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Le tout sauf meilleurs ou plus récents confronts

English translation: subject to any more recent or accurate details of adjoining properties

14:12 Jun 20, 2016
French to English translations [PRO]
Real Estate
French term or phrase: Le tout sauf meilleurs ou plus récents confronts
Hi everyone,

This sentence appears on its own at the end of a notary's description of a property.
Earlier in the text, 'confronter' was used when saying what other buildings the property faced on the north, south, east and west sides.

I'm completely stumped on the whole sentence to be honest - particularly as 'meilleurs' and 'confronts' appear to be used as nouns here... can anyone help?!

Thank you!
KWood
United Kingdom
English translation:subject to any more recent or accurate details of adjoining properties
Explanation:
I haven't found "confronts" in a dictionary but, as you say, it clearly means "details of adjoining properties". Here's another example:

Les parties, ci-après précisées, d’un immeuble situé numéro x, rue Comte Félix Gastaldi, à Monaco-Ville, ensemble le terrain sur lequel il repose et qui en dépend, paraissant cadastré sous le numéro 99 p. de la Section C, confrontant dans son ensemble :

- du Sud, à la rue Emile de Loth ;

- du Levant, à Monsieur Louis X ou ayant droit ;

- du couchant, à Monsieur Joseph X ou ayant droit ;

- et, du dessous, à Monsieur Paul x ou ayant droit.

Le tout **sauf meilleurs ou plus récents confronts s’il en existe.**

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Note added at 42 mins (2016-06-20 14:55:08 GMT)
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So "meilleurs" is an adjective, not a noun.

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Note added at 43 mins (2016-06-20 14:55:41 GMT)
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Or maybe "precise" rather than "accurate".
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philgoddard
United States
Grading comment
Adrian's answer is also very good, but this one fit my context better as it was talking about the buildings rather than the boundaries. Thanks for your help!
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Summary of answers provided
3 +2All save better-drawn or more recent boundaries
Adrian MM. (X)
4subject to any more recent or accurate details of adjoining properties
philgoddard


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41 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
le tout sauf meilleurs ou plus récents confronts
subject to any more recent or accurate details of adjoining properties


Explanation:
I haven't found "confronts" in a dictionary but, as you say, it clearly means "details of adjoining properties". Here's another example:

Les parties, ci-après précisées, d’un immeuble situé numéro x, rue Comte Félix Gastaldi, à Monaco-Ville, ensemble le terrain sur lequel il repose et qui en dépend, paraissant cadastré sous le numéro 99 p. de la Section C, confrontant dans son ensemble :

- du Sud, à la rue Emile de Loth ;

- du Levant, à Monsieur Louis X ou ayant droit ;

- du couchant, à Monsieur Joseph X ou ayant droit ;

- et, du dessous, à Monsieur Paul x ou ayant droit.

Le tout **sauf meilleurs ou plus récents confronts s’il en existe.**

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Note added at 42 mins (2016-06-20 14:55:08 GMT)
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So "meilleurs" is an adjective, not a noun.

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Note added at 43 mins (2016-06-20 14:55:41 GMT)
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Or maybe "precise" rather than "accurate".


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philgoddard
United States
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 110
Grading comment
Adrian's answer is also very good, but this one fit my context better as it was talking about the buildings rather than the boundaries. Thanks for your help!
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
All save better-drawn or more recent boundaries


Explanation:
- specific to Languedoc (speaking the language of occitaine) and where the inhabitants are non-confront-ational.

A slight shift of emphasis from Phil G.'s answer, namely to the acutal borders and not the particulars thereof.

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Note added at 8 hrs (2016-06-20 23:07:45 GMT)
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... yer actual borders...

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Note added at 6 days (2016-06-27 12:19:15 GMT) Post-grading
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Boundaries and *building lines* ('...this one fit my context better as it was talking about the buildings rather than the boundaries').

Example sentence(s):
  • dans l’énoncé des confronts, le notaire (et peut-être son client) ne donne aucune priorité à la rivière, au ruisseau, au bois ou même à la route.

    Reference: http://https://crm.revues.org/2452
Adrian MM. (X)
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch: See https://goo.gl/Hw1unE page for 24 juillet 1838
11 hrs
  -> Thanks for the lovely reference, just as would have caught ex-law clerk Honoré de Balzac's eye at the time.
agree  Daryo: very interesting reference text!
1 day 9 hrs
  -> Merci, indeed et lego hvala!
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