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instruments

Arabic translation: اليات

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English term or phrase:instruments
Arabic translation:اليات
Entered by: Osama Kazaam

06:46 Aug 31, 2008
English to Arabic translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
English term or phrase: instruments
it came in a "power of attorney" letter

to do and/or execute any of the acts and instruments mentioned on behalf of
Osama Kazaam
اليات
Explanation:
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An instrument in law may be a legal document, provision in a law, decree, a mechanism to apply the law ...etc a means to do something in law. In Arabic this is refer to as "mechanism"
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azmi jbeili
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Summary of answers provided
5 +6وثائق، مسـتندات، صكوك
Fuad Yahya
5 +1الصكوك
Aljobury
5 +1وثائق
Mahmoud Moftah
5 +1اليات
azmi jbeili
5لوائح/قواعد/أحكام
Nadia Ayoub
4 +1المستندات
Moodi
5أدوات / وسائل
zax


  

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الصكوك


Explanation:
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Aljobury
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agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
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لوائح/قواعد/أحكام


Explanation:
Written legal documents; created to effect the rights of the parties, given formal expression to a legal act or agreement for the purpose of creating, modifying or terminating a right. ...



    Reference: http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8&rlz...
Nadia Ayoub
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المستندات


Explanation:
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Moodi
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agree  Hani Hassaan
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وثائق


Explanation:
in legal translation the term مستند is for document and instrument is for وثيقة.


    Reference: http://213.244.124.245/dictionary.asp?u_letter=I
Mahmoud Moftah
Egypt
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agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
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  -> Thank you Noha
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وثائق، مسـتندات، صكوك


Explanation:
The main point here is that "instrument" in this context is no more than a fancy term for "document" - nothing more. A document could be a contract, a will, a check, or the like. In other words, it is not a document in the sense that we use when we refer to some computer files (like a Word document). It is rather a document that has a legal consequence and whose force is effected by a signature or signatures.

Now, I have seen some translators render this term

آليات، أدوات

I am not going to comment on such translations, and I am not going to favor any of the three terms I suggested. My point here is simply to point out the almost obvious: an instrument is a document, and that is all.

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Note added at 1 hr (2008-08-31 08:16:26 GMT)
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Please check out this page:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_instrument

Fuad Yahya
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agree  Mohsin Alabdali
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agree  Noha Kamal, PhD.
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agree  Mohamed Ghazal
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agree  Samya Salem (X)
2 hrs

agree  kimadil
2 hrs

disagree  azmi jbeili: An instrument in law may be a legal document, provision in a law, decree, a mechanism to apply the law ...etc a means to do something in law. In Arabic this is refer to as "mechanism"
3 hrs
  -> Thank you for confirming my point. As I said above, I have seen some translators render this term آليات or أدوات, and, as I said above, I am not going to comment on such translations.

agree  A Nabil Bouitieh: Spot on. As usual.
18 hrs

agree  KHALDUN ALQAYSI: أتفق معك تماماً، هي مستند
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اليات


Explanation:
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Note added at 4 hrs (2008-08-31 11:25:16 GMT)
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An instrument in law may be a legal document, provision in a law, decree, a mechanism to apply the law ...etc a means to do something in law. In Arabic this is refer to as "mechanism"

azmi jbeili
United Kingdom
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أدوات / وسائل


Explanation:
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zax
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