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Jutjat de guardia

English translation: police court


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Catalan term or phrase:Jutjat de guardia
English translation:police court
Entered by: Ryszard Matuszewski
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19:00 May 10, 2009
Catalan to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Catalan term or phrase: Jutjat de guardia
Denúncia de robatori
"es tranet a: JUTJAT DE GUARDIA DE VALLS"
Ryszard Matuszewski
Local time: 00:07
police court
Explanation:
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European Commission - European Judicial Network - Bringing a case ...
6 May 2006 ... You may not apply to any other public body or to the juzgado de guardia (police court), for civil or commercial claims. ...
ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/case_to_court/case_to_court_spa_en.htm - 61k - Cached - Similar pages -
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Legal procedures in Spain
steps are carried out by the Police Court (Juzgado de Guardia), which is also in charge of the intermediate phase of these proceedings and it will then send ...
ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en/13821078/legal-advice - 34k - Cached - Similar pages -

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-05-10 19:24:36 GMT)
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I.20 What are the main simplified procedures?
... the preliminary investigation concentrated in the police court (Juzgado de Guardia), a more active participation in the police court of the prosecutor ...
www.euro-justice.com/member_states/spain/questionnaire/7/10... - 14k -
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Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 00:07
Grading comment
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4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +2police court
Ross Andrew Parker
5 +1Night court
darwinista
2Sessions court
Berni Armstrong


Discussion entries: 2





  

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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Night court


Explanation:
Or police court.

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Note added at 16 mins (2009-05-10 19:16:44 GMT)
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night court (a criminal court (in large cities) that sits at night)
http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=night court


darwinista
Local time: 00:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ross Andrew Parker: Ah... I see you've already put "police court".
13 mins
  -> Yes, my dictionary only gives "night court" as the translation, but it seems sort of restrictive. Thank you.
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23 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
police court


Explanation:
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European Commission - European Judicial Network - Bringing a case ...
6 May 2006 ... You may not apply to any other public body or to the juzgado de guardia (police court), for civil or commercial claims. ...
ec.europa.eu/civiljustice/case_to_court/case_to_court_spa_en.htm - 61k - Cached - Similar pages -
#
Legal procedures in Spain
steps are carried out by the Police Court (Juzgado de Guardia), which is also in charge of the intermediate phase of these proceedings and it will then send ...
ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en/13821078/legal-advice - 34k - Cached - Similar pages -

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Note added at 23 mins (2009-05-10 19:24:36 GMT)
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I.20 What are the main simplified procedures?
... the preliminary investigation concentrated in the police court (Juzgado de Guardia), a more active participation in the police court of the prosecutor ...
www.euro-justice.com/member_states/spain/questionnaire/7/10... - 14k -

Ross Andrew Parker
Local time: 00:07
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 72
Grading comment
Thanks!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  psicutrinius
15 mins
agree  darwinista: In fact, jutjats de guàrdia in Spain do not operate at night, which raises my doubts as to my correct translation.
21 mins
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
Sessions court


Explanation:
I don't know if they still do this in the UK, but weren't travelling courts that went around from place to place dealing with local offenders known as "sessions courts" or "assizes"? Isn't that kind of the idea here?

Just giving you another idea to bounce around.

Berni Armstrong
Local time: 00:07
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 20
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