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English translation: legal liability

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Spanish term or phrase:	pasivo judicial
English translation:	legal liability
Entered by:	Diego Canossa

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23:00 Feb 6, 2008

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Bus/Financial - Finance (general)

Spanish term or phrase: pasivo judicial

Pasivo de la empresa:

Ambiental
Corriente
Fiscal
Bancario
Judicial

Brenda Joseph KudoZ activity Questions: 1319 (1 open) (4 without valid answers) (35 closed without grading) Answers: 8
Local time: 15:46

legal liabilities

Explanation:
una idea. suerte

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Note added at 17 mins (2008-02-06 23:18:15 GMT)
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en realidad, sería liability.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=es&q="legal liability"&lr=

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Diego Canossa
Argentina
Local time: 15:46

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Gracias Diego!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +4

legal liabilities

Diego Canossa

liability or legal liability

Richard Cadena

judicial liabilities

MikeGarcia

expected liability for legal actions

Paul Merriam

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16 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +4

legal liabilities

Diego Canossa
Argentina
Local time: 15:46
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 4

Grading comment

Gracias Diego!

21 mins confidence:

liability or legal liability

Explanation:
Liability (noun):
1. The quality or state of being legally obligated or accountable; legal responsibility to another or to society, enforceable by civil remedy or criminal punishment <liability for injuries caused by negligence>. - Also termsed "legal liability"; responsibility; subjection.
2. (often pl.) A financial or pecuniary obligation; DEBT <tax liability> <assets and liabilities>

Reference:
Black's Law Dictionary - Deluxe Eighth Edition

Hope this helps.

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Note added at 28 mins (2008-02-06 23:29:11 GMT)
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Pasivo Ambiental - Environmental liability
Pasivo Corriente - Current liability
Pasivo Fiscal - Tax liability

Reference: Accounting Trends & Techniques - various editions

Reference for the first

Reference: http://aicpa.org
Reference: http://imcp.org.mx

Richard Cadena
Mexico
Local time: 13:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 331

3 hrs confidence:

expected liability for legal actions

Explanation:
What I believe is being discussed is expected liability resulting from legal actions filed against the company or which could be filed against the company. But in a bullet list, you could simply use "legal".

Paul Merriam
Local time: 14:46
Works in field
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 24

1 day10 hrs confidence:

judicial liabilities

Explanation:
Literal.- Diego's answer is fine, this is just another option.-
See "judicial" in the AVH Legal, page 305.-

MikeGarcia
Spain
Local time: 20:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

Spanish
PRO pts in category: 448

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Changes made by editors

Feb 8, 2008 - Changes made by Diego Canossa:
Edited KOG entry	Brenda Joseph's old entry - "pasivo judicial" => "legal liabilities"

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