GC: n

S: UMN – http://www1.umn.edu/humanrts/gencomm/hrc29.html (last access: 22 April 2013); ETHZ – https://www.files.ethz.ch/isn/14131/backgrounder_02_states_emergency.pdf (last access: 9 October 2021).

N: 1. state of emergency, plural states of emergency (countable). When a government gives itself special powers in order to try to control an unusually difficult or dangerous situation, especially when this involves limiting people’s freedom.
2. A temporary state declared, in accordance with the legislation, by the appropriate authorities when an emergency exists or is imminent, and during which these authorities have extraordinary powers in the implementation of emergency response measures.
3. A state of emergency may be declared by a local authority, a municipality, a province or a territory, depending on the legislation.
4. state of emergency: designation and definition standardized by the Translation Bureau and the Office of Critical Infrastructure Protection and Emergency Preparedness (OCIPEP), Canada.

S: 1. Idoce – http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/state-of-emergency (last access: 2 September 2014). 2 to 4. TERMIUM PLUS – https://www.btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=eng&i=1&index=esb&srchtxt=DICTA (last access: 9 October 2021)

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CR: State