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MOTIF VALABLE [10 records]

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Record 1 2024-04-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Practice and Procedural Law
CONT

... when attacked with such extreme violence that his very life is in danger, a person is privileged to inflict grievous bodily harm or even kill, provided he believes on reasonable grounds that he cannot preserve himself by lesser means.

CONT

Malicious prosecution postulates two fault requirements: the proceedings complained of must have been instituted without reasonable and probable cause and for an improper purpose.

OBS

reasonable grounds; reasonable and probable grounds: usually used in the plural

French

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

motifs raisonnables : pluriel d'usage.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de ilícitos civiles (common law)
  • Derecho procesal
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Record 2 2016-08-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining
  • Labour Disputes
  • Working Practices and Conditions
DEF

Behaviour which repudiates the employment contract, e.g., wilful disobedience or misconduct or neglect of duty that has not been condoned by the employer.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
  • Conflits du travail
  • Régimes et conditions de travail
DEF

Raison valable justifiant une sanction disciplinaire. Cette expression est communément utilisée dans les conventions collectives pour protéger les travailleurs contre un renvoi ou toute autre sanction injustifiés.

OBS

L'expression recouvre généralement des offenses telles que l'indiscipline, les querelles, l'inefficacité, etc.

OBS

motif valable : terme tiré du Mini-lexique du droit fédéral du travail et reproduit avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 3 2006-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Tort Law (common law)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 4 2006-05-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
  • Labour and Employment
CONT

If an officer has reasonable grounds to believe that a sum of money offered by a person as a deposit was not legally obtained, or that a sum of money that a person may be obliged to pay under a guarantee would not be legally obtained, the officer shall not allow that person to pay a deposit or post a guarantee.

OBS

reasonable ground: term found in the Immigration and Refugee Protection Regulations, 2002.

Key term(s)
  • reasonable ground

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
  • Travail et emploi
CONT

L'agent ayant des motifs raisonnables de croire que la somme qu'une personne donne en garantie ou pourrait être tenue de payer en cas de réalisation de la garantie a été ou serait obtenue illégalement ne doit pas permettre à cette personne de fournir la garantie.

OBS

motifs valables : terme tiré du Règlement sur l'immigration et la protection des réfugiés, 2002.

Key term(s)
  • motif valable

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ciudadanía e inmigración
  • Trabajo y empleo
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Record 5 2002-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Citizenship and Immigration
OBS

Terminology used by Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Citoyenneté et immigration
OBS

Terminologie employée par Citoyenneté et Immigration Canada et la Commission de l'immigration et du statut de réfugié (CISR).

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Labour Law
  • Courts
  • Administrative Law
DEF

with respect to removal from office "for cause" means for reasons which law and public policy recognize as sufficient warrant for removal and such cause is legal cause and not merely a cause which the appointing power in the exercise of discretion may deem sufficient.

CONT

Where ... an employee has been discharged or disciplined by an employer for cause....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Droit du travail
  • Tribunaux
  • Droit administratif
CONT

Dans les cas de congédiement ou de mesures disciplinaires justifiés [...].

Spanish

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Record 8 1993-03-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Monographs
  • Labour Relations

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de monographies
  • Relations du travail
OBS

Source(s) : Publication de l'Alliance de la fonction publique du Canada, 1993.

Spanish

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Record 9 1992-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Phraseology
  • Social Security and Employment Insurance

French

Domaine(s)
  • Phraséologie
  • Sécurité sociale et assurance-emploi
OBS

Lexique de l'assurance-chômage, Emploi et Immigration Canada, 1992.

Spanish

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Record 10 1986-03-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Practice and Procedural Law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit judiciaire

Spanish

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