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Misleading

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Trompeur

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Shortcut

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Raccourci

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Frighteningly

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Affreusement, terriblement

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Bristling with contradictions

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Hérissé/Plein de contradictions

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Clashing interests

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Intérêts opposés

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Lack

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Manque

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Rate

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Taux/Rythme

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Uneven

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Inégal

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Copy/paste

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Copier-coller

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Inhabitants

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Habitants

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Misconduct

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Mauvaise conduite

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Misdemeanor

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Délit/méfait

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Forfeiture

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Confiscation

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Inheritance

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Héritage

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British Crown

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Couronne britannique

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British settlers

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Colons britanniques

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Distrust

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Méfiance

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Feudal origin

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Origine féodale

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Repeal

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Abrogation

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Alter

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Modifier

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Not at any cost

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Pas à tout prix

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Overrule

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Renverser (une jurisprudence)

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Overruling

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Revirement (de jurisprudence)

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Compelling circumstances

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Raisons/Circonstances impérieuses/irrésistible

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Hinder

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Empêcher, entraver, gêner

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Be averse to

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Etre peu disposé/contre le fait de

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Counsel

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Conseil (avocat)

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To probe

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Examiner

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Written briefs

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Conclusions/Mémoires

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Restatements

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Ré-exposés du droit (jurisprudence)

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Attempt

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Tentative, essai

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Findings

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Résultats, enseignements, conclusions

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Adversarial/Contentious

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Contentieux (adjectif)

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Trial

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Procès

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Herein

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Présentement, ci-après

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They are admonished to

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Ils sont exhortés de

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To draw near

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S’approcher

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To grant

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Accorder, conférer

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Vested in

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Etablir, loger

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Encroachment

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Envahissement, empiètement

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Fickleness

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Caprices, inconstances

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Bribery

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Corruption

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They hold their offices during good behaviour

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Ils font preuve de bonne conduite dans leur charge

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In the long run

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A long terme

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Bald eagle

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Pygargue à tête blanche

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Pendulum

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Pendule

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Applesauce

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Compote de pommes

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The contempt

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Le mépris

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To chip away

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Eroder, Rogner, réduire (attaquer)

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To purport

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Prétendre

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Array of opinion

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Eventail d’opinions

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Appointment process

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Processus de nomination

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Nominee

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Candidat

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Thorough

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Approfondi

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Vetting process

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Processus de sélection

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Prominent

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Important, éminent

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To lambast

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Critiquer, fustiger, dénoncer

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Tied vote

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Vote à égalité

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Be sworn in

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Prêter serment

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Once

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Autrefois, une fois

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Wild and rampaging popular legislatures

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Assemblées législatives sauvages et rampantes

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Overbearing

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Dominant

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Tenor

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Teneur

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Void

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Nul

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To entertain questions

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Aborder/prendre en compte/répondre à des questions

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Strengthen

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Renforcer

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Though

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Bien que

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To rob

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Voler, priver

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Excerpts

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Extraits

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Slavery

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Esclavage

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Overcome

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Vaincre

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Wounded

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Blessé

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To cut down

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Abattre, réduire, amputer

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To struck down

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Invalider, annuler, frapper de nullité

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To disenfranchise

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Priver les gens de leur droit

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Midlife crisis

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Crise de la quarantaine

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Heralded as

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Annoncé, présenté comme

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To revert to

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Revenir à, repasser à

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Older ways

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Vieilles méthodes, coutumes, habitudes

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To sneer

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Ricaner

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Enforced as written

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Appliqué comme tel

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In the wake of

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Dans le sillage de, au lendemain de

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Emphatically

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Clairement, catégoriquement

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The province and duty

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Le domaine (compétence) et le devoir

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Spread

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Diffusion, propagation

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Candid

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Franc, sincère

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To beg a question

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Poser une question

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Repugnant to

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Répugnant, contraire à

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State militia

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Milice d’état

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Embrace

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Etreinte, adhésion

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To praise

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Louer, féliciter

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Fraught

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Epineux, délicat, sensible

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Trade-off

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Compromis

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In a timely fashion

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En temps utile, opportun

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To witthold

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Priver, retenir

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To muster

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Rassembler

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Bulwark

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Rempart

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To throw out

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Jeter, rejeter

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To go rogue

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Se défiler

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Countervailing force

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Force compensatoire, contre pouvoir

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To draw to a close

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Toucher a sa fin

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To bring an end to

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Mettre un terme à

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Umpire

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Arbitre

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Horse and buggy driver

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Conducteur de calèche

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As it pleases

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Comme il lui plait, à sa guise

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Either way

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Quoi qu’il en soit

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Leading case

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Arrêt de principe

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Landmark decision

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Décision historique, marquante

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To hand down

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Prononcer (peine, verdict, etc.)

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To spell out priorities

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Préciser des priorités

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To call a strike

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Appeler à la grève

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To frame

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Encadrer, construire

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The framers

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Encadreurs

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Impotence

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Impuissance

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Core tool

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Outil de base

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Underlie

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Sous-tendre

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From time to time

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De temps en temps

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Oath

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Serment

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Abridge

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Abaisser, réduire, restreindre

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Seizure

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Saisie

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Indictment

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Acte d’accusation

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Jeopardy

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Mise en danger

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Limb

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Membre (d’un corps), branche

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Bail

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Libération sous caution

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Divide

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Clivage

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Inheritance law

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Droit des successions

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Foregoing powers

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Pouvoir susmentionnés

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Countless activities

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D’innombrables activités

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Performance

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Accomplissement, réalisation

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Teneous

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Ténu

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Unduly burden

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Fardeau, charge indu

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Supersede

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Supplanter, remplacer

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Notwithstanding

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Nonobstant

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Uphold

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Défendre, maintenir, faire respecter

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Encompass

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Englober

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To rear a child

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Elever un enfant

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Outright

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Pur et simple, purement et simplement

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Treacherous

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Perfide, trompeur

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Stout confidence

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Confiance inébranlable

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Yardstick

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Critère, référence

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Unfolding

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Déroulement

Droit comparé/anglais (2 decks)

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