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Record 1 2013-08-02

English

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

A statement fictitiously made up. (Shorter Oxford, 1972)

French

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

invention : 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 2 2001-10-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Medication
  • Posology

French

Domaine(s)
  • Médicaments
  • Posologie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Medicamentos
  • Posología
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Record 3 1997-01-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Coins and Bank Notes
  • Numismatics
  • Coining
DEF

An item which resembles a numismatic item but whose design was never authorized or originated by any governing authority; not even as an experimental design, pattern, or trial piece; and which was never manufactured in any official government mint.

OBS

See related terms: apocryphal (adjective), exonumia, evasion.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pièces de monnaie et billets de banque
  • Numismatique
  • Monnayage
DEF

Pièce de monnaie ressemblant à une pièce légalement émise mais frappée sans autorisation et utilisée comme jeton de commerce ou à l'intérieur d'un cercle restreint de personnes.

OBS

Une monnaie de fantaisie est à la limite de la contrefaçon. On répertorie habituellement dans une même liste les pièces apocryphes et les monnaies de fantaisie.

Spanish

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