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recueille à son choix

English translation: may elect to take either

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French term or phrase:recueille à son choix
English translation:may elect to take either
Entered by: Steve Melling

18:51 Nov 1, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / inheritance
French term or phrase: recueille à son choix
Si le défunt laisse des enfants nés de son union avec son conjoint survivant, ce dernier **recueille à son choix**, soit l'usufruit des biens du défunt (c'est-à-dire le droit d'utiliser les biens ou d'en percevoir les revenus), soit la propriété du quart. Il est très important que le conjoint survivant exerce correctement son choix, car tout héritier pourra l'inviter à exercer son option. Faute d'avoir pris parti par écrit dans les trois mois de la demande de l'héritier, le conjoint survivant sera réputé avoir opté pour l'usufruit. La solution est la même si le survivant décède lui-même avant d'avoir eu le temps de choisir.

Sorry If I'm being overly thick here, but does it just mean "chooses"?
Steve Melling
France
Local time: 01:50
may elect to take either
Explanation:
Commonly-used legal language to express this.
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Attorney DC Bar
Local time: 01:50
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5 +1may elect to take either
Attorney DC Bar
4inherits, at his/her own option, ...
Anton Konashenok


  

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inherits, at his/her own option, ...


Explanation:
...either this or that.

Anton Konashenok
Czech Republic
Local time: 01:50
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Native speaker of: Native in RussianRussian, Native in EnglishEnglish
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may elect to take either


Explanation:
Commonly-used legal language to express this.

Example sentence(s):
  • Where a person dies partly testate and partly intestate, a spouse may elect to take either- (from the Rules of Irish Intestacy)
  • So if the testator's property has been continued in trade by the executor contrary to his duty, the cestui que trusts may elect to take either the profit

    Reference: http://www.johnoconnorsolicitors.ie/news_read.php?id=53
    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=ZqMDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA285&lpg=P...
Attorney DC Bar
Local time: 01:50
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 205
Grading comment
Many thanks.

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agree  Wordwatcher: Yes, "elect" is the word
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