Definition: This block contains a wide variety of disorders that differ in severity and clinical form but that are all attributable to the use of one or more psychoactive substances, which may or may not have been medically prescribed. The third character of the code identifies the substance involved, and the fourth character specifies the clinical state. The codes should be used, as required, for each substance specified, but it should be noted that not all fourth character codes are applicable to all substances. Identification of the psychoactive substance should be based on as many sources of information as possible. These include self-report data, analysis of blood and other body fluids, characteristic physical and psychological symptom ...[+++]s, clinical signs and behaviour, and other evidence such as a drug being in the patient's possession or reports from informed third parties. Many drug users take more than one type of psychoactive substance. The main diagnosis should be classified, whenever possible, according to the substance or class of substances that has caused or contributed most to the presenting clinical syndrome. Other diagnoses should be coded when other psychoactive substances have been taken in intoxicating amounts (common fourth character .0) or to the extent of causing harm (common fourth character .1), dependence (common fourth character .2) or other disorders (common fourth character .3-.9). Only in cases in which patterns of psychoactive substance-taking are chaotic and indiscriminate, or in which the contributions of different psychoactive substances are inextricably mixed, should the diagnosis of disorders resulting from multiple drug use (F19.-) be used. | Modifiers The following fourth-character subdivisions are for use with categories F10-F19: Code Title .0 Acute intoxication A condition that follows the administration of a psychoactive substance resulting in disturbances in level of consciousness, cognition, perception, affect or behaviour, o ...

having noted [ having taken note ]

to have no jurisdiction to take cognizance of an action

men and women who have taken early retirement

having taken into account

time limitation for lodging an appeal, no action having been taken within the statutory time

long time-lag before the measures taken have begun to bite

On the other hand, BE, BG, DE, FR and UK have provided case law to show that their courts have taken cognizance of cases involving information systems, the majority of which appear to establish jurisdiction when the offender is physically present/resident in the relevant jurisdiction or when the material was accessible in that jurisdiction or clearly addressed to that country’s public.

On the other hand, BE, BG, DE, FR and UK have provided case law to show that their courts have taken cognizance of cases involving information systems, the majority of which appear to establish jurisdiction when the offender is physically present/resident in the relevant jurisdiction or when the material was accessible in that jurisdiction or clearly addressed to that country’s public.

It is from a certain tax lawyer with Ernst & Young in Montreal who is saying that the firm had taken cognizance of the transcript of the hearing and that he and his colleagues have some points they wish to make on it.

Hon. Marlene Jennings (Notre-Dame-de-Grâce—Lachine, Lib.): Mr. Shapiro, through the chair, I'd like to apologize for my tardy arrival, which meant that I missed your actual presentation, although I have taken cognizance of the document that you've prepared for the committee.