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Legal glossary listing the definitions of terms and expressions commonly used in the legal field.
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A

Access rights Acknowledgement of debt Acquisition title or title of ownership Act respecting the legal publicity of enterprises Act respecting the mode of payment for electric and gas service in certain buildings (r.s.q., c. m-37) Active members Additional hypothec/mortgage Additional rent Address Adjusted book value Adjustments Adjustments Administrator of the property of others Agricultural zoning Amortization Amortization Application for determination of boundaries Application to the superior court Appointment of a liquidator Articles Articles of amendment Articles of amendment As-built drawings Ascendants Asset rollover Assets of the succession Assignee Assignor Associate members Assumed name Assumption Attestation Attorney Attorney Auction sale Auditor Autorité des marchés financiers

B

Bachelor Bachelor Barreau du québec (quebec bar) Bedding Beneficiary (trust) Benefits of division and discussion Bequest Birth certificate Blocker bug Board of directors Boma standard Bonus Bounds Breakdown (general) Breakdown of purchase price Bridge loan Business corporation Business corporation (incorporation) Business due diligence By-laws By-laws of the immovable

C

Cadastral registration Cadastral renovation Cadastre Cadastre of quebec Calculation of the portion used as family residence by an owner of an income property Call for payment Canada mortgage and housing corporation Canadian maritime document Canadian register of vessels Canadian vessel Cancellation Capital Capital gain Case law Cbca Certificate authorizing the distribution of property Certificate of location Certificate of registry Certified true copy Cession of rank Chambre des notaires du québec Chartered accountant Chief registrar Child Child in the first degree Child of the marriage Cipo Civil code of quebec Civil law Civil status Civil union Civil union contract Civil union dissolution agreement Classes Classified heritage property Clearance certificate Cnesst Code of civil procedure Codicil Cohabitation agreement between de facto spouses Commercial transaction Common expenses Common portion Common portion for restricted use Common-law relationship Company key Company policy Company rules Compensatory indemnity Conflict of interest Consideration paid Contingency fund Contribution Control Conventional appointment Copyright Corporate members Corporate name Corporate vault Corporations canada Counter-offer Cpa Cpi Creditor Custodian Custody right

D

D.t. 53 Damage Date of transfer of ownership De facto union De facto union Deadline Death benefit Death certificate Debtor Declaration of civil union Declaration of co-ownership Declaration of family residence Declaration of legal heirs Declaration of marriage Declaration of the sole shareholder Deed of sale of an immovable property Delivery Depositary Description Designated beneficiary Designating number Designating number Determination of boundaries Developer Director (condo) Director (corporation) Dissolution Divided co-ownership Dividend Divorce Divorce and family law attorney Divorcee Doctrine Donee Donor Down payment Due diligence of a divided co-ownership

E

Eligible dividend Emphyteusis Emphyteuta Employee Encroachment End of parental union Enjoyment of the premises Equity Escrow Escrow agreement Escrow deposit agreement Escrow trust agreement Estate freeze Event of default Eviction Exception Exchange Exclusions Exclusivity clause Executor/estate trustee Exemption from seizure clause Exercise period Exercise price Expedited Expert witness Express Express renunciation Expropriation

F

Fair market value Family patrimony Family residence Fees (tm) First director (corporation) Fixed-term contract Flood-risk area Forced withdrawal Foreign matrimonial regime Foreign vessel Formal notice Fraction of divided co-ownership Franchise Full administration Full name

G

General information regarding demotion General information regarding suspension General partnership Goods Grantor Gross tonnage Gst Guarantee plan for new residential buildings Guarantor

H

Head office / registered office Heir Heritage property Heritage site Holograph Home insurance Homologation Honorary members Housing complex How the packages work Hybrid mode Hypothec/mortgage Hypothec/mortgage on rents Hypothecary remedies Hypothecary seizure (foreclosure)

I

Immovable property Immovable/real estate property Implied Important general information regarding the dismissal of an employee Incapacity Inclusions Income Income splitting Incorporeal property Increase in value Independent auditor's report Individuals with significant control Indivision Indivision agreement Initial declaration Insider Insolvent (estate) Insurance fund Intellectual property Interested person Intestate succession Inventory Issuer

