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This is so in part because of the quid pro quo.
Il en est ainsi en partie en raison du principe de la contrepartie.
He seemed to me like an individual that would have earned five quid honestly with the same work and bother that he puts into forging a one-pound note.
I’ m’faîsait l’effet d’un mec qu’attrait gagné honnêtement cent balles avec le travail et l’emmerdement qu’il apporte à fabriquer un faux billet de cinquante.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
You'll be a bit late, but nobody will complain, and you'll have that quid for yourself.'
Vous vous mettrez un peu en retard, mais cela ne fera de tort à personne, et vous aurez ce jaunet pour vous.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John
It must be assumed, it is submitted, that if an employee receives wages when he is not working, he has given up a quid pro quo for that benefit.
Il faut supposer, soutient-on, que si un employé touche un salaire quand il ne travaille pas, il a cédé quelque chose en contrepartie.
The emphasis in Noel on the quid pro quo reinforces the link between s. 13 of the Charter and s. 5 of the Canada Evidence Act and the whole issue of compelled testimony.
L'accent mis sur la notion de contrepartie dans l'affaire Noël renforce le lien entre, d'une part, l'art. 13 de la Charte et l'art. 5 de la Loi sur la preuve au Canada et, d'autre part, toute la question du témoignage forcé.
A promise renders a statement involuntary only if the quid pro quo provides a strong enough inducement to raise a reasonable doubt about whether the will of the suspect was overborne.
Une promesse rend une déclaration involontaire uniquement si la contrepartie offre des encouragements importants au point de soulever un doute raisonnable quant à la question de savoir si on a subjugué la volonté du suspect.
This would be so, even in cases where the witness would clearly not have sought the statutory protection in exchange for going forward with his testimony as a quid pro quo for testifying against his own interests.
Il en serait ainsi même dans les cas où il est clair que le témoin n'aurait pas demandé la protection légale en échange de son témoignage préjudiciable à ses intérêts.
"Not to mention," says Pepin, "that they've got silver hats, and pistols that you can get four quid for whenever you like, and field-glasses that simply haven't got a price.
– Sans compter, dit Pépin, qu’il’ ont des couvercles d’argent et des pistolets que tu peux revendre cent balles quand tu veux, et des jumelles prismatiques qu’a pas d’prix.
Barbusse, Henri / Under fireBarbusse, Henri / Le feu
Le feu
Barbusse, Henri
© BELENUS, 2008
Under fire
Barbusse, Henri
© 1917 by E. P. DUTTON & CO
To the extent statements in the other cases are inconsistent with the rationale of compulsion (the "quid pro quo"), they should no longer be regarded as authoritative.
Dans la mesure où les énoncés figurant dans les autres arrêts sont incompatibles avec la justification de la contrainte (la contrepartie), ils ne devraient plus être considérés comme faisant autorité.
Now, if it had been you, guv'nor, that had found the quids, nobody would have troubled you.'
Tenez, si c'était vous, patron, qui aviez trouvé les jaunets, personne ne vous aurait rien dit.
Buchan, John / Thirty-Nine StepsBuchan, John / Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Les Trente-Neuf Marches
Buchan, John
Thirty-Nine Steps
Buchan, John

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