Glossary entry

Dutch term or phrase:

verloren doen gaan

English translation:

forfeit

Added to glossary by Lianne van de Ven
Oct 20, 2010 20:25
13 yrs ago
Dutch term

verloren (here)

Dutch to English Law/Patents Finance (general)
afstand door de borg van het recht om de bevrijding van zijn aansprakelijkheid in te roepen indien xxx BANK een bevoegdheid tot verrekening met een schuld aan de Schuldenaar verloren heeft doen gaan;

Part of general mortgage terms and conditions - I'm having trouble with the the last part of the sentence
Proposed translations (English)
3 +4 forfeit
Change log

Oct 25, 2010 22:46: Lianne van de Ven Created KOG entry

Oct 25, 2010 22:46: Lianne van de Ven changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/787187">Lianne van de Ven's</a> old entry - "verloren (here)"" to ""forfeit""

Proposed translations

+4
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forfeit

I am not a legal translator but I think this is what you are looking for.

verloren doen gaan
http://bit.ly/bqvdgP

Van Dale: verliezen
niet meer kunnen doen gelden
lose, forfeit
context
zijn rechten / aanspraken verliezen
lose / forfeit one's rights / claims

forfeit (Zelfstandig naamwoord)
something that must be given up because one has done something wrong, especially in games: “If you lose the game you will have to pay a forfeit.”
pand
to lose (something) because one has done something wrong: “He forfeited our respect by telling lies.”
verspelen
forfeited: “His former rights are forfeit now.”
verbeurd
http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/vertalen.php

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Note added at 44 mins (2010-10-20 21:09:22 GMT)
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The 'verloren DOEN gaan' in Dutch expresses action/intention on the part of the subject, if that is what causes you trouble.
Peer comment(s):

agree philgoddard : Doesn't it mean something along the lines of "has caused to forfeit"?
3 hrs
Maybe... Thanks.
agree Annabel Rautenbach
10 hrs
Bedankt.
agree Ron Willems : probably the word to use, but I don't quite understand the Dutch either
10 hrs
Thanks. That's why I attached a link to a big fat google book.
agree Thomas Buchanan : agree
120 days
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