Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

assignataires

English translation:

assigns

Added to glossary by mportal
Jul 7, 2009 21:33
14 yrs ago
French term

assignataires

French to English Bus/Financial Business/Commerce (general) bidding document
This is part of the document where the bank guarantees payment to the Main Contractor:
'... la banque s'engage a regler integralement au Maitre d'Ouvrage, s'obligeant elle-meme, ses successeurs, et assignataires.'
Proposed translations (English)
4 +3 assigns
4 +2 assignees
4 heirs
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Proposed translations

+3
6 hrs
Selected

assigns

The consecrated phrase in English is "successors and assigns", no?

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Note added at 6 hrs (2009-07-08 04:20:27 GMT)
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From the OED:
"2. One to whom a property or right is legally transferred; = assignee 2. Esp. in the phrase heirs and assigns: see quot. 1865.

1865 Nicholls Britton ii. xvi. I. 312 It was in favour of bastards that the word assigns [F. assignez] was first devised."
:-)
Peer comment(s):

agree Lynne Honan : Certainly gets a lot more Google hits than assignees
1 hr
agree wfarkas (X)
12 hrs
agree philgoddard
14 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Sounds good in the context. Thanks very much rkillings"
2 mins

heirs

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+2
7 mins

assignees

I think this is it, in this case
Peer comment(s):

agree Colin Morley (X)
40 mins
agree Katarina Peters
46 mins
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