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Forma essencial

English translation: subject to a required form


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Portuguese term or phrase:dependendo de forma essencial
English translation:subject to a required form
Entered by: MARK ROBERTSON
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19:37 Jan 12, 2012
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Law/Patents - Law (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: Forma essencial
Art. 9º Para qualificar e reger as obrigações, aplicar-se-à a lei do país em que se constituírem
§ 1o Destinando-se a obrigação a ser executada no Brasil e dependendo de forma essencial, será esta observada, admitidas as peculiaridades da lei estrangeira quanto aos requisitos extrínsecos do ato.
Eileen Aguirre
Local time: 08:08
subject to a required form
Explanation:
In the case of an obligation to be performed in Brazil, which is subject to a required form (in Brazil), the said form shall be complied with, although the specific features of the foreign law with regard to the extraneous requirements of the act may be complied with.

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Note added at 43 mins (2012-01-12 20:20:55 GMT)
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BTW the above is meant to be a translation of the source text.
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MARK ROBERTSON
Local time: 12:08
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2subject to a required form
MARK ROBERTSON
4essential contentSheryle Oliver
4(depending) essentially
Gilmar Fernandes


  

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35 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(depending) essentially


Explanation:
I don't think it's any special legal term at all....it's just part of the sentence structure.

Gilmar Fernandes
United States
Local time: 07:08
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PRO pts in category: 205
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Asker: Thanks Gilmar, it is a legal expression, as Mark put it: "a required form".

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40 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
subject to a required form


Explanation:
In the case of an obligation to be performed in Brazil, which is subject to a required form (in Brazil), the said form shall be complied with, although the specific features of the foreign law with regard to the extraneous requirements of the act may be complied with.

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Note added at 43 mins (2012-01-12 20:20:55 GMT)
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BTW the above is meant to be a translation of the source text.

MARK ROBERTSON
Local time: 12:08
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 604
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks again Mark, that's exactly what they mean.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Martin Riordan
8 mins
  -> Thanks Martin

agree  Ivan Rocha: Isso mesmo.
1 hr
  -> Muito obrigado Ivan
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1 day47 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
essential content


Explanation:
The core of a law is termed its essential content.

Example sentence(s):
  • The question is,"What is the essential content of the Constitution?"

    Reference: http://www.yale.edu/yjil/PDFs/vol_33/Young%20Final.pdf
Sheryle Oliver
Brazil
Local time: 08:08
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 47
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