In Canadian law, a reference question or reference case (formally called abstract review) is a submission by the federal or a provincial government to...
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information, answering questions, and otherwise fulfilling users’ information needs. Reference work often but not always involves using reference works, such as...
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admission, etc. Reference design, in engineering Reference desk, in a library Reference question, a concept in Canadian public law Reference work, a dictionary...
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its affirmative answer to the first question of the Manitoba and Newfoundland References (and the first question asked by Quebec, which the court took...
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Preliminary ruling (redirect from Preliminary reference)
considers that a decision on the question is "necessary" to enable it to judge a particular case. The obligatory reference (duty to refer) is established...
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the reference question as initially posed." Stephen Abram uses the concept of "the library as conversation," and says that when it comes to reference questions...
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The question mark ? (also known as interrogation point, query, or eroteme in journalism) is a punctuation mark that indicates a question or interrogative...
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submission argued several points. First, it argued that the reference was invalid; the question is purely a political one and thus is outside the authority...
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Reference Re Same-Sex Marriage [2004] 3 S.C.R. 698, 2004 SCC 79, was a reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the constitutional...
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A reference scenario is an imagined situation where a library patron brings a question to a librarian and there is then a conversation, called in the field...
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Reference.com is an online encyclopedia that organizes content that uses a question-and-answer format. Articles are organized into hierarchical categories...
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basis. It was intended as a resource for libraries when answering reference questions, planning library instruction, identifying items to purchase, and...
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The Manitoba Schools Question (French: La question des écoles du Manitoba) was a political crisis in the Canadian province of Manitoba that occurred late...
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In physics and astronomy, a frame of reference (or reference frame) is an abstract coordinate system, whose origin, orientation, and scale have been specified...
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library to locate patrons with questions or concerns and offer them help in finding or using library resources. Roving reference as a library service practice...
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Reference Re Remuneration of Judges (No 2) [1998] 1 S.C.R. 3 was a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada addressing questions regarding the 1997 Provincial...
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Reference Re Manitoba Language Rights, [1985] 1 S.C.R. 721, was a reference question posed to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding provisions in the Manitoba...
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Reference Re Assisted Human Reproduction Act is an appeal from the Quebec Court of Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada on a reference question posed...
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a question of fact, which must be answered by reference to facts and evidence as well as inferences arising from those facts. Answers to questions of...
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document collections used for question answering systems include: a local[clarification needed] collection of reference texts internal organization[ambiguous]...
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Prostitution portal Reference re ss. 193 & 195.1(1)(c) of the Criminal Code (Man.) [1990] 1 S.C.R. 1123, commonly known as the Prostitution Reference, is a decision...
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Reference Re Senate Reform was a reference question to the Supreme Court of Canada regarding the constitutional validity of proposals to change the Senate...
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Final Solution (redirect from Final solution of the jewish question)
The Final Solution or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question was a plan orchestrated by Nazi Germany during World War II for the genocide of individuals...
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Reference Re Anti-Inflation Act, [1976] 2 S.C.R. 373 was a landmark reference question opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada on the constitutionality...
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The $64,000 Question is an American game show broadcast in primetime on CBS-TV from 1955 to 1958, which became embroiled in the 1950s quiz show scandals...
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The province of Saskatchewan, under Premier Scott Moe, referred a reference question to the Court of Appeal for Saskatchewan regarding the law's constitutionality...
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held that courts have a residual discretion to refuse to answer reference questions where there is insufficient legal content or where the court would...
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Advisory opinion (redirect from Presidential reference)
the reference question mechanism is equivalent to an advisory opinion. The Supreme Court Act gives the federal Cabinet the power to refer questions to...
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was published, on which a reference question was posed to the Supreme Court of Canada on its constitutionality. In Reference re Securities Act, the Court...
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Coffin affair (category Supreme Court of Canada reference question cases)
Court of Canada was turned down but the federal Cabinet submitted a reference question to that Court asking: "If the application made by Wilbert Coffin for...
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