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Common Law

Terminology Bulletin 269

The Law of Security Glossary (Common Law) is part of a project undertaken in 1981 by the National Program for the Integration of Both Official Languages in the Administration of Justice (POLAJ) to standardize the French terminology of the common-law vocabulary. The Glossary contains 458 English terms, the French equivalents of which have been standardized. Some entries contain notes explaining the different concepts and use of the terms and their equivalents.

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