reunión desierta

English translation: deserted meeting

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Spanish term or phrase:reunión desierta
English translation:deserted meeting
Entered by: eski

21:58 Jun 26, 2011
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
Spanish term or phrase: reunión desierta
Es un contrato en el que dice que en la reunión no hubo quorum, y especifica: "se trató de una reunion desierta o falta de unanimidad"
Tysson
Argentina
Local time: 18:29
deserted meeting
Explanation:
en out of the forty-two Commissioners at the meeting deserted his standard, ... The lack of unanimity In the re-election of Dr. Maxwell was somewhat ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res...
The Kennamer Reunion Minutes Page

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Also :
"Abandoned":
No sooner had the first session of purchases in Wairarapa been ..... suggested the furnishing of a particular sum to meet a debt or to allow a purchase ..... as he put it, 'they subsequently deserted, being completely ..... without having to obtain a broader uninamity. In terms of surveying, however, it was ...
www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/doclibrary/public/.../distric...
[PDF] CDCJ _2004_ 2 e - Information document concerning the CDCJ…
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Observers2 from non-member States of the Council of Europe or from intergovernmental ... All CDCJ documents are in English and French and during the meeting ...... the distinction between Conferences and Informal Meetings should be abandoned. ..... The Committee may, by uninamity of the votes cas, decide to invite ...
www.coe.int/.../CDCJ _2004_ 2 e - Information document conc...
[DOC] To what extent is America an Imperial Power
File Format: Microsoft Word - Quick View
World trade: to ensure that WTO ministerial meeting in December took steps to ... Euro – pro, but promises no membership of single currency without the consent of ... However, still retaining sov. in defence, foreign policy, uninamity ... like to continue supporting it, even though the US seems to have abandoned it ...
www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=39724&...

Saludos
eski :))

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Thanks for yopur confirmation, Tysson.
eski :))
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eski
Mexico
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Muchas gracias por tu ayuda!
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3invalid meeting
Edward Tully
3 +2meeting held without quorum
David Hollywood
4ineffective meeting
AllegroTrans
4vacated meeting
FVS (X)
4cancelled (or adjourned) Meeting
Richard Hill
4Unfruitful meeting
Maidul Islam
4deserted meeting
eski
Summary of reference entries provided
Info & refs.
Taña Dalglish

Discussion entries: 6





  

Answers


3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
ineffective meeting


Explanation:
or you could re-phrase to "no meeting took place"

Effective Board Meetings
Since a quorum is required to vote, no board meeting can be truly effective unless the majority of members are present. While most by-laws require a certain ...
cooperator.com/articles/214/.../Effective...Meetings/Page1.html - Cached - Similar
Amending quorum requirements.
... our Bylaws so that we can lower the quorum and have effective voting, ... in person or by proxy for a meeting. Naturally, we can never get a quorum. ...
www.summithoaservices.com/.../cant-get-quorum-in-master-ass... - Cached

AllegroTrans
United Kingdom
Local time: 21:29
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
invalid meeting


Explanation:
for all legal purposes...

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Resultados de la búsquedameetings - Corporate Law Experts - Chartered Accountants India ... - [ Traducir esta página ]17 Aug 2010 – Quorum is must for a statutory meeting. Without quorum you cannot ... Q.19 sir did you meant that a SM without quorum is invalid & it will ...
www.caclubindia.com › Experts › Corporate Law - En caché►O.M. AND S.P. (CORRESP.) - [ Traducir esta página ]19 May 2011 – (b) “A meeting without Quorum is invalid.” Explain. 10 9. Write short notes on any three of the following: (1)Transmission of shares; ...
www.scribd.com/doc/55830116/O-M-AND-S-P-CORRESP - En cachéUNICORE - UNICORE Forum e.V. - Statute - [ Traducir esta página ]... meeting may be convened immediately after the meeting without quorum. ... A ballot shall be invalid if the number of crosses placed after the name of a ...
www.unicore.eu/forum/statute/ - En caché[PDF] Digest on Haryana Panchayati Raj Act, 1994 [1997 to 2010] - [ Traducir esta página ]Formato de archivo: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Vista rápida
eyes of law - Approval of contract in a meeting without quorum is not valid ..... stamped and were rendered invalid - But no prayer was made for recount of ...
www.advocatesinindia.com/legal-digest/doc.../4-hr-panchayti...

Edward Tully
Local time: 22:29
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  James A. Walsh: Spot on, I would say!
4 mins
  -> many thanks! ;-)

agree  Charles Davis: I think this is it. I've found a case of a meeting declared "desierta" by a court, which clearly means "invalid".
13 mins
  -> many thanks! ;-)

agree  ClaraVal
28 mins
  -> many thanks! ;-)
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6 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
meeting held without quorum


Explanation:
At the outset, it must be made clear that a meeting can be held without quorum. Many people mistakenly believe that if there is no quorum, ...
www.raplyn.com/.../actions-that-can-be-taken-without-quorum... - Cached - Similar

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I think the meeting took place alright but there was no quorum

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you could also say: meeting (held) in the absence of a quorum ...

