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à tire de diamant

English translation: the executor's compensation

15:06 Nov 25, 2013
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / phrase used in a French Will
French term or phrase: à tire de diamant
used by testator in hand drawn will, relating to property "qu’ils conserveront à tire de diamant".
djohndickson
Local time: 08:03
English translation:the executor's compensation
Explanation:
I think you'll find that it's "à titre de diamant". This is how the executor's remuneration is sometimes refered to as in "l'usage veut que l'on accorde à l'exécuteur testamentaire une certaine rémunération qualifiée
d'un nom étonnant : le diamant. Autrefois, on devait le remercier par un bijou de famille."
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Bruce Bracken
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Local time: 08:03
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4 +6the executor's compensation
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16 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
the executor's compensation


Explanation:
I think you'll find that it's "à titre de diamant". This is how the executor's remuneration is sometimes refered to as in "l'usage veut que l'on accorde à l'exécuteur testamentaire une certaine rémunération qualifiée
d'un nom étonnant : le diamant. Autrefois, on devait le remercier par un bijou de famille."


    Reference: http://www.leparisien.fr/societe/executeur-testamentaire-15-...
Bruce Bracken
France
Local time: 08:03
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Asker: Thanks a million - it was spot on.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  philgoddard: That's interesting! It gets very few hits, which suggests that a lot of French people wouldn't understand it.
8 mins
  -> Sounds pretty old-fashioned (apart from the fact it appears it was used to dodge inheritance tax, too)
agree  Adrian MM. (X): executors/executrix's reward
11 mins
agree  Didier Fourcot: I understand "titre" also, people who die now are often old and may use words that are little known nowadays
50 mins
agree  kashew: Totally convincing.
2 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans: intresting, and convincing
8 hrs
agree  Adam Warren
18 hrs
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