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Sua Sponte

Swedish translation: sua sponte

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English term or phrase:	Sua Sponte
Swedish translation:	sua sponte
Entered by:	Sarai73

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12:13 Jan 18, 2012

English to Swedish translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Appeal

English term or phrase: Sua Sponte

''She introduced a document sua sponte'' - Is this latin term used in Swedish law - or is there another one? Thanks!!

Sarai73

sua sponte

Explanation:
Sven Petersson is absolutely correct. In Swedish, självmant, frivilligt; in English, of one's own accord. Examples: sua sponte submission, sua sponte motion.

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Note added at 3 hrs (2012-01-18 16:01:33 GMT)
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Sorry, I answered too quickly. I was thinking of Swedish into English. Sua sponte is more common in English. It is obviously correct to keep the Latin in Swedish, but it it commonly translated as "självmant/frivilligt" or "av egen drift," depending on the context (as opposed to "på någons inrådan"). Here, I would use "självmant," i.e. of one's own accord. Exempel: Rätten kan självmant ta upp en fråga, en person kan självmant lämna in uppgifter, osv.