dévolutionnaire

English translation: deputy

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French term or phrase:dévolutionnaire
English translation:deputy
Entered by: Roberta Beyer

20:53 Nov 1, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / court of first instance
French term or phrase: dévolutionnaire
Hi,

This shows up in a Moroccan commercial lease.

En ce cas l'expulsion immédiate du locataire et celle des tous occupants pour lui, pourra être prononcée par simple ordonnance de référer, rendue l'heure à l'heure par Monsieur le Président du Tribunal de première instance de Casablanca, ou son dévolutionnaire, à pleine compétence est dès à présent attribuée par les parties pour statuer même au fond.
Roberta Beyer
United States
Local time: 06:10
deputy
Explanation:

dévolutionnaire = juge suppléant

when it comes to officialdom, one official acting instead / on behalf of another is his deputy

"Mémoire pour l'abbaye de Clairlieu, ordre de Cîteaux, contre Me Gabriel Pierron, vicaire de Puligny, prétendu dévolutionnaire de la cure d'Autrey, régulière et incorporée à l'abbaye Published in 1772

Unsurprisingly, to get the meaning of the French used outside of France, you need to dig in the past of the French French...


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hit the wrong button
here is the link
[http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mémoire_pour_l_abbaye_...]

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I don't see something that's in the competence of a judge (the one presiding the Tribunal) being given to decide about to anyone else but another judge - who would then act as his deputy.
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Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:10
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1agent/representative
philgoddard
4 +1deputy
Daryo


Discussion entries: 3





  

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19 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
agent/representative


Explanation:
It seems an odd choice of words, but from the context this is clearly what it means - someone to whom authority is devolved.

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I can't find any other instances of the word being used liked this, and I suspect it's someone being slightly pompous and trying to avoid a more common word. Alternatively, it may be a mistranslation from, or cognate of, the Arabic. But I'm certain this is the answer.

In answer to your additional question, I think "clerk" is too specific. it could be a clerk, or some other individual or body.

philgoddard
United States
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Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 282
Notes to answerer
Asker: Do you think clerk would work?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Marie Jackson
57 mins
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
deputy


Explanation:

dévolutionnaire = juge suppléant

when it comes to officialdom, one official acting instead / on behalf of another is his deputy

"Mémoire pour l'abbaye de Clairlieu, ordre de Cîteaux, contre Me Gabriel Pierron, vicaire de Puligny, prétendu dévolutionnaire de la cure d'Autrey, régulière et incorporée à l'abbaye Published in 1772

Unsurprisingly, to get the meaning of the French used outside of France, you need to dig in the past of the French French...


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Note added at 1 hr (2012-11-01 22:30:05 GMT)
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hit the wrong button
here is the link
[http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mémoire_pour_l_abbaye_...]

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Note added at 1 hr (2012-11-01 22:52:19 GMT)
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I don't see something that's in the competence of a judge (the one presiding the Tribunal) being given to decide about to anyone else but another judge - who would then act as his deputy.

Daryo
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:10
Native speaker of: Native in SerbianSerbian, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 196

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Zofia Wislocka: devolvere - LAT delegare <--> http://www.etimo.it/?term=devolvere :)
15 hrs
  -> yes, thanks!
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