audience hors siège

English translation: is in session off-site/[is holding] off-site session/s

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French term or phrase:audience hors siège
English translation:is in session off-site/[is holding] off-site session/s
Entered by: liz askew

19:31 Dec 21, 2011
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
French term or phrase: audience hors siège
La Cour de justice de la Communauté économique des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest (Cedeao) est en audience hors siège, depuis le lundi 7 avril dernier, dans les locaux de la Cour suprême à Niamey.
Timothy Rake
United States
Local time: 00:42
[is holding] off-site sessions/s
Explanation:
http://www.google.com/search?q=est en audience hors siège,&i...

here “hors siege” = off site
• Supreme Court to Hold Off-Site Court in - Supreme Court & Judicial ...
www.sconet.state.oh.us/PIO/news/2011/offSiteCourt_022311.as...
23 Feb 2011 – Access background information and a video illustrating the program, including footage from past Off-Site Court sessions. Supreme Court ...
• Kyiv Post. Independence. Community. Trust - Ukraine - Teixeira: EU ...
www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/118529/print/
9 Dec 2011 – European Union is concerned about the holding of offsite court sessions in the prison cell of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Jose ...

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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:42
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Summary of answers provided
3 +6[is holding] off-site sessions/s
liz askew
4 +2see explanation
Mark Hamlen


  

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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
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Explanation:
it means that the headquarters of the court are inaccessible and that it is temporarily housed in the premises of the Supreme Court at Niamey.

You could say:

The Court of Justice of the..... has been in session at the premises of the Supreme Court of .... since 7 April.

Mark Hamlen
France
Local time: 09:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 28

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: this sounds more official and less like newspaper speak
1 hr

agree  Patrice
11 hrs
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28 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +6
[is holding] off-site sessions/s


Explanation:
http://www.google.com/search?q=est en audience hors siège,&i...

here “hors siege” = off site
• Supreme Court to Hold Off-Site Court in - Supreme Court & Judicial ...
www.sconet.state.oh.us/PIO/news/2011/offSiteCourt_022311.as...
23 Feb 2011 – Access background information and a video illustrating the program, including footage from past Off-Site Court sessions. Supreme Court ...
• Kyiv Post. Independence. Community. Trust - Ukraine - Teixeira: EU ...
www.kyivpost.com/news/nation/detail/118529/print/
9 Dec 2011 – European Union is concerned about the holding of offsite court sessions in the prison cell of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko, Jose ...



liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:42
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  ormiston: well sleuthed
16 mins

agree  Alain Mouchel
56 mins

agree  Nikki Scott-Despaigne: "is in session off-site" probably better stylistically than "holding a session off-site" bearing in mind that courts are described as being "in session".
1 hr

agree  Yvonne Gallagher: Nikki's wording is good
1 hr

agree  B D Finch: Also agree with Nikki.
1 hr

neutral  writeaway: hors siege is not off site normally but the refs are newspaper writing, not legalese
2 hrs

agree  mimi 254
17 hrs
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