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French term or phrase:	acquis
English translation:	acquired

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14:04 Jul 17, 2011

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Law/Patents - Environment & Ecology / Anti-pollution protection around drinking-water abstractions

French term or phrase: acquis

This concerns the different levels of protection imposed at different distances around wells:
Les périmètres de protection immédiate, quelques dizaines de mètres autour des puits, doivent être acquis, clos et enherbés.

I take "acquis" to mean made inaccessible by law to any but those responsible for the abstraction. Am I right? And if so, what is the English term? Could it be "vested"?

Mark Harvey KudoZ activity Questions: 10 (1 open) (1 without valid answers) Answers: 0
Local time: 23:37

acquired

Explanation:
Surely, it just means you have to buy the land around the well, not just the well area itself

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Whoops! Sorry, Mark, there wasn't anything visible when I posted.

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Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 22:37

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Thanks BD Finch for your point about possible non-sale transfers between public bodies. What was bothering me was whether "acquis" had to mean "bought"!
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acquired

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acquired

Sheila Wilson
Spain
Local time: 22:37
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Thanks BD Finch for your point about possible non-sale transfers between public bodies. What was bothering me was whether "acquis" had to mean "bought"!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

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Nikki Scott-Despaigne: Agree with acuired, as above. May refer to land around, or extremly small parcels of land which we don't know and which is probably not relevant! France's land registry comprises teeny weeny parcels of land! ;-)

5 mins

-> Thanks. Yes, I used to own one that was a whole 13m2! Fortunately I sold it with a house so I didn't notice the legal fees etc involved

agree

Sheila Hardie

14 mins

-> Thanks

agree

B D Finch: It could be acquired without being bought, i.e. by transfer/gift, especially if transferred between public bodies.

1 hr

-> Thanks. Yes, that's possible.

agree

cc in nyc: Or even confiscated.

3 hrs

-> Thanks. Acquired, transferred, confiscated, given: what's in a name?

agree

piazza d

7 hrs

-> Thanks

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Non-PRO (3): cc in nyc, philgoddard, Rob Grayson

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Jul 18, 2011 - Changes made by Rob Grayson:
Level	PRO => Non-PRO

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