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Record 1 2015-04-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rules of Court
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Bowmans counsel objected to Smith s testimony, arguing that his statements constituted "non-verbal hearsay, "improper lay testimony, and opinion testimony offered to prove an ultimate issue of fact.

OBS

Hearsay in its most general and oldest meaning is a term used in the law of evidence to describe an out of court statement offered to establish the facts asserted in that statement. Hearsay is generally not admissible in common law courts because it is of suspect value, but there are many exceptions to this prohibition.

Key term(s)
  • nonverbal hearsay

French

Domaine(s)
  • Règles de procédure
  • Droit de la preuve

Spanish

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Record 2 2014-01-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Military Finances
  • Decision-Making Process
CONT

In 1991, the Department of Defense issued revised instructions governing defense acquisition management. The role of cost and operational effectiveness analyses(COEAs) was spelled out at length.(The term operational emphasizes the fact that the ultimate payoff from a military system results from its operational employment, quite often on the battlefield.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Finances militaires
  • Processus décisionnel

Spanish

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Record 3 2013-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

The burden of convincing the jury or the court as the trier of the issues of fact; the ultimate burden of proof.(Ballentine's)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

charge ultime; fardeau ultime; charge de persuasion; fardeau de persuasion : termes normalisés 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 4 2013-07-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

Legal Professional Privilege. In civil and criminal cases, confidential communications passing between a client and his legal adviser need not be given in evidence by the client and, without the client's consent, may not be given in evidence by the legal adviser in a judicial proceeding if made either-(1) to enable the client to obtain, or the adviser to give, legal advice; or(2) with reference to litigation that is actually taking place or was in the contemplation of the client.... the rationale of... legal professional privilege... is not the protection of confidentiality as such, but the additional fact that legal advice is exclusively concerned "with rights and liabilities enforceable in law, i. e. in the ultimate resort by litigation in the courts or in some administrative tribunal. "(Cross, p. 282-283).

OBS

In law of evidence, client’s privilege [means] to refuse to disclose and to prevent any other person from disclosing confidential communications between he and his attorney.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

secret professionnel de l'avocat : privilège du secret professionnel de l'avocat : termes normalisés 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 5 2013-07-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Evidence
DEF

Ruling by trial judge that trier of fact, judge or jury, may consider testimony or document or other thing(real evidence) in determining ultimate question.(Black's law dictionary, 6e ed., p. 17)

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit de la preuve
OBS

admission : 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 6 2012-01-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Evidence
CONT

he trial judge must make a threshold assessment of reliability at a voir dire; however, the ultimate determinations of how reliable the prior inconsistent statement is and what weight it should have remain with the trier of fact.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit de la preuve
CONT

Suite au consensus dégagé lors de la rencontre du 26 mars 1997 à Toronto, trois volets nous apparaissent comme devant être plus particulièrement considérés pour l’appréciation de la fiabilité de la preuve électronique [...]

Spanish

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