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LEGALLY BINDING OBLIGATIONS [8 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2022-01-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment - Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP)
DEF

An instrument, such as a memoranda of understanding, a memoranda of agreement or an occupancy instrument, that while not legally binding, creates a custodian-tenant relationship by conferring certain real property rights of use or benefits and obligations on the part of the two parties as if it were a truly enforceable instrument.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir - Gendarmerie royale du Canada (GRC)
DEF

Instrument, tel que les accords d'occupation et les protocoles d'entente, qui, même s'il n'a pas force exécutoire, crée un lien entre le gardien et le locataire en conférant certains droits et certaines obligations à l'égard du bien immobilier de la part des parties respectives comme s'il s'agissait d'un instrument exécutoire.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-11-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

A contract is an agreement between two or more persons intended to create a legal obligation between them and to be legally enforceable. The law of contract is accordingly the body of principles relative to those kinds of agreements which are intended to, and do, create binding and enforceable bilateral obligations, conferring rights in personam on each party and which are therefore legally contracts.

French

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

Le droit des obligations contractuelles correspond aux interactions volontaires et consensuelles [...]

OBS

droit contractuel; droit des obligations contractuelles : termes normalisés par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'accès à justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-11-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
CONT

A contract is an agreement giving rise to legally enforceable obligations binding the parties to it. The factor which distinguishes contractual obligations from legal obligations is that they are based on the agreement of the contracting parties.

French

Domaine(s)
  • PAJLO
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
CONT

[...] les conventions n'ont d'effet qu'entre les parties contractantes; elles ne nuisent point au tiers et elles ne lui profitent point.

OBS

partie contractante : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation, Promotion de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles, (PAJLO).

Spanish

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Record 4 2015-05-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
DEF

A moral duty that is not enforceable by judicial action.

CONT

Natural obligations are recognized in civil-law jurisdictions. While they are not enforceable by judicial action, something that has been performed under a natural obligation may not be reclaimed.

OBS

A term sometimes applied to obligations said to arise from the law of nature only or from natural justice and equity, such as the obligations between parents and children. The term is sometimes applied also to obligations binding morally but, for technical legal reasons, such as defective formalities, not legally enforceable, though having some effect, such as barring a claim for repayment of a debt due but not enforceable.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
DEF

Obligation qui résulte d'un pouvoir moral ou de conscience et qui n'est pas, selon la loi, susceptible d'exécution forcée.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-08-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • Federal Administration
  • Federal Laws and Legal Documents
DEF

[An] international instrument of a less formal kind, often setting out operational arrangements under a framework international agreement or otherwise dealing with technical or detailed matters.

CONT

memorandum of understanding : It will typically be in the form of a single instrument signed by the governments concerned, recording their understandings as to matters of fact or their future conduct, but in such a way as to reflect an intention on their part not to enter into a legally binding agreement upon the matters covered or otherwise to create legal rights and obligations for themselves... has political or moral force, but it is not legallly binding(although it may not be without legal effects...).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Administration fédérale
  • Lois et documents juridiques fédéraux

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Administración federal
  • Leyes y documentos jurídicos federales
OBS

protocolo de intenciones: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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Record 6 2010-04-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Treaties and Conventions
  • International Public Law
OBS

memorandum of agreement :... an intention on the part of the participating governments to enter into an informal but nevertheless legally binding agreement giving rise to legal rights and obligations.... less formal type of international agreement.

OBS

Reproduced from "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", with the authorization of Unesco.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traités et alliances
  • Droit international public
OBS

Document établi hors toute formalité par accord [...]

OBS

mémorandum d'accord : reproduit de «Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco», avec l'autorisation de l'Unesco.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Tratados y convenios
  • Derecho internacional público
OBS

memorando de acuerdo: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

OBS

Reproducido del "Titles, Names and Acronyms related to the activities of the International Oceanographic Commission of Unesco", con la autorización de la Unesco.

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Record 7 2009-01-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Titles of Conventions, Treaties and Agreements (Documents)
  • Foreign Trade
OBS

The Agreement on Government Procurement(GPA) is to date the only legally binding agreement in the WTO focusing on the subject of government procurement. Its present version was negotiated in parallel with the Uruguay Round in 1994, and entered into force on 1 January 1996. It is a plurilateral treaty administered by a Committee on Government Procurement, which includes the WTO Members that are Parties to the GPA, and thus have rights and obligations under the Agreement.

Key term(s)
  • Government Procurement Agreement
  • AGP

French

Domaine(s)
  • Titres de conventions, de traités et d'accords (Documents)
  • Commerce extérieur
OBS

Accord sur les marchés publics (1994). Accord relatif aux marchés publics (1979).

OBS

L'Accord sur les marchés publics (AMP) est à ce jour le seul accord juridiquement contraignant à l'OMC qui porte spécifiquement sur les marchés publics. Sa présente version a été négociée à l'époque du Cycle d'Uruguay en 1994 et est entré en vigueur le 1er janvier 1996. C'est un traité plurilatéral administré par un Comité des marchés publics, lequel se compose des Membres de l'OMC qui sont Parties à l'AMP, et qui ont de ce fait des droits et des obligations au titre de l'Accord.

Key term(s)
  • Code relatif aux marchés publics

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Títulos de convenciones, tratados y acuerdos (Documentos)
  • Comercio exterior
OBS

Acuerdo sobre Contratación Pública (1994). Acuerdo sobre Compras del Sector Público (1979).

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Record 8 2000-12-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
OBS

legally binding obligations : Expression reproduced from the Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos with the permission of the United Nations Office at Geneva.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Derecho de obligaciones (derecho civil)
  • Derecho de contratos (common law)
OBS

obligaciones jurídicamente exigibles: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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