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remision definitiva

English translation: final/definitive remission


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Spanish term or phrase:remision definitiva
English translation:final/definitive remission
Entered by: liz askew
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16:32 Nov 19, 2009
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / criminal justice
Spanish term or phrase: remision definitiva
'Condenado en sentencia por el delito de robo a la pena de prision. Estado: remision definitiva. ' Aparece en un certificado del Registro Central de Penados y Rebeldes
Rosemary Luz
Local time: 08:33
definitive remission
Explanation:
Drugs and criminal policy in Spain (1982–1992)
pressure on Spain, accusing her of being, along with Holland, a pernicious example to other countries in ..... The definitive remission of the sentence ...
www.springerlink.com/index/7063577RX255Q720.pdf - Similar
by C González Zorrilla - 1993

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Remission and Temporary Release from Prison-Information from ...
4 Aug 2008 ... Prisoners in Ireland have a right to remission of one-quarter of their prison sentence. However, part of this remission may be cancelled as ...
www.citizensinformation.ie › Justice › Prison system - Cached - Similar
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Murder wife's pardon plea is rejected: Home Secretary's ruling on ...
Thornton's pleas for a free pardon or remission of her sentence were also rejected by Michael Howard, who said pardons were only for the innocent and ...
www.independent.co.uk › News › UK - Cached - Similar

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Criminal Procedures - REPORTE DE LA JUSTICIA / CEJA - REPORT OF ...
Only cassation appeals may be brought to challenge a definitive ruling. ... Conditional remission of sentence, 19.612, 2.801, 22.413 ...
www.cejamericas.org/reporte/muestra_pais3.php?idioma... - Cached
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Re Mission :: By Faith Not By Sight
When someone is in remission, it means that the condition is not getting worse. ... “remission” refers to the reduction of a prison sentence. ...
stoug564.homedns.org/2009/10/Re-Mission/ - Cached

Hi
check the references very thoroughly, because I do not usually translate legal documents (in fact I try to avoid them):)

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pariticularly as I am unable to find "definitive remission" on any UK site.

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Could it be "mitigation"??

Parole in Transition: A Comparative Study of Origins, Developments ...
There probably can never be any definitive statement ... A. Sentence length/condition: 1. Mitigation, or conditional remission. Clemency. Humanitarianism .... all prisoners after twelve months of imprisonment, so that "parole was ...
www.jstor.org/stable/1147442
by AK Bottomley - 1990 - Cited by 17 - Related articles - All 6 versions

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I have found
"final" though, elsewhere

Govt defends remission for life convicts [Chennai] | Times of ...
The authorities argue remission in any case is neither final nor irreversible . That remission has been cancelled in only one case so far - when a ...
findarticles.com/p/news-articles/...remission.../ai_n39503165/ - Cached
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liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:33
Grading comment
Thanks. R
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definitive remission


Explanation:
Drugs and criminal policy in Spain (1982–1992)
pressure on Spain, accusing her of being, along with Holland, a pernicious example to other countries in ..... The definitive remission of the sentence ...
www.springerlink.com/index/7063577RX255Q720.pdf - Similar
by C González Zorrilla - 1993

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Note added at 5 mins (2009-11-19 16:38:30 GMT)
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#
Remission and Temporary Release from Prison-Information from ...
4 Aug 2008 ... Prisoners in Ireland have a right to remission of one-quarter of their prison sentence. However, part of this remission may be cancelled as ...
www.citizensinformation.ie › Justice › Prison system - Cached - Similar
#
Murder wife's pardon plea is rejected: Home Secretary's ruling on ...
Thornton's pleas for a free pardon or remission of her sentence were also rejected by Michael Howard, who said pardons were only for the innocent and ...
www.independent.co.uk › News › UK - Cached - Similar

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Note added at 13 mins (2009-11-19 16:46:22 GMT)
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#
Criminal Procedures - REPORTE DE LA JUSTICIA / CEJA - REPORT OF ...
Only cassation appeals may be brought to challenge a definitive ruling. ... Conditional remission of sentence, 19.612, 2.801, 22.413 ...
www.cejamericas.org/reporte/muestra_pais3.php?idioma... - Cached
#
Re Mission :: By Faith Not By Sight
When someone is in remission, it means that the condition is not getting worse. ... “remission” refers to the reduction of a prison sentence. ...
stoug564.homedns.org/2009/10/Re-Mission/ - Cached

Hi
check the references very thoroughly, because I do not usually translate legal documents (in fact I try to avoid them):)

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Note added at 16 mins (2009-11-19 16:48:35 GMT)
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pariticularly as I am unable to find "definitive remission" on any UK site.

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Note added at 20 mins (2009-11-19 16:53:05 GMT)
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Could it be "mitigation"??

Parole in Transition: A Comparative Study of Origins, Developments ...
There probably can never be any definitive statement ... A. Sentence length/condition: 1. Mitigation, or conditional remission. Clemency. Humanitarianism .... all prisoners after twelve months of imprisonment, so that "parole was ...
www.jstor.org/stable/1147442
by AK Bottomley - 1990 - Cited by 17 - Related articles - All 6 versions

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Note added at 25 mins (2009-11-19 16:58:00 GMT)
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I have found
"final" though, elsewhere

Govt defends remission for life convicts [Chennai] | Times of ...
The authorities argue remission in any case is neither final nor irreversible . That remission has been cancelled in only one case so far - when a ...
findarticles.com/p/news-articles/...remission.../ai_n39503165/ - Cached

liz askew
United Kingdom
Local time: 08:33
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 179
Grading comment
Thanks. R

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  eski: Absolutely! :)) eski
1 min

agree  Julie Waddington
15 mins
  -> Thank you! I am unable to find this on any UK legal site though:)

agree  Emma Ratcliffe
8 hrs
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