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défenseur d'office

English translation: public defender

GLOSSARY ENTRY (DERIVED FROM QUESTION BELOW)
French term or phrase:défenseur d'office
English translation:public defender
Entered by: Patrice

12:48 Apr 2, 2007
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / droit pénal
French term or phrase: défenseur d'office
Si, en raison de son indigence, l’inculpé ne peut se pourvoir d’un défenseur, il lui en est aussi désigné un d’office, à sa demande.

Merci.
silvia karen
France
Local time: 22:16
public defender
Explanation:
or, if you are in Canada, a legal aid lawyer...but in that case the client would find the lawyer and he/she would not be appointed by the court but basically willing to work for the government on this case
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Patrice
United States
Local time: 13:16
Grading comment
Thank you.
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
4 +7automatically/court appointed advocate/lawyer/attorney
Bourth (X)
5legal aid lawyer
ACOZ (X)
3 +1one will be chosen for him (at his reuqest)
CMJ_Trans (X)
4public defender
Patrice
4a public defender shall be routinely provided upon request
MatthewLaSon
4official ([or] officially assigned) defence counsel
Conor McAuley


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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
automatically/court appointed advocate/lawyer/attorney


Explanation:
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Bourth (X)
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 254

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Evi Prokopi (X): I think "court appointed" is best. :)
2 mins
agree  writeaway: at his request. so he no ask, he no get. and you no can leave out. ;-)
5 mins
agree  cjohnstone: court appointed is really best
55 mins
agree  Katarina Peters: court appointed lawyer - short and sweet...
4 hrs
agree  Jock
5 hrs
agree  Melzie
8 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans: court appointed lawyer
8 hrs
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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
one will be chosen for him (at his reuqest)


Explanation:
if he cannot afford a lawyer, the system will nominate one for him

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Note added at 12 mins (2007-04-02 13:00:03 GMT)
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REQUEST = typo

And it would have been clearer to say: the court will appoint one for hime at his request

CMJ_Trans (X)
Local time: 22:16
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 156

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  writeaway: yes-the whole thing has been parsed incorrectly for starters
6 mins
  -> which is the point I was trying to make....
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
public defender


Explanation:
or, if you are in Canada, a legal aid lawyer...but in that case the client would find the lawyer and he/she would not be appointed by the court but basically willing to work for the government on this case

Patrice
United States
Local time: 13:16
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 31
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Thank you.
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5
legal aid lawyer


Explanation:
If you type this into Wikipedia, you'll find a lengthy explanation of the work of legal aid lawyers in various countries throughout the world.

ACOZ (X)
Australia
Local time: 05:46
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 106
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
a public defender shall be routinely provided upon request


Explanation:
Hello,

d'office (in this context) = without having been requested

This refers to the routine appointment of a public defender as opposed to having one appointed upon request.

I hope this helps.


    Reference: http://www.ccpa.net/cumberland/cwp/view.asp?A=1651&Q=469416
    Reference: http://www2.essex.ac.uk/rm/foi/rights.shtm
MatthewLaSon
Local time: 16:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 405
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
official ([or] officially assigned) defence counsel


Explanation:
Definition given in the Council of Europe Fr-En Legal Dictionary.

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 22:16
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 210
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