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abusividade propriamente dita do voto

English translation: the abusive nature of the vote

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Portuguese term or phrase:abusividade propriamente dita do voto
English translation:the abusive nature of the vote
Entered by: Ryan Green

19:39 Mar 18, 2013
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
Portuguese term or phrase: abusividade propriamente dita do voto
This is from a lawsuit report. Thanks for the help!

Como já se viu, porém, isso valeria apenas para os casos em que se tenha reconhecido a abusividade propriamente dita do voto – sem ela, ele não seria caracterizado como sujeito a conflito de interesses. É bem verdade que, quando se chega ao ponto de postular a anulação de uma deliberação societária em razão de conflito de interesses, muito provavelmente terá havido algum dano ou terá surgido a ameaça de algum
Ryan Green
Portugal
Local time: 13:43
the abusive nature of the vote
Explanation:
A nice phrasing, I think.

"cases in which the abusive nature of the vote, strictly speaking, has been recognized"
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Tim Friese
United States
Local time: 07:43
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4the abusive nature of the vote
Tim Friese
4the actual harmfulness of the vote
Marlene Curtis
3strictly speaking of the vote, abusivesness
Anthony Escobedo


  

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strictly speaking of the vote, abusivesness


Explanation:
abusividade, means abusiveness.
http://nossalinguaportuguesa.com.br/dicionario/abusividade/

propriamente dito
http://www.dicio.com.br/propriamente/
-and-
www.englishexperts.com.br/forum/como-dizer-propriamente-dit...



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Note added at 1 hora (2013-03-18 21:14:34 GMT)
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here's more on abusividade:
http://www.cepes.org.br/home/index.php?option=com_content&vi...

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Note added at 1 hora (2013-03-18 21:20:23 GMT)
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ok, now that I reread this, I would probably use abuse instead of abusivesness.

Example sentence(s):
  • However as explained above, this would only benefit cases where, strictly speaking of the vote, abusivesness has been recognized.
Anthony Escobedo
United States
Local time: 08:43
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Native speaker of: English
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
the abusive nature of the vote


Explanation:
A nice phrasing, I think.

"cases in which the abusive nature of the vote, strictly speaking, has been recognized"

Tim Friese
United States
Local time: 07:43
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the actual harmfulness of the vote


Explanation:
The Ethics of Voting - Page 71 - Google Books Result
books.google.com/books?isbn=0691154449
Jason Brennan - 2012 - Political Science
The duty to refrain from harmful voting is not generally grounded in the harmfulness of individual votes. As we saw in chapter 1, individual votes have vanishingly ..

http://books.google.com/books?id=FNIRmZ09AiAC&pg=PA71&lpg=PA...

Marlene Curtis
United States
Local time: 08:43
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Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 1151
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