J

Joint venture Jointly liable Judicial district Jurisdiction

L

Land register Land register (formerly the index to immovables) Land surveyor Latent defects Lease Leasehold improvements Leed Legacy by particular title Legal age Legal devolution Legal expert Legal hypothec/mortgage Legal matrimonial regime Legal person/entity Legal warranty Legally separated Legatee Legatee/beneficiary Legislate Lessor/landlord Letters patent (immovable property) Liabilities of the succession/estate Licensee Lif Life members Limited partnership Liquidator Lira Live online signing Living will

M

Mandatary to property Mandatary to the company Mandatary to the person Mandatary/attorney Mandator/grantor Mapaq Marine mortgage Marriage Marriage certificate Marriage contract Master Matrimonial regime Matrimonial search Medical assessment Memorandum Metes Minute book Minutes of proceedings Monitor Movable hypothec Movable property

N

Natural person Neq New complex Non-competition (general) Non-competition (shareholder agreement) Non-contentious proceeding Non-solicitation Notarial act Note 1 Note 2 Notice Notice of address Notice of appointment of the liquidator Notice of closure of the inventory Notice of marriage Notice of termination of employment Notice period Notice to reader Numbered name

O

Objects Offer to lease Offer to purchase Offer under a suspensive condition Officer Operating costs Option (estate) Ordinary ascendants Ordinary collaterals Other documents (1070 c.c.q.) Outside the company

P

Par value Parental union Parental union assets Partitionable value (divorce) Partnership of acquests Passenger Patrimony Percentage Personal balance sheet Persons connected by marriage or civil union Piece of id Piggyback clause Pleasure craft Pleasure craft licence Possession Preferential right to purchase Preliminary contract Present and future Prior notice of the exercise of a hypothecary remedy Private issuer Private portion Private property Privileged ascendants Privileged collaterals Probate of a will Professional accountant's report Progressive discipline Proportionate share (lease) Proration Protection area Protection mandate in case of incapacity Proxyholder Psychosocial assessment Public curator Public domain Public officer Publication of the lease

Q

Qbca Qst Qualified Qualified person Qualifying home Quebec enterprise registrar

R

Rdprm Real property transfer duties Reasonable notice period Recognized heritage property Records Register of co-ownership Register of individuals with significant control (risc) Registrar Registrar of civil status Registration (registred) Registration (trademark) Registration division Registry office Regulation respecting standards of practice for location certificates Reinvestment Relative value (of each fraction of divided co-ownership) Release/discharge Reliable source Rendering of account (estate) Rent Representation Reserve Reserve for taxes Resident of canada Residue of the estate Resignation Retirement plan Review engagement report Right of first refusal Rolling stock Rrif Rrsp

S

Sale by private agreement Sale by way of a call for tenders Sd/pd Section 1105 Section 2.4 of regulation 45-106 Securities Security Seizure Separated Separation as to property Serious fault Service contract for independent worker Services Servitude Settlor (trust) Share capital Share certificate Shareholder Shareholder agreement Shareholder buy-sell agreement Shares Shotgun clause Significant part of business activity Simple administration Small vessel Software Sole proprietorship Solidarily liable Solvency Source codes Spouse Staking bench-mark Start of parental union Stock option Strict time limit Subscriber Subscription for shares Subsidiary Successor Superficiary Superficies Supervised visits Supplier Surety Suretyship Svcp Sworn statement Syndicate of co-owners

T

Tacit acceptance Targeted territory Tax rollover Technical description Term Term (lease) Termination or permanent layoff Testator Tfsa Title examination Title insurance Tonnage measurer Total consideration Trade-mark agent Trademark Trademark restrictions Trust Trust account Trust agreement Trust operating a commercial enterprise Trust patrimony Trust will Trustee Tutor Tutor ad hoc Tutor to an incapcitated adult Tutorship council

U

Ultimate beneficiary Unanimous shareholder agreement Undivided co-owners Undivided co-ownership Uninterrupted service Universal legacy Universality Universality of movables Unqualified Update of a minute book Upload Use Useful disbursements Usufruct

V

Vessel Views Virtual power of attorney Voting and participating shares

W

Warranty of ownership Warranty of quality Widow/widower Widow/widower Will Will search Without warranty, at the risk and peril

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2

2130 2136 2497 2724 2726 2727 2729 2731 2800 298 299

3

300 301 302 303 304 305 306 3061 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 337 338 339 340 341 342 343 344 345 346 347 348 349 350 351 352 353 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364

8

812.1.

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