Appendix 1

• Author: Denis Le May
• Profession: Conseiller a la documentation Bibliotheque de l'Université Laval
• Pages: 187-189

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Appendices

APPENDICES

In An Act respecting the implementation of the reform of the Civil code, S.Q. 1992, c. 57, s. 423, the legislator took the

precaution to ensure that in statutes and statutory instruments “the concepts introduced by the new Code replace the

corresponding concepts of the former code.” This book provides alphabetical listings of some of the main concepts that

exhibit a change in terminology from the former Code to the new Code (Appendix 1) and from the new Code to the for-

mer Code (Appendix 2).

Appendix 1: Changes in Terminology from the Former Civil Code to the New Civil Code

Former Code New Code

Act of burial Act of death

Bulk sale Sale of an enterprise

Certificate of the registrar Certified statement of the registrar

Civil partnership Contractual partnership within the meaning of the

Civil Code of Québec

Civil personality Juridical personality

Close treatment Confinement of a mentally ill person

Commercial partnership Contractual partnership within the meaning of the

Civil Code of Québec

Corporation within the meaning of the Civil Code of

Lower Canada

Legal person within the meaning of the Civil Code

of Québec

Curatorship to the absentee Tutorship to the absentee

Emphyteutic lease Emphyteusis

Exemplary damages Punitive damages

Fortuitous event Superior force

Hypothecary security Hypothecary suretyship

Incapacity to act Inhability to act