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Record 1 1998-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Laws and Legal Documents
OBS

Applying shared meaning rule, motion judge held French text should prevail as English version uncertain.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Lois et documents juridiques
OBS

En appliquant le principe du sens commun (lorsque les deux versions d'un texte de loi bilingue ne disent pas la même chose, le sens qui est commun aux deux versions doit être retenu, à moins que, pour une raison quelconque, il ne soit inacceptable), le juge s'est dit d'avis que le sens du texte français doit prévaloir parce que les termes de la version anglaise ont une portée incertaine.

OBS

Source(s) : Beothuk Data Systems Ltd., Division Seawatch c. Dean (C.A.), A-757-95, 28 août 1997.

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