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locked-out workman
Nov 1, 2003 13:02
20 yrs ago
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English term

the suspicion proves

English Law/Patents Law report
it has been necessary to investigate to what extent circumstances that are suspicious are, by reason of that fact alone, capable of being material to be disclosed even where, on the underlying facts before the Court, the suspicion proves to have been in truth unfounded.

Suspitionproves what?
Responses
5 +6 the suspicion turns out to have been
5 Another machine translation?
4 +1 The suspicion is proved
4 +1 unfounded = groundless, with no basis, unproven, unwarranted
4 -1 Comment: the is a legal term
3 paraphrase: even if the suspicion proves to have been without basis

Responses

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the suspicion turns out to have been

Or, "it is later proved that the suspicion was unfounded"

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Note added at 3 mins (2003-11-01 13:06:30 GMT)
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The suspicion doesn\'t in fact prove anything; this is a weird English idiom, that\'s all!
Peer comment(s):
agree cmwilliams (X)
20 mins
agree Carolina Garrido
32 mins
agree Marie Scarano
33 mins
agree Rajan Chopra
2 hrs
agree DGK T-I : using 'proved',etc that way is perfectly correct,as David says.Particularly useful in legal documents."to be found or shown (to be)" http://wordreference.com/english/definition.asp?en=proved
3 hrs
agree Nikki Scott-Despaigne
19 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "All the comments are also helpful! Thanks and Arigato!"
36 mins

Another machine translation?

Perhaps you could run your sentence through a different machine translator. At this point I am unwilling to hazard a guess about the requested phrase for lack of understandable context.Thanks every so much.

Hamo
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+1
38 mins

The suspicion is proved

the suspicion is proved to have been in truth unfounded.
Peer comment(s):
agree DGK T-I : if Sergio means that (correctly) using 'proves' that way in the passage means 'it is the suspicion which is being tested'(rather than 'the suspicion proves something else'as the asker thought) then I agree ~
3 hrs
Thanks, Giuli
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+1
46 mins

unfounded = groundless, with no basis, unproven, unwarranted

When the facts are brought before the court and investigated, the suspicions turn out to be / are proven to be groundless, unwarranted
Reference:

http://www.hyperdictionary.com/dictionary/unfounded

Peer comment(s):
agree DGK T-I : nice ref for 'unfounded'(without foundation) -also (just in case the asker isn't aware)'in truth unfounded'doesn't mean 'not founded on truth',but'if you know the ruth,it doesn't have any foundation').'Proves'(&phrase:-)has the meaning Jerrie gives it
3 hrs
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-1
2 hrs

Comment: the is a legal term

the is a legal term and obviously "not correctly written" anyway,

In my opinion this is related to post grand jury presentation by the investigative branch and they are dismissing the suspicion. The correct legal term/meaning is:-

upon investigation

"the suspicion was not proven beyond a reasonable doubt"

Cheers

Peer comment(s):
disagree DGK T-I : Actually talking about whether or not suspicious circs should be'disclosed'(in the legal sense),IF the reason to disclose them would be that they are suspicious AND(based on the underlying facts before the court)suspicion shown to have no foundation
2 hrs
Dr. Guili, since context does not give us a clear picture, it remained a guesswork. However, kindly note that all suspicious circs under any investigation can not be disclose until trial etc. thank you
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6 hrs

paraphrase: even if the suspicion proves to have been without basis

prove(=show) [T; L only + adj or n]
1 to show a particular result after a period of time
eg The operation proved a complete success. The dispute over song rights proved impossible to resolve.[L(+to be)] The new treatment has proved to be a disaster.

Key: (L = linking verb followed by an adjective or noun)
Reference:

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

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