French: à peine de caducitéEnglish translation: shall be null and void 
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| GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW) | | French term or phrase: | à peine de caducité | | English translation: | shall be null and void | | Entered by: | Michael Lotz |
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Tech/Engineering - Finance (general) / Senegal | | French term or phrase: à peine de caducité | Statutes of a company in Senegal
Il pourra être transféré en tout autre endroit du territoire du Sénégal, par simple décision du conseil d’administration, sous réserve d’une ratification par l’assemblée générale ordinaire à peine de caducité, conformément à l'article 451 de l'Acte Uniforme
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| | | shall be null and void | Explanation:
Such transfer must be approved by the Board of Directors. In absence of such approval, such transfer shall be null and void, without legal effect. Persuant to Article 451...
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Note added at 17 hrs 34 mins (2005-12-19 13:45:22 GMT)
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correction: must be approved by General Shareholders Meeting. |
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 Michael Lotz
United States
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Explanation:
He means that the general assembly must ratify the administrator's decision within a given period after it's taken (a length of time specificed in the 'Acte Uniforme' i guess...) if it's to be implemented
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Note added at 2005-12-18 20:32:59 (GMT)
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Link on \"caducité\":
http://webdroit.unige.ch/cefoleg/index.php/plan/en_general/f...
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Explanation:
Literally, peine means punishment.
So, it means "under pain of" or anything that means there is a punishment if something isn't done. Maybe "subject to" would be more appropriate for a legal document. Here is a reference that clearly demonstrates the meaning:
http://62.161.248.215/fr/infos_CGV.asp
2 - COMMANDE
Toute commande téléphonique doit être confirmée par écrit par le client dans un délai de 48 heures à peine de caducité.
| Jana Cole
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| to be valid
Explanation:
FHS Bridge's FR/EN Council of Europe glossary gives: to be valid for souse peine de caducité, as well as the more literal 'if it is not to lapse'.
| Tom Thumb
Austria
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| shall be null and void
Explanation:
Such transfer must be approved by the Board of Directors. In absence of such approval, such transfer shall be null and void, without legal effect. Persuant to Article 451...
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Note added at 17 hrs 34 mins (2005-12-19 13:45:22 GMT)
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correction: must be approved by General Shareholders Meeting.
| Michael Lotz
United States
Native speaker of: English
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