Sicherungsuebereignungen

English translation: assignment as (collateral) security

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German term or phrase:Sicherungsübereignung
English translation:assignment as (collateral) security
Entered by: Terry Moran

10:31 Feb 4, 2005
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Accounting / Liabilities/Under Balance Sheet
German term or phrase: Sicherungsuebereignungen
Von den Verbindlichkeiten gegenueber Versicherungsgesellschaften sind T 123 durch sicherungsuebereignungen gesichert
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assignment (of ...) as security
Explanation:
It would be best to say what of, if you know.
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Terry Moran
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Danke!!!!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +1assignment (of ...) as security
Terry Moran
4transfers of ownership by way of collateral or transfers of ownership as collateral security
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3mortgages
Michael Kucharski
3Fiduciary transfer of assets
mstkwasa
3chattel mortgage
Jane McCrann (X)


  

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assignment (of ...) as security


Explanation:
It would be best to say what of, if you know.

Terry Moran
France
Local time: 08:21
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Danke!!!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  RobinB: or simply "assignment of assets as security" (would normally be receivables and inventory, I think)
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mortgages


Explanation:
Could work here. Mortgage under Anglo-American law is a much wider concept than the German "Hypothek". It can also refer to movables and have the function of a "Sicherungsübereignung".

Michael Kucharski
Local time: 08:21
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Native speaker of: German
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neutral  RobinB: See my comments to Jane's response.
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transfers of ownership by way of collateral or transfers of ownership as collateral security


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Fiduciary transfer of assets


Explanation:
This grants security for a debt on personal property while the debtor retains possession.
(http://www.practicallaw.com/9-102-1870)

Mentioned also in
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/entrepreneurship/suppor...

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Or \"fiduciary transfer of title\" (http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/TOPICS/LAWANDJUSTIC... It may be better since \"[t]he German courts have stepped into the breach by recognizing what is called, in the case of movable property, Sicherungsübereignung, and in case of accounts receivable, Sicherungszession. Thus, in order to secure a debt, a debtor may transfer the ownership in a movable thing to his creditor. This does not require a transfer of possession. Likewise, he may assign a contract right to his creditor without giving notice to the third party. In both cases, the creditors acquires the full title to the movable or the account.\"

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Note added at 2 hrs 12 mins (2005-02-04 12:43:21 GMT)
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Typo \"creditor\" acquires not \"creditors\". The source for this was http://www.wirtschaftsrecht.uni-freiburg.de/gfr/Bristol/Koet...

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Further information from the World Bank website.
\"The debtor remains in possession of the personal property, only legal title is transferred to the creditor. In the contract the creditor/fiduciary owner obliges himself, not to

mstkwasa
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  RobinB: I'm unhappy about the "fiduciary" here, as there's no trust arrangement involved. Neither are the assets "transferred" in any legal sense.//Personally, I wouldn't trust the EU for terminology other than EU institutions. Certainly not anything financial!
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  -> I share your misgivings but I think if the EU and the World Bank have used similar expressions, they have to stand. // How about the World Bank?
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chattel mortgage


Explanation:
My accounting dictionary has chattel mortgage, which is a lien on property used as collateral for a loan.

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Note added at 8 hrs 55 mins (2005-02-04 19:27:00 GMT)
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I\'m glad I haven\'t used it much now - what\'s your recommendation?

Jane McCrann (X)
Local time: 07:21
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  RobinB: Chattel mortgages are normally encountered in lending arrangements, rather that as security for liabilities. (PS: which accounting dictionary would that be?)//Ah, the awful Andersen dictionary. Bin it!
45 mins
  -> Hi Robin - it's called the Professional Dictionary: Accounting, Tax, Banking, EDP (Schäffel-Poeschel). I don't use it much but it has been useful on a few occasions.
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