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s'il y a échet

English translation: s'il y a échet

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French term or phrase:if applicable
English translation:s'il y a échet
Entered by: Yolanda Broad

14:59 Dec 17, 2000
French to English translations [PRO]
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French term or phrase: s'il y a échet
More from my Haitian adoption papers. This has to do with releasing records:

Fait défense à tous détenteurs des registres de l'Etat civil de l'adoptée d'en délivrer copie extrait ou expédition sans la mention de la présente adoption sous peine de dommages-intérêts envers les tiers s'il y a échet

I can't find *échet* used as a noun anywhere, although I have found lots of "il échet"--the verb--on the Web. This appears to be an alternative conjugations of *échoir* from the context. Can this be used as a noun? Alternatively, could this be a mispelling of *échec* (in the sense of *default*, for instance)?
Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 06:07
Several possible readings: échec, as you said, although
Explanation:
it sounds weird; échéance (maturity) would be closer to your "default" in financial terms, but the only close alternative reading I can propose is "le cas écheant", as the case may be/if such is the case. In all cases, they come from "échoir".
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Parrot
Spain
Local time: 12:07
Grading comment
Thanks. I eventually found *escheat*, but decided that was too medieval for even the translation of a Haitian document.
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naSeveral possible readings: échec, as you said, although
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Several possible readings: échec, as you said, although


Explanation:
it sounds weird; échéance (maturity) would be closer to your "default" in financial terms, but the only close alternative reading I can propose is "le cas écheant", as the case may be/if such is the case. In all cases, they come from "échoir".


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Parrot
Spain
Local time: 12:07
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 1861
Grading comment
Thanks. I eventually found *escheat*, but decided that was too medieval for even the translation of a Haitian document.
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