Jan 21, 2010 15:10
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Dutch term

last en volmacht geven

Dutch to English Law/Patents Law (general)
Ik verklaar (wij verklaren) hierbij last en volmacht te geven aan alle medewerkers van en werkzaam
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last en volmacht geven = providing authorization?

Proposed translations

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giving a mandate and power of attorney

According to Van den End, Juridisch Lexicon.
Peer comment(s):

agree Luc Huygh : the English translation provides the complete aspect of 'last en volmacht geven'
8 mins
agree Annabel Rautenbach
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agree writeaway : yes whatever would we do without Van den End. but why "giving"? /yes the gerund. doesn't really fit in with the NL context
36 mins
You mean why the gerund form? Just following the requester's format: "providing authorization?"
agree Textpertise
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Dutch term (edited): Ik verklaar (wij verklaren) last en volmacht geven

I (we) do hereby give {a} direction and power of attorney

Grant a direction or instructions - albeit to co. workers - doesn't work, but the word grant does with a P of A.

Mandate - such as an order to pay a postal order etc. - was an answer also recently given and accepted for 'lastbepaling' in a Will which also, in EN, normally contains directions and instructions.

But Van den End - who, according to other commentators, never gets the wrong End of the stick - and ProZ contributors, even an occasional Dutch translator like me, may care to THINK about the (vague) meaning of the word mandate which is not a term of art in Eng./ Can law.

In the US, it means a judicial order or bailment: Barron's US law dictionary.

If it does mean an authorisation, then it is redundant and a tautology prefixing a power of attorney.


Example sentence(s):
Example sentence:

Letter of Direction and Limited Power of Attorney to execute My Program

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