resolve (?) reservations...?

English translation: unresolved issues

09:34 Mar 8, 2007

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English term or phrase: resolve (?) reservations...?

I suspect that 'resolve' is not the right word here (the text below is taken from a commercial contract for the supply of a machine) ... but can't for the life of me think of what it should be in a legal register. Can anyone help?

Subject to any major reservations expressed by the Purchaser having been resolved by the Vendor, a provisional acceptance report shall be drawn up and signed by both parties.
Any minor reservations shall be resolved by the vendor within a maximum period of two (02) months.

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Selected answer:unresolved issues

Explanation:
is what it sounds like to me

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Note added at 2 mins (2007-03-08 09:36:43 GMT)
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unresolved issues will be addressed/dealt with by

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Jonathan MacKerron

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unresolved issues

Jonathan MacKerron

Major reservations is fine, but I'd substitute minor issues or problems in the second sentence

kmtext

satisfy a doubt

David Moore (X)

explanation

Ken Cox

addressed

Nesrin

reservation as in doubt, limitation, conditions.

Selin Fikirdanış

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2 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +5

unresolved issues

Jonathan MacKerron
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 8

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4 mins confidence:

addressed

Explanation:
Maybe?

Nesrin
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Arabic
PRO pts in category: 19

7 mins confidence:

reservation as in doubt, limitation, conditions.

Explanation:
"resolving of reservations" can mean "settling of certain conditions/ limitations"

Selin Fikirdanış
Türkiye
Local time: 10:21
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Turkish

11 mins confidence:

Major reservations is fine, but I'd substitute minor issues or problems in the second sentence

Explanation:
Minor reservations is probably technicallly, OK, but it doesn't sound right.
You could probably reword the second sentence:
Any minor issues/problems shall be resolved/dealt with by the vendor within a maximum period of two (02) months.

kmtext
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:21
Native speaker of:

English,

Gaelic
PRO pts in category: 8

1 hr confidence:

satisfy a doubt

Explanation:
To me, "addressing" only means to "look at and work on"; it doesn't necessarily mean to "remove it/them". If you address a problem, you can't always answer or dispose of it...

David Moore (X)
Local time: 09:21
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 26

1 hr confidence:

explanation

Explanation:
In this context (formal acceptance), reservations are not doubts, but instead formally recorded defects or non-compliances that must be rectified (resolved) in order to achieve definitive acceptance.
It's fairly common for an acceptance (especially preliminary acceptance) to be approved subject to rectification of minor defects, which are usually noted as action items with defined rectification deadlines (due dates). The acceptance is thus effecively provisional pending resolution of these outstanding items. In the case of preliminary acceptance, this allows the supplier and the customer to proceed with delivery and installation (leading to final acceptance), which is to everyone's advantage. In the case of final accpeptance, it allows the supplier and the customer to proceed to commissioning, start-up and operation, which is again beneficial to both parties.

The reservations (in the form of recorded defects and associated action items) enable the customer to rescind the provisional approval if they are not resolved by the agreed dates.

There are also other ways to word this, and 'reservations' and 'resolve' are perhaps not the most commonly used terms in (NA) English.

Ken Cox
Local time: 09:21
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 12

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