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English translation: ordered the case of the parties to be tried on the merits

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French term or phrase:	se pourvoir au fond
English translation:	ordered the case of the parties to be tried on the merits
Entered by:	Alain Mouchel

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09:25 Jan 12, 2012

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French term or phrase: se pourvoir au fond

renvoyait les parties à se pourvoir au fond ainsi qu’elles en aviseront

dispute in which a party has ordered merchandise from another party, the goods have arrived but are not compliant with the specifications, so the customer applies to the court for an injunction to stop its bank from releasing payment to the customer.

The court then issues an urgent ruling, which includes the above measure.

I have 'renvoyer pour le fond' - refer for report and se pourvoir is usually 'appeal' - appeal on the merits?

Any ideas what this means?

Jonathan Morris KudoZ activity Questions: 74 (none open) (3 closed without grading) Answers: 330
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ordered the case of the parties to be tried on the merits

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or: ordered the parties to submit the merits of their case to a trial court

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ordered the case of the parties to be tried on the merits

Alain Mouchel

to appeal on the merits

Hal D'Arpini

submit briefs on the merits

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on the meaning of "fond"

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

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ordered the case of the parties to be tried on the merits

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or: ordered the parties to submit the merits of their case to a trial court

Reference: http://www.juricaf.org/arret/CONSEILDELEUROPE-COUREUROPEENNE...

Alain Mouchel
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submit briefs on the merits

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each party to submit briefs (on merits of their cases, with supporting evidence) so that the court can make decision whether to grant injunction or not

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to appeal on the merits

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Sometimes it's surprising what a simple highlight, right-click, select "Translate with Bing" will turn up. :)

That should have been my first step, but prior to that, I did find a couple of references on linguee to address "se pourvoir" and "au fond."

Reference: http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais?query=se+pouvoir+en+c...
Reference: http://www.linguee.fr/francais-anglais/search?source=auto&qu...

Hal D'Arpini
Local time: 20:39
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Reference: on the meaning of "fond"

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http://www.dictionnaire-juridique.com/definition/fond.php

""Au fond" est une locution distributive, une formule de type adverbial qui est employée dans la rédaction des jugements pour annoncer qu'après avoir analysé les problèmes de forme, de compétence et de recevabilité, le tribunal va aborder les questions de droit. En abordant le "fond" du litige, le juge va statuer "au principal". Au mot "fond", qui renvoie à la justification d'une prétention, il convient d'associer les adjectifs "fondé", "bien fondé", et leur contraire, "mal fondé" ou "infondé".

Dans le langage de la procédure on parle du "juge du fond" pour désigner la juridiction qui a compétence pour décider des demandes des parties relativement à l'objet du litige. A l'opposé :

se trouvent d'une part, le "juge des référés" qui est le juge de l'urgence et qui ne statue qu'au provisoire (dans le jargon du palais on dit que les ordonnances du juge des référés " ne préjudicient pas au principal "). Sa décision ne s'impose ni à lui-même, ni aux juridictions de première instance (Tribunaux d'instance, Tribunaux de grande instance, Tribunaux de commerce etc.)ni aux Cours d'appel,
et d'autre part, la Cour de cassation devant laquelle on tient la preuve matérielle des faits comme étant acquise et dont la fonction est d'apprécier si la décision (ordonnance, jugement ou arrêt)qui lui est déférée par le demandeur au pourvoi est conforme au Droit.
De même encore, le tribunal qui sans trancher une partie du principal ordonne une mesure d'instruction, comme une expertise ou une enquête, ne statue pas sur le fond du litige, d'où l'expression du jugement précisant que, dans ce cas, le juge a statué "avant dire droit". Les décisions de justice qui ne statuent pas "au fond" n'acquièrent pas l'autorité de la chose jugée."

As in "bien fondé", whether the content, the facts etc, thus merits.

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
France
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