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FONCTION DECISIONNELLE [2 records]

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Record 1 2014-09-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Courts
  • Rules of Court
CONT

Diligence in the performance of adjudicative duties includes striving for impartial and even-handed application of the law, thoroughness, decisiveness, promptness and the prevention of abuse of the process and improper treatment of witnesses.

OBS

As between "adjudicative" and "adjudicatory," both meaning "having the character or attribute of adjudicating," ... there is no need for the two to coexist, for no workable differentiation now appears to be possible. One is best advised to use "adjudicative" in all contexts.

OBS

adjudicative function: term usually used in the plural.

Key term(s)
  • adjudicative functions

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tribunaux
  • Règles de procédure
CONT

La diligence dans l’exercice des fonctions juridictionnelles met en jeu les éléments suivants : le respect des principes de l’impartialité et de l’égalité dans l’application de la loi; la rigueur; l’esprit de décision; la promptitude; et la prévention des abus de procédure et des abus envers les témoins.

OBS

acte juridictionnel : Acte par lequel une juridiction tranche une contestation au terme d'une procédure organisée et qui, pour toutes ces raisons, est revêtu de l'autorité de la chose jugée.

OBS

fonction juridictionnelle : terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • fonctions juridictionnelles

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-08-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Decision-Making Process

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Processus décisionnel

Spanish

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