conform to a particular standard of conduct, for the protection of others against unreasonable risks.

OBS

Duty used in its narrow sense.

OBS

It describes here a duty, the breach of which constitutes a tort.

French

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

Sens strict. On emploie ce terme surtout lorsque l'obligation est à caractère moral ou social.

OBS

devoir : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Legal System
DEF

A legal or moral duty to do or not to do something. The word has many wide and varied meanings.

CONT

Obligation in its popular sense is merely a synonym for duty. Its legal sense, derived from Roman law, differs from this in several aspects. In the first place, obligations are merely one class of duties, namely, those which are the correlatives of rights in personam.

OBS

Duty used in its broad meaning.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Théorie du droit
CONT

Les obligations de l'administrateur du bien d'autrui, les obligations réciproques des époux.

OBS

obligation : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2000-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général

Spanish

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Record 4 1992-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation (General)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

+ verbe.

Spanish

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Record 5 1989-07-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Education Theory and Methods
CONT

Assignments consisting of multiple-choice questions are developed for each unit of learning. They are designed to help the participants evaluate their progress but also to involve them intellectually, to stimulate their curiosity, and to sustain their interest. The learners are expected to do the assignments and return them by mail at established intervals.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théories et méthodes pédagogiques
DEF

Exercice scolaire qu'un professeur fait faire à ses élèves.

CONT

L'exercice consiste principalement en réponses à des questions ou études de cas ou de problèmes.

Spanish

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