Oct 11, 2007 15:41
17 yrs ago
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German term
Germany
Verrechnungsmasse
German to English
Law/Patents
Law (general)
legal dispute
In a dispute the Defendant wishes to have one of the Plaintiff's witnesses dismissed as he is also a party to the Plaintiff's claim: "Der Drittwiderbeklagte (who is the witness cited) hat ein eigenes Interesse daran, die Klageforderung durchzusetzen, **um Verrechnungsmasse darzustellen**".
As the whole case revolves around how much money the Defendant owes the Plaintiff, and the Third-Party Counter-Defendant in effect belongs to the Plaintiff's party, I'm assuming that this sentence means that the Third-Party Counter-Defendant has an inherent interest in enforcing the Plaintiff's claim as he wants money. But I have no idea how to render "um Verrechnungsmasse darzustellen". Does anyone have any bright ideas?
As the whole case revolves around how much money the Defendant owes the Plaintiff, and the Third-Party Counter-Defendant in effect belongs to the Plaintiff's party, I'm assuming that this sentence means that the Third-Party Counter-Defendant has an inherent interest in enforcing the Plaintiff's claim as he wants money. But I have no idea how to render "um Verrechnungsmasse darzustellen". Does anyone have any bright ideas?
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | to prepare the ground to get his settlement |
Anindita
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| 3 +1 | offset or setoff amount |
Dr. Fred Thomson
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| 4 | add to the chargeable fund available (for share-out) |
Adrian MM. (X)
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Proposed translations
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German term (edited):
Verrechnungsmasse darstellen
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to prepare the ground to get his settlement
I think that '... um Verrechnungsmasse darzustellen..' means that the witness wants part of the settlement that the plaintiff will receive from the defendent. 'Darstellen' in this sense can be interpreted as 'subtly trying to point out something'. 'Verrechnungsmasse' refers to the part of the settlement amount that the witness feels is his due.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "I wish I could have split the points between Anindita and Tom, but that's not possible. This comes closer to what I put in the end, so this is where the points go (settlement here means settlement of invoices, not settlement in the sense of a Ver/Ausgleich btw).
Thanks to everyone for their input"
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54 mins
Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
United States
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A lawyer, technician, nuclear power optr
Native in: English
Works in: German to English
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offset or setoff amount
I believe this is it
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German term (edited):
Verrechnungsmasse darstellen
add to the chargeable fund available (for share-out)
This is litigation that is going ahead. I don't read any settlement - Ver/Ausgleich - into it.
Disposable mass = property fund available for distribution to creditors or, in this case, for appropriation by the court to the litigants.
Chargeable: not to tax, but as a pool of assets to be resorted to.
Disposable mass = property fund available for distribution to creditors or, in this case, for appropriation by the court to the litigants.
Chargeable: not to tax, but as a pool of assets to be resorted to.
Example sentence:
The result then depends not on the nature and importance of the public interests served but on locating some chargeable fund that a public agency, ...
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