David Hollywood
Local time: 18:29
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 700

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: I think this could be a contradiction: it seems likely that the meeting was not held owing to the lack of quorum
2 mins
  -> not sure and as you say we need the context to see how things turned out :)

agree  Michael Powers (PhD): Given the context, this seems to convey the meaning the best
2 mins
  -> thanks Mike :) and let's see how things went :)

agree  teresa quimper
45 mins
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
vacated meeting


Explanation:
This is the correct term.

FVS (X)
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
cancelled (or adjourned) Meeting


Explanation:
I reckon “cancelled/adjourned meeting” sounds more accurate and natural.
Possibly, “cancelled” if it was not held at all, and adjourned if was convened, held and then adjourned “due to lack of quorum”.
The use of “o” in the Spanish text seems a bit iffy, but if “or” must be used maybe the whole term could be “meeting cancelled or (meeting) adjourned (due to lack of quorum)”.


Example sentence(s):
  • This morning\'s Judiciary Committee meeting was adjourned due to lack of a quorum
  • Gas board meeting canceled due to lack of quorum

    Reference: http://www.confirmthem.com/meeting_adjourned
Richard Hill
Mexico
Local time: 16:29
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Unfruitful meeting


Explanation:
a meeting where no agreement was made.

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or "non-productive meeting"


    Reference: http://www.armtown.com/news/en/a1p/20070123/44641/
    Reference: http://www.aknews.com/en/aknews/4/247988/
Maidul Islam
Local time: 02:59
Native speaker of: Native in BengaliBengali, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12
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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
deserted meeting


Explanation:
en out of the forty-two Commissioners at the meeting deserted his standard, ... The lack of unanimity In the re-election of Dr. Maxwell was somewhat ...
query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res...
The Kennamer Reunion Minutes Page

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Note added at 6 mins (2011-06-26 22:05:08 GMT)
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Also :
"Abandoned":
No sooner had the first session of purchases in Wairarapa been ..... suggested the furnishing of a particular sum to meet a debt or to allow a purchase ..... as he put it, 'they subsequently deserted, being completely ..... without having to obtain a broader uninamity. In terms of surveying, however, it was ...
www.waitangi-tribunal.govt.nz/doclibrary/public/.../distric...
[PDF] CDCJ _2004_ 2 e - Information document concerning the CDCJ…
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Observers2 from non-member States of the Council of Europe or from intergovernmental ... All CDCJ documents are in English and French and during the meeting ...... the distinction between Conferences and Informal Meetings should be abandoned. ..... The Committee may, by uninamity of the votes cas, decide to invite ...
www.coe.int/.../CDCJ _2004_ 2 e - Information document conc...
[DOC] To what extent is America an Imperial Power
File Format: Microsoft Word - Quick View
World trade: to ensure that WTO ministerial meeting in December took steps to ... Euro – pro, but promises no membership of single currency without the consent of ... However, still retaining sov. in defence, foreign policy, uninamity ... like to continue supporting it, even though the US seems to have abandoned it ...
www.thestudentroom.co.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=39724&...

Saludos
eski :))

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Note added at 73 days (2011-09-08 20:49:34 GMT) Post-grading
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Thanks for yopur confirmation, Tysson.
eski :))

eski
Mexico
Local time: 15:29
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
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Reference comments


12 mins peer agreement (net): +1
Reference: Info & refs.

Reference information:
I think we need more information.

You can have meetings which are "declared null and void" or "abandoned" due to the lack of a quorum.

FYI, I have just been researching "desierta" for a tender and the term I have tentatively used is "... declared null and void".

If quorum is not met the General meeting is declared null and void, and is deemed not to have taken place. The finances of the Electrical & Computer ...
www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~ece_gsa/constitution.php - Cached

About Us - Management Sciences Student Association
If quorum is not met, the general meeting is declared null and void. d. The Vice President will take minutes of the general meeting. ...
222.sites.google.com/site/uwaterloomssa/about-us

PDF] Meeting commenced at
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
25 Mar 2011 – MINTUES OF THE ORDINARY MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF THE SHIRE OF ... Due to the lack of a quorum, the meeting was abandoned and reports are to ...
www.brewarrina.nsw.gov.au/files/11240/File/2011March25.pdf

Palmer Town Council meeting canceled due to lack of quorum ...
13 Jun 2011 – Palmer Town Council meeting canceled due to lack of quorum .... suspected of stealing Oxycodone from abandoned apartment in South End ...
www.masslive.com › Breaking News - MassLive.com › Palmer - Cached

[PDF] NOTICE OF MEETING TO: Chairperson: Ms Jill Talbot Deputy ...
File Format: PDF/Adobe Acrobat - Quick View
Committee Meeting 3 February 2009. • Meeting Scheduled for 3 March abandoned due to lack of quorum. • Meeting scheduled for 10 March abandoned due to lack ...
https://eservices.gawler.sa.gov.au/AutoIndex/index.php?dir.....

HTH!

Taña Dalglish
Jamaica
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 242

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  Charles Davis: From my own limited research, I believe this is what "desierta" means. In relation to a tender, the DRAE defines "desierta" thus: "Dicho de una subasta, de un concurso o de un certamen: Que no ha tenido adjudicatario o ganador"
9 mins
  -> Thanks Charles. Useful information re the tenders (as it is driving me potty!). Abrazos.
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