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In these appeals, the C.R.T. can overturn the dismissal, order the employee's reinstatement or fix indemnities.
En l'espèce, la C.R.T. peut annuler le congédiement, ordonner la réintégration du salarié ou fixer des indemnités.
In my view, she errs in upholding the decision of the majority of the Court of Appeal to overturn the trial judge and impose a constructive trust over the property in question.
A mon avis, elle commet une erreur en confirmant le jugement par lequel les juges majoritaires de la Cour d'appel ont infirmé la décision du juge du procès pour imposer une fiducie par interprétation à l'égard de l'immeuble en question.
Ah, my dear child, if you wish to overturn the world by striving to set a little more happiness in it, you have only to remain in your laboratory here, for human happiness can spring only from the furnace of the scientist."
Ah ! mon cher enfant, si vous voulez bouleverser le monde en essayant d’y mettre un peu plus de bonheur, vous n’avez qu’à rester dans votre laboratoire, car le bonheur humain ne peut naître que de votre fourneau de savant. »
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Oh! the sitting indeed. The gravest matters, some bill of national interest, might be under discussion, yet every member fled from it at the sudden threat of an interpellation which might overturn the ministry.
Ah ! la séance, on avait beau y discuter la plus grave des affaires, une loi d’intérêt général, tous les membres la désertaient, sous cette brusque nouvelle d’une interpellation qui pouvait emporter le ministère !
Zola, Emile / The Three Cities - ParisZola, Emile / Les Trois Villes - Paris
Les Trois Villes - Paris
Zola, Emile
The Three Cities - Paris
Zola, Emile
Officially, the panel is helping the Dispute Settlement Body make rulings or recommendations. But because the panel’s report can only be rejected by consensus in the Dispute Settlement Body, its conclusions are difficult to overturn.
Le groupe spécial a officiellement pour tâche d’aider l’ORD à énoncer des décisions ou recommandations, mais comme son rapport ne peut être rejeté que par consensus à l’ORD, il est difficile d’infirmer ses conclusions.
© Organisation mondiale du commerce, 2001
www.wto.org 3/5/2010
© World Trade Organization 2001
www.wto.org 3/5/2010
As such, it would require a palpable and overriding error in order to overturn her finding that the municipality knew or ought to have known of the hazard, and, in our view, no such error was made.
Par conséquent, il faudrait une erreur manifeste et dominante pour écarter sa conclusion que la municipalité connaissait le danger ou aurait dû le connaître et, selon nous, aucune erreur de cette nature n'a été commise.
The applicant makes a number of submissions as to why this Court ought to overturn the Umpire's decision.
La demanderesse présente plusieurs conclusions quant aux raisons pour lesquelles la Cour devrait infirmer la décision de la juge-arbitre.
This ground was not pressed on appeal and was not, in the Court of Appeal's view, a sufficient ground to overturn the decision of the Commission.
En appel, on n'a pas insisté sur ce dernier moyen, qui, de l'avis de la Cour d'appel, n'était pas suffisant pour infirmer la décision de la Commission.
The absence of a general requirement of legislative prospectivity exists despite the fact that retrospective and retroactive legislation can overturn settled expectations and is sometimes perceived as unjust:
Il n'existe aussi aucune exigence générale que la législation ait une portée uniquement prospective, même si une loi rétrospective et rétroactive peut renverser des expectatives bien établies et être parfois perçue comme étant injuste
'They said that he had come here to overturn everything, to bestow places right and left and bring about the triumph of the Paris clique.
On disait qu'il venait tout bouleverser ici, donner des places à droite et à gauche, faire triompher la clique de Paris.
Zola, Emile / The Conquest of PlassansZola, Emile / La Conquete des Plassans
La Conquete des Plassans
Zola, Emile
The Conquest of Plassans
Zola, Emile
The court should not overturn a decision as unreasonable simply because it would have come to a different conclusion.
Une cour de justice ne doit pas tenir une décision pour déraisonnable et l'annuler seulement parce qu'elle serait arrivée à une autre conclusion.
BCE and Bell Canada appealed the overturning of the trial judge's approval of the plan of arrangement, and the debenture-holders cross-appealed the dismissal of the claims for oppression.
BCE et Bell Canada ont interjeté appel de l'annulation de l'approbation du plan d'arrangement par le juge de première instance, et les détenteurs de débentures ont formé un appel incident contre le rejet des demandes de redressement pour abus.
He took his place near us, but a little withdrawn all the same, and sits on an overturned tub, his chin on his fists.
Il s’est placé près de nous, un peu à l’écart cependant, et s’est assis, les poings au menton, sur une cuve renversée.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
or taking necessary steps to prevent vehicle overturning or derailment, by means of appropriate devices.
soit en prenant les dispositions nécessaires pour empêcher le renversement ou le déraillement des véhicules, au moyen de dispositifs appropriés.
On appeal, the Court of Appeal overturned the acquittals and ordered a new trial.
En appel, la Cour d'appel a infirmé les acquittements et ordonné un nouveau procès.

