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RETROACTIVITE [5 records]

Record 1 2014-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collective Agreements and Bargaining

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conventions collectives et négociations
OBS

D'une convention collective, d'une décision d'un accord, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Convenios colectivos y negociaciones
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Record 2 2013-05-10

English

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

Principle whereby an act is referred to a prior date, from which time it is construed as being effective. Example: the rule that probate when granted relates back to the time of the testator's death. (Curzon, "A Dictionary of Law", 1979)

OBS

"Relation back" of administration... it is clear that the title of an administrator, though it does not exist until the grant of administration, relates back to the time of the death of the intestate. ("Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks on Executors, Administrators and Probate", 1982, p. 428)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des biens et de la propriété (common law)
  • Droit successoral (common law)
OBS

rétroactivité : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Management Operations (General)
  • Personnel Management (General)
  • Environmental Management

French

Domaine(s)
  • Opérations de la gestion (Généralités)
  • Gestion du personnel (Généralités)
  • Gestion environnementale
DEF

Caractère d'une mesure qui serait applicable à des faits ou à des situations antérieures à sa mise en application.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Operaciones de la gestión (Generalidades)
  • Gestión del personal (Generalidades)
  • Gestión del medio ambiente
DEF

Capacidad que tiene una decisión o un hecho actual de surtir efecto respecto a situaciones pasadas en el tiempo.

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Record 4 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Public Law
CONT

... recognition has a retroactive effect and relates back to the date of the inception of the particular state or government. ... Retroactivity prevents a time gap in which no government may have been in existence. This is an important element in international transactions and questions of personal status. The principle of retroactivity was later held ... to apply to acts, done by a government before its recognition, in areas under its control at the time they were done.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit international public
DEF

Caractère que présenterait une règle de droit international si elle était applicable à des faits ou à des situations antérieures à l'existence de cette règle.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho internacional público
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Record 5 2004-05-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Leyes y documentos jurídicos
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