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Record 1 2013-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Property Law (common law)
OBS

The concept of limitation must be contrasted with the concept of prescription. The former was unknown to the common law and is wholly a creature of statute. The latter was a common law rule of evidence based on the presumption of lost modern grant. The former abolishes stale or obsolete claims and operates in a negative fashion. The latter creates or establishes rights in land such as easements and operates in a positive fashion. (Anger & Honsberger, 2nd ed., 1985, p. 1496).

OBS

Statutes of Limitation are generally regarded as a means of protecting the defendant against a stale or unjust claim. Except in actions chiefly concerned with real property, in which, by the judicial interpretation of the limitation provisions applicable thereto, it has been held that the lapse of the statutory period operates to extinguish the right, "The Limitations Act" operates merely as a bar to the remedy by proceedings in the courts. Except where the statute by its terms absolutely extinguishes the debt or demand itself, the general rule with respect to debts, or more money demands is that statutes of limitation are regarded as barring the remedy, and not as extinguishing the cause of action. ("C.E.D." (Ont., 2nd), Vol. 13, p. 5).

French

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

prescription extinctive; prescription : 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).

OBS

La distinction entre «limitation» et «prescription» est exprimée en français par les adjectifs «extinctif» et «acquisitif». L'expression «prescription extinctive» peut toutefois s'abréger en «prescription» lorsque le contexte le permet.

Spanish

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Record 2 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Polycentropus blicklei
Latin
OBS

A caddisfly of the family Polycentropodidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Polycentropus blicklei
Latin
OBS

Trichoptère de la famille des Polycentropodidae.

Spanish

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Record 3 1998-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Statistical Surveys

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Sondages et enquêtes (Statistique)

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-08-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Flight Instruments and Equipment (Aeroindustry)
  • Aircraft Piloting and Navigation
  • Navigation Instruments
DEF

The drift rate in a single-degree-of-freedom gyro resulting from coherent oscillatory rates about the spin reference axis (SRA) and input reference axis (IRA).

OBS

It occurs only when gyro and loop dynamics allow the gimbal to move away from null in response to the rate about the input reference axis, resulting in a cross coupling of the spin reference axis rate. This drift rate is a function of the input rate amplitudes and the phase angle between them.

Key term(s)
  • spin input rectification drift rate

French

Domaine(s)
  • Instruments et équipement de bord (Constructions aéronautiques)
  • Pilotage et navigation aérienne
  • Instruments de navigation

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-09-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Urban Housing
Key term(s)
  • low cost housing
  • council housing

French

Domaine(s)
  • Habitation et logement (Urbanisme)
DEF

Forme de logement social construit avec l'aide de l'État et parfois avec la participation d'entreprises ou d'organismes privés, pour venir en aide aux personnes à faible revenu et leur permettre de se loger moyennant une contribution modeste.

OBS

H.L.M. nom masculin ou (plus correctement) nom féminin.

Key term(s)
  • habitation à bon marché
  • HBM
  • H.B.M.
  • construction HLM
  • local HLM
  • logement à loyer modéré

Spanish

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Record 6 2022-07-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Insects, Centipedes, Spiders, and Scorpions
Universal entry(ies)
Alopecosa pictilis
Latin
OBS

A spider of the family Lycosidae.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Insectes, mille-pattes, araignées et scorpions
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
Alopecosa pictilis
Latin
OBS

Araignée de la famille des Lycosidae.

Spanish

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Record 7 1998-04-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Labour and Employment
  • Transfer of Personnel

French

Domaine(s)
  • Travail et emploi
  • Mobilité du personnel

Spanish

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Record 8 1998-02-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Military Titles

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations militaires diverses
OBS

Le mot contingent prend la majuscule lorsqu'il s'agit d'un contingent canadien qui fait partie d'une mission reconnue.

Spanish

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Record 9 2005-08-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Geochemistry
  • Metals Mining
DEF

A zoning of ore or minerals about a hot center with high-temperature ores inside and low-temperature ores outside.

CONT

It is ... pertinent to look at the relative stabilities of metal sulphides which show a zonal distribution in such deposits in the presence and absence of chloride ions. ... it can be seen that there is excellent agreement between the zonal arrangement of metals in syngenetic sedimentary deposits and the relative solubilities shown.

CONT

... the metallogenic province may show a zonal distribution of the various metallic deposits ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Géochimie
  • Mines métalliques
CONT

Dans cette répartition zonale [des minéralisations], nous rencontrons des concentrations dont la paragenèse, la forme, les relations avec les roches encaissantes varient beaucoup.

CONT

[...] les faciès des cristaux présentent une répartition zonaire par rapport aux limites du granite.

CONT

[...] un arrangement zonaire avec un noyau de dunite entouré d'auréoles successives de clinopyroxénite à olivine, de clinopyroxénite riche en magnétite et de hornblendite.

CONT

[...] l'arrangement zonaire des milieux gîtologiques et de leurs minéralisations.

Spanish

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Record 10 1992-05-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Agricultural Engineering
OBS

e.g. dams, irrigation ditches.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie agricole
OBS

p. ex. barrages, canalisations.

Spanish

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