In a document dealing with an alimony case, the (male) payer of alimony is refered to at the head of the document as the "demandado" and the female receiver of alimony as the "demandante"
Later in the document, in a statement of terms of payment for the alimony, there is the phrase:
...se concede al promovente el siguiente plan de pago.
(this clearly refers to the male payer of alimony)
Later still, the social security numbers of the two parties are given, thus:
El numero de seguro social del promovente es XXX.
El numero de seguro social de la promovida es XXX.
From previous KudoZ inquiries, it was established that demandante=(female) petitioner and demandado=(male)respondent.
It was also suggested that demandante=promovente and that both of these terms could be translated petitioner.
Yet this seemingly cannot be the case, for "promovida" clearly refers to the female party (labeled as "demandante" or "petitioner" at head of document) in the case.
The question, then, is how each of the following terms are to be translated within the context of the present document [Puerto Rico] and who each term refers to:
demandante
demandado
promovente
promovida
I apologize for the long explanation but I know of no other way to attempt to clarify the matter.
Explanation: This is the legal term for plaintiff.
Mike :)
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I am suggesting that \"demandante\" does not have to equal \"promovente\" and that \"plaintiff\" does not have to always be the same as \"petitioner\". Why? Because the petitioner may be responding to the original plaintiff and thus become the petitioner while
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simultaneous being the defendant from a former part of the lawsuit.
Thus, they do not have to be the same, although they usually are.
The basic question that needs clarification is as follows: to which party does "promovida" refer? The man or the woman? (given the context of the passages I've provided.
Only one of the four replies thus far addresses this fundamental question
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plaintiff
Explanation: This is the legal term for plaintiff.
Mike :)
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I am suggesting that \"demandante\" does not have to equal \"promovente\" and that \"plaintiff\" does not have to always be the same as \"petitioner\". Why? Because the petitioner may be responding to the original plaintiff and thus become the petitioner while
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 mins (2003-11-17 15:45:49 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
simultaneous being the defendant from a former part of the lawsuit.
Thus, they do not have to be the same, although they usually are.
Michael Powers (PhD) United States Local time: 20:03 Native speaker of: English PRO pts in pair: 11752
peer agreement (net): +5