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Ministère Public Homologue

English translation: [The court approves the Public Prosecutor's findings

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French term or phrase:	Ministère Public Homologue
English translation:	[The court approves the Public Prosecutor's findings
Entered by:	Carline Ferailleur

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00:54 Jul 4, 2009

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French term or phrase: Ministère Public Homologue

This is found in a Judgement for Adoption from Haiti. The sentence reads: "Par ces motifs, le tribunal après examen, sur les conclusions du Ministère Public Homologue dans toute sa forme et teneur pour sortir son plein et entier effet, l'acte d'adoption de..."

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Carline Ferailleur KudoZ activity Questions: 110 (3 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 20 United States
Local time: 06:26

[The court endorses] the Public Prosecutor's view and homologates

Explanation:
From a grammar standpoint, the word "homologue" should not be capitalized, because it is merely a verb. (the doer of the action is "le tribunal"). If we could rewrite the sentence, it should read:
Après examen et sur les conclusions du Minitère Public, le tribunal homologue l'acte d'adoption de ...

Maybe there is a better formula to say it, but that is the general idea.
Hope it helps!

This is what I've found:
French Code of Civil Procedure
" Article 422
The public prosecutor acts sua sponte in matters prescribed by law.
Article 423
Further to these matters, he may act to defend the public order where the acts infringe the latter. "
source:
http://195.83.177.9/code/liste.phtml?lang=uk&c=39&r=7188

Homologuer = Approuver, valider un document, un acte ou un jugement en vue de le rendre exécutoire.

HOMOLOGATION, civil law. Approbation, confirmation by a court of justice, a judgment which orders the execution of some act; as, the approbation of an award, and ordering execution on the same. Merl. Repert. h.t.; Civil Code of Louis. Index, h.t.; Dig. 4, 8; 7 Toull. n. 224. To homologate, is to say the like, similiter dicere. 9 Mart. L. R. 324."
source:
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/homologate

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Gabriela Oliveira
Canada
Local time: 06:26

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4 +1

The Public Prosecutor's Office approves

Lynne Honan

[The court endorses] the Public Prosecutor's view and homologates

Gabriela Oliveira

the court confirms/certifies

Euqinimod

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4 hrs confidence:

[The court endorses] the Public Prosecutor's view and homologates

One of the most important steps taken was the establishment of a special Department for the Fight against Organised Crime and Corruption within the Public Prosecutor’s Office.
"(...)notably in that they reject the conclusions of the Department of the Public Prosecutor that requests, based on (...)

Reference: http://ec.europa.eu/enlargement/projects-in-focus/selected-p...
Reference: http://www.findthekids.org/cases/Shamee_frn.txt

Gabriela Oliveira
Canada
Local time: 06:26
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Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 2

Grading comment

Thanks.

Notes to answerer

Asker: Thank you Gabriela for your thorough explanation. I was definitely confused by the fact that "homologue" was capitalized.

4 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

The Public Prosecutor's Office approves

Explanation:
It should be Public Prosecutor's Office (UK) - "ministere, not ministre" - or Attorney General's Office (US) and "homologue" does appear to be the verb in this sentence and therefore should not be capitalised as Gabriela says. However, I believe "approves" would be a much more appropriate translation of "homologue", with "sanctions" being another possibility.

Lynne Honan
Australia
Local time: 21:26
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English

1 day17 hrs confidence:

the court confirms/certifies

Explanation:
"(3) An adoption granted in a contracting state of the Hague Convention and certified there as having
been made in accordance with the Hague Convention shall be valid in Finland without further
measures regardless of the provisions in paragraphs (1) and (2).
(4) An adoption granted in a foreign state which is not considered valid in Finland under paragraphs
(1)—(3) shall be valid in Finland only if it is confirmed by the Helsinki Court of Appeal." Page 10 of the following document http://www.finlex.fi/fi/laki/kaannokset/1985/en19850153.pdf

Euqinimod
France
Local time: 12:26
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