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20:53 Nov 1, 2012 |
French to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law (general) / court of first instance | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Daryo United Kingdom Local time: 11:10 | ||||||
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4 +1 | agent/representative |
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4 +1 | deputy |
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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. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 35 mins (2012-11-01 21:29:24 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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. |
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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... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-11-01 22:30:05 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- hit the wrong button here is the link [http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/Mémoire_pour_l_abbaye_...] -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2012-11-01 22:52:19 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- 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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