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Jan 24, 2014 16:06
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English term

wife / husband

English to Spanish Law/Patents Law (general) testament
'The Beneficiaries' shall mean my **Wife** xxx any issue of mine living at my death or born within 21 years after the death of the survivor of me and my said **husband** and any spouse or dependent of such issue and my grandchildren.

La duda que surge es por qué habla de "mi esposa" y "mi marido" en el mismo párrafo, cuando el testamento lo hace un hombre. ¿Alguien entiende por qué? Gracias.
Proposed translations (Spanish)
5 +1 conyuge

Discussion

Jessica Noyes Jan 24, 2014:
Is there a chance that this was written by a person for whom English was not his first language? If so, I think what is being said is that possibly he may have children with another spouse later on, if by any chance XXX predeceases him. And, thus, "husband" is being used incorrectly when he should have said "spouse."
teresa quimper Jan 24, 2014:
Esposa/esposo es la persona con quien se ha contraìdo matrimonio; mujer/marido es la persona con quien se convive maritalmente.
Ruth Wöhlk Jan 24, 2014:
husband not only is a man, it is just the other partner of a matrimony
José Patrício Jan 24, 2014:
For me, it means that when the testament was done the two spouses were alive, so, both the wife and the husband can be the beneficiairies

Proposed translations

+1
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conyuge

Termino legal para hablar de ambos
Peer comment(s):
agree José Patrício : De esta manera, los primeros llamados a suceder a una persona serán sus descendientes, quienes en vocablo legal se dice que “concurren” a recibir la herencia junto con el cónyuge sobreviviente.
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