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EMPIETEMENT DOMAINE ROYAL [1 record]

Record 1 2010-05-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

Public nuisance began its career as a crime, and still is punishable as such in Canada today. The gravamen of the offence was the blocking of public highways or encroachments of the royal domain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
CONT

La nuisance publique était à l'origine un crime, et en constitue encore un au Canada. L'infraction avait comme fondement l'obstruction de voies publiques ou l'empiétement sur le domaine royal.

OBS

empiètement : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

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