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... lesquels font seuls foi.

English translation: which are sufficient to validate


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French term or phrase:... lesquels font seuls foi.
English translation:which are sufficient to validate
Entered by: xxxTaganrog
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23:23 Jan 24, 2009
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Business/Commerce (general)
French term or phrase: ... lesquels font seuls foi.
The subject is a list of data.
xxxTaganrog
Local time: 21:50
which are sufficient to validate
Explanation:
just a stab at it.
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Craig Macdonald
United States
Local time: 00:50
Grading comment
thanks =]
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Summary of answers provided
4which are the sole authenticators
B D Finch
4which are the only authentic/valid ones
Sangro
3which shall be sole authoritativeJane RM
2which are sufficient to validate
Craig Macdonald
Summary of reference entries provided
example of usage
writeaway

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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 2/5Answerer confidence 2/5
which are sufficient to validate


Explanation:
just a stab at it.

Craig Macdonald
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Local time: 00:50
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thanks =]

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  markworthy: hm, I think the wrong answer has been chosen - they're sufficient, yes, but the point is that they are the only ones that do it...
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
which are the only authentic/valid ones


Explanation:
Frequently used in legal texts

Sangro
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
which are the sole authenticators


Explanation:
"which are the sole autheticators


Explanation:
With the proviso that very little context is provided.

eg.

" ... It is an understatement that the SSN is not appropriate as a **sole authenticator**, as the identity theft epidemic has all too painfully taught ...
www.privacyrights.org/ar/FTC-SSNworkshop-Speech.htm

"Registration and User **Authenticators**. Currenex may permit parts of the Service to ... without limitation, to change such Authenticators, and it is your sole ..."
www.currenex.com/terms_of_use.html

"and as smart cards and other hardware become more common, the use of passwords as the **sole authenticators** is deprecated. However, many of the protocols and ..."
books.google.co.uk/books?isbn=0201440997...

"We are proud to have been chosen to be the **sole Authenticators** and Curators of the Bell Collection for over a year now. While fully expecting next year's ..."
cgi.ebay.com.my/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160293198657&indexURL

B D Finch
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  writeaway: I seriously doubt that this is referring to people
27 mins
  -> I'm sure that it isn't. I included examples that didn't refer to people and some that did, just to illustrate how widely the phrase is used.
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
which shall be sole authoritative


Explanation:
Need more context but generally this is the translation

Jane RM
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Reference comments


1 hr
Reference: example of usage

Reference information:
La liste qui suit est un extrait d'une banque de données réalisée à partir des Journaux Officiels de la Communauté européenne, lesquels font seuls foi.
http://mineco.fgov.be/organization_market/suspensions/susp_c...

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Dictionary ref(s):

5. [preuve]: faire foi to be valid
il n'y a qu'une pièce officielle qui fasse foi only an official paper is valid
les coupons doivent être envoyés avant le 1er septembre, le cachet de la poste faisant foi the coupons must be postmarked no later than September 1st
les bandes magnétiques ne font pas foi au tribunal tape recordings are not admissible evidence in court
Larousse.

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