English translation: shall be binding upon the parties with the same power as a judgment of the Court
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French term or phrase:
entre les Parties autorité de la chose jugée
English translation:
shall be binding upon the parties with the same power as a judgment of the Court
French to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s) / mediated settlement
French term or phrase:entre les Parties autorité de la chose jugée
This is in a protocol of a settlement between two disputing parties. It appars in a clause which includes waiving all rights to further claims or actions. The paragraph reads:
"D'un commun accord entre les Parties et sous réserves de la parfaite exécution de toute les dispositions du Protocole et dans les délais stipulés, le Protocole emporte transaction au sens des articles 2044 et suivants du code civil et a notamment *entre les Parties autorité de la chose jugée* en dernier ressort en application de l'article 2052 du code civil, tout différend étant ainsi réglé."
Explanation: Res judicata cannot be correct here, as this agreement mhas been made without a Court hearing. The intention is that the settlement is binding as if it were a Court order. This would mean that if the party liable defaualted on the agreement, the other party could enforce it through the appropriate Court.
Dès qu'un jugement est prononcé, on dit qu'il acquiert la qualité d' autorité de la chose jugée. Il s'agit de l' « ensemble des effets attachés à la décision ...
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorité_de_la_chose_jugée_en_France - Cached
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Arbitration Agreement
AGREEMENT FOR BINDING ARBITRATION. The undersigned ... Arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and judgment ... the same authority and to the same extent ...
scmediator.com/Forms/Arbitration_Agreement/arbitration... - Cached
Thank you everyone. I thought all answers were acceptable (they all expressed the same concept); I prefer to stay away fron Latin when I can (8 years of it are enough.) 4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer
Which is precisely the problem I am having in making the original make sense. The term is strictly applied to matters which have been ruled upon by a court :
The expression is "autorité de la chose jugée" which is not referring to a decision, but saying that the settlement has the same authority as a Court decision. Take a look at my Wiki ref which gives a good definiotion of the term.
Perhaps you could clarify the situation a little. There is something I ma not getting in the situation you describe. You refer to a 'mediated settlement' which suggest an out of court agreement. The French original, however, refers to articles of the Code civil realting to contractual obligations.
This had bugged me at the start but as the text of the original provides "de la chose jugée", then a court decision in in there somewhere. I admit that I have not yet consulted Legifrance to see what the Code civil has to say about this.
shall be binding upon the parties to the same extent as a judgment of the Court
Explanation: Res judicata cannot be correct here, as this agreement mhas been made without a Court hearing. The intention is that the settlement is binding as if it were a Court order. This would mean that if the party liable defaualted on the agreement, the other party could enforce it through the appropriate Court.
Dès qu'un jugement est prononcé, on dit qu'il acquiert la qualité d' autorité de la chose jugée. Il s'agit de l' « ensemble des effets attachés à la décision ...
fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autorité_de_la_chose_jugée_en_France - Cached
-------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 hr (2011-11-29 17:46:36 GMT) --------------------------------------------------
Compare:
Arbitration Agreement
AGREEMENT FOR BINDING ARBITRATION. The undersigned ... Arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and judgment ... the same authority and to the same extent ...
scmediator.com/Forms/Arbitration_Agreement/arbitration... - Cached
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Thank you everyone. I thought all answers were acceptable (they all expressed the same concept); I prefer to stay away fron Latin when I can (8 years of it are enough.)
The translation workplace 
peer agreement (net): +2
