Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
intervenir volontairement
English translation:
to file a suit on one's own behalf
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Paul Stevens
Jul 8, 2002 08:34
21 yrs ago
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intervenir volontairement
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I can translate this expression, but I was wondering whether there is a specific legalese phrase in English for it in the following context:
A summons has been served on Company XX and this is the next phrase:
"XX est intervenue volontairement pour obtenir réparation de son préjudice propre en incriminant des actes constitutifs selon elle de concurrence déloyale"
TIA for any assistance on this
A summons has been served on Company XX and this is the next phrase:
"XX est intervenue volontairement pour obtenir réparation de son préjudice propre en incriminant des actes constitutifs selon elle de concurrence déloyale"
TIA for any assistance on this
Proposed translations
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| 4 +2 | to act deliberately/for the (express) purpose of |
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| 5 +3 | to intervene voluntarily |
Rowan Morrell
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to act deliberately/for the (express) purpose of
a suggestion. "Intervene" in English carries a connotation of acting on someone else's behalf, and XX has filed suit on his own behalf. "Volontaire", apart from "voluntary", also means deliberate.
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Rowan Morrell
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to intervene voluntarily
According to my Collins Robert French dictionary, "intervenir" just means "to intervene" in a legal context. And "volontairement" means "voluntarily" in a legal context also. So I think the translation is quite simply "XX intervened voluntarily etc."
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Sarah Ponting
: Quite right: "the [buyer], in receivership represented by Paul Patry, Esq., receiver, intervened voluntarily in the suit to obtain joint and several condemnation of the [seller and Zurich Assurances]"- http://www.cisg.law.pace.edu/cisg/wais/db/cases2/0010
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Sue Crocker
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Jean-Luc Dumont
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