Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
tribunal de simple police
English translation:
police court
Added to glossary by
Wendy Cummings
Mar 29, 2010 09:54
14 yrs ago
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French term
United Kingdom
The highest professional standards
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
tribunal de simple police
French to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
Belgian court system
I'm translating a Belgian "extrait de casier judiciaire" and it lists three possible types of conviction:
Condamnations criminelles, Condamnations correctionnelles, and Condamnations de simple police.
I understand that these are issued by different courts with the corresponding names (tribunal criminel etc.), but I wonder if anyone could explain what sort of cases the "tribunal de simple police" deals with?
Thanks.
Condamnations criminelles, Condamnations correctionnelles, and Condamnations de simple police.
I understand that these are issued by different courts with the corresponding names (tribunal criminel etc.), but I wonder if anyone could explain what sort of cases the "tribunal de simple police" deals with?
Thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 4 | police court |
William A McNab
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| 4 +1 | Small Claims Tribunal |
William A McNab
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| 4 | Court of Summary Jurisdiction |
dholmes (X)
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Proposed translations
10 hrs
William A McNab
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
New Zealand
Economics and finance
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
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4
Selected
police court
There hasn't been much activity here of late so I thought I'd post a second answer and try to reinvigorate things! All my research confirms the Wikipedia article cited in the above discussion entry. All examples below deal with Belgium:
"At the county level, which is the lowest level, a distinction must be made between the Police Court (Politierechtbank/Tribunal de Police) and the Justice of the Peace (Vredegerecht/Justice de Paix). A Justice of the Peace is, in general, empowered to hear all cases involving claims of up to 1,860 euros. [...] The Police Courts are empowered to hear all cases involving civil consequences of road accidents and cases involving misdemeanors (overtredingen/contraventions); these are mostly minor traffic offenses. Appeals against judgments of the Police Court are heard by the Criminal Court (Correctionele Rechtbank/Tribunal correctionnel), which is a division of the Court of First Instance."
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Both these pages can be viewed in French and English and come from the European Commission:
<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/case_to_court/case_to_court... a Case to Court</a>
<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/jurisdiction_courts/jurisdi... of the courts - Belgium</a>
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Tribunal de Simple Police and Tribunal de Police appear to be used interchangeably. See: http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1502/Belgique/article/detail/3028...
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And this <a href="http://www.euro-justice.com/member_states/belgium/country_re... page</a>:
"It is indeed important to stress the fact that the public prosecution office on the one hand, and the investigating jurisdictions – the Council Chamber (Chambre du Conseil) and the Indicting Chamber (Chambre des mises en accusation) – on the other hand, are qualified to refer someone who is suspected of having committed a crime to the correctional court (the so-called correctionalisation) and someone who is under suspicion of having perpetrated a misdemeanour to the police court (the so-called contraventionalisation), both on the condition that mitigating circumstances are present."
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-03-29 20:48:41 GMT)
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For the European Commission pages:
http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/case_to_court/case_to_court...
http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/jurisdiction_courts/jurisdi...
"At the county level, which is the lowest level, a distinction must be made between the Police Court (Politierechtbank/Tribunal de Police) and the Justice of the Peace (Vredegerecht/Justice de Paix). A Justice of the Peace is, in general, empowered to hear all cases involving claims of up to 1,860 euros. [...] The Police Courts are empowered to hear all cases involving civil consequences of road accidents and cases involving misdemeanors (overtredingen/contraventions); these are mostly minor traffic offenses. Appeals against judgments of the Police Court are heard by the Criminal Court (Correctionele Rechtbank/Tribunal correctionnel), which is a division of the Court of First Instance."
--
Both these pages can be viewed in French and English and come from the European Commission:
<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/case_to_court/case_to_court... a Case to Court</a>
<a href="http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/jurisdiction_courts/jurisdi... of the courts - Belgium</a>
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Tribunal de Simple Police and Tribunal de Police appear to be used interchangeably. See: http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1502/Belgique/article/detail/3028...
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And this <a href="http://www.euro-justice.com/member_states/belgium/country_re... page</a>:
"It is indeed important to stress the fact that the public prosecution office on the one hand, and the investigating jurisdictions – the Council Chamber (Chambre du Conseil) and the Indicting Chamber (Chambre des mises en accusation) – on the other hand, are qualified to refer someone who is suspected of having committed a crime to the correctional court (the so-called correctionalisation) and someone who is under suspicion of having perpetrated a misdemeanour to the police court (the so-called contraventionalisation), both on the condition that mitigating circumstances are present."
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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-03-29 20:48:41 GMT)
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For the European Commission pages:
http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/case_to_court/case_to_court...
http://ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/jurisdiction_courts/jurisdi...
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Wanting to avoid assuming its the same thing as the UK small claims court, I think this is the best option"
7 mins
Court of Summary Jurisdiction
Lots of Google hits with explanations
+1
1 hr
William A McNab
New Zealand
New Zealand
Native in English
New Zealand
Economics and finance
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English
Related KudoZ points
:
4
Small Claims Tribunal
This is from Eur-Lex:
"La réforme judiciaire doit elle aussi se poursuivre afin de réduire encore l'arriéré des affaires en cours d'examen et de veiller à un meilleur fonctionnement du tribunal de simple police."
is translated as:
"The reform of the judiciary needs to be pursued in order to further decrease the backlog of pending judiciary cases and improve the functioning of the small claims tribunal."
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-03-29 12:04:36 GMT)
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Or again, although this appears to be a translation from English:
"Ce progrès semble largement dû à un déplacement du nombre d'affaires de la "Civil and Magistrates' Court" vers le tribunal de simple police."
"The improvement seems to be largely due to a shift of cases from the Civil and Magistrates' Court to the Small Claims Tribunal."
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-03-29 13:20:05 GMT)
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NB: I just reckecked the Eur-Lex references and the subject is the Maltese legal system, therefore my answer seems most likely to be incorrect. Apologies once again for the confusion!
"La réforme judiciaire doit elle aussi se poursuivre afin de réduire encore l'arriéré des affaires en cours d'examen et de veiller à un meilleur fonctionnement du tribunal de simple police."
is translated as:
"The reform of the judiciary needs to be pursued in order to further decrease the backlog of pending judiciary cases and improve the functioning of the small claims tribunal."
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Note added at 2 hrs (2010-03-29 12:04:36 GMT)
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Or again, although this appears to be a translation from English:
"Ce progrès semble largement dû à un déplacement du nombre d'affaires de la "Civil and Magistrates' Court" vers le tribunal de simple police."
"The improvement seems to be largely due to a shift of cases from the Civil and Magistrates' Court to the Small Claims Tribunal."
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Note added at 3 hrs (2010-03-29 13:20:05 GMT)
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NB: I just reckecked the Eur-Lex references and the subject is the Maltese legal system, therefore my answer seems most likely to be incorrect. Apologies once again for the confusion!
Peer comment(s):
| agree |
Chris Hall
: "Small Claims Court"
4 mins
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Thanks Chris, although I can't say I'm as confident as I was initially. See the discussion entry above. My apologies!
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| neutral |
writeaway
: you are right-this is not correct
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Discussion
I know UK Police Courts are now known as "Magistrates' Courts", but I also wonder whether their Belgian counterpart is similar enough to translate it as such.