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overturn

noun
SingularPlural
Common caseoverturnoverturns
Possessive caseoverturn'soverturns'

overturn

verb
Basic forms
Pastoverturned
Imperativeoverturn
Present Participle (Participle I)overturning
Past Participle (Participle II)overturned
Present Indefinite, Active Voice
I overturnwe overturn
you overturnyou overturn
he/she/it overturnsthey overturn
Present Continuous, Active Voice
I am overturningwe are overturning
you are overturningyou are overturning
he/she/it is overturningthey are overturning
Present Perfect, Active Voice
I have overturnedwe have overturned
you have overturnedyou have overturned
he/she/it has overturnedthey have overturned
Present Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I have been overturningwe have been overturning
you have been overturningyou have been overturning
he/she/it has been overturningthey have been overturning
Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I overturnedwe overturned
you overturnedyou overturned
he/she/it overturnedthey overturned
Past Continuous, Active Voice
I was overturningwe were overturning
you were overturningyou were overturning
he/she/it was overturningthey were overturning
Past Perfect, Active Voice
I had overturnedwe had overturned
you had overturnedyou had overturned
he/she/it had overturnedthey had overturned
Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I had been overturningwe had been overturning
you had been overturningyou had been overturning
he/she/it had been overturningthey had been overturning
Future Indefinite, Active Voice
I shall/will overturnwe shall/will overturn
you will overturnyou will overturn
he/she/it will overturnthey will overturn
Future Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will be overturningwe shall/will be overturning
you will be overturningyou will be overturning
he/she/it will be overturningthey will be overturning
Future Perfect, Active Voice
I shall/will have overturnedwe shall/will have overturned
you will have overturnedyou will have overturned
he/she/it will have overturnedthey will have overturned
Future Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I shall/will have been overturningwe shall/will have been overturning
you will have been overturningyou will have been overturning
he/she/it will have been overturningthey will have been overturning
Future in the Past Indefinite, Active Voice
I should/would overturnwe should/would overturn
you would overturnyou would overturn
he/she/it would overturnthey would overturn
Future in the Past Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would be overturningwe should/would be overturning
you would be overturningyou would be overturning
he/she/it would be overturningthey would be overturning
Future in the Past Perfect, Active Voice
I should/would have overturnedwe should/would have overturned
you would have overturnedyou would have overturned
he/she/it would have overturnedthey would have overturned
Future in the Past Perfect Continuous, Active Voice
I should/would have been overturningwe should/would have been overturning
you would have been overturningyou would have been overturning
he/she/it would have been overturningthey would have been overturning
Present Indefinite, Passive Voice
I am overturnedwe are overturned
you are overturnedyou are overturned
he/she/it is overturnedthey are overturned
Present Continuous, Passive Voice
I am being overturnedwe are being overturned
you are being overturnedyou are being overturned
he/she/it is being overturnedthey are being overturned
Present Perfect, Passive Voice
I have been overturnedwe have been overturned
you have been overturnedyou have been overturned
he/she/it has been overturnedthey have been overturned
Past Indefinite, Passive Voice
I was overturnedwe were overturned
you were overturnedyou were overturned
he/she/it was overturnedthey were overturned
Past Continuous, Passive Voice
I was being overturnedwe were being overturned
you were being overturnedyou were being overturned
he/she/it was being overturnedthey were being overturned
Past Perfect, Passive Voice
I had been overturnedwe had been overturned
you had been overturnedyou had been overturned
he/she/it had been overturnedthey had been overturned
Future Indefinite, Passive Voice
I shall/will be overturnedwe shall/will be overturned
you will be overturnedyou will be overturned
he/she/it will be overturnedthey will be overturned
Future Perfect, Passive Voice
I shall/will have been overturnedwe shall/will have been overturned
you will have been overturnedyou will have been overturned
he/she/it will have been overturnedthey will have been overturned