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SF beim Gericht

English translation: Lock box

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German term or phrase:Schließfach (beim Gericht)
English translation:Lock box
Entered by: Poornima Iyengar

17:06 Jan 31, 2002
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents
German term or phrase: SF beim Gericht
Schließfach beim Gericht. Would it mean locker?
Poornima Iyengar
Local time: 06:35
mail box
Explanation:
At the bank it would be "safety Deposit box." At the post office it would be "post office box."
It could be "rental box," but in the States at least it would be likely to be a box set aside for a particular attorney, judge or other court employee and into which mail and/or documents are placed for later pickup.


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Note added at 2002-01-31 17:16:00 (GMT)
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A locker is usually much larger and is a place where you put clothing at the gym, for instance. I would definitely use \"box.\"
Maybe even \"secure drop-box.\"

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Note added at 2002-01-31 19:26:37 (GMT)
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Slipped up in my answer to Robert: Don\'t mean \"is,\" mean \"are.\"
Do the barristers stillwear robes in the UK?

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Note added at 2002-01-31 19:47:46 (GMT)
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Roberts\' points are well taken. O.K.
Consider these possibilites: Lock box or locked comparment.
Let your context be your guide.
Selected response from:

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 19:05
Grading comment
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4mail box
Dr. Fred Thomson


  

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mail box


Explanation:
At the bank it would be "safety Deposit box." At the post office it would be "post office box."
It could be "rental box," but in the States at least it would be likely to be a box set aside for a particular attorney, judge or other court employee and into which mail and/or documents are placed for later pickup.


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Note added at 2002-01-31 17:16:00 (GMT)
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A locker is usually much larger and is a place where you put clothing at the gym, for instance. I would definitely use \"box.\"
Maybe even \"secure drop-box.\"

--------------------------------------------------
Note added at 2002-01-31 19:26:37 (GMT)
--------------------------------------------------

Slipped up in my answer to Robert: Don\'t mean \"is,\" mean \"are.\"
Do the barristers stillwear robes in the UK?

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Note added at 2002-01-31 19:47:46 (GMT)
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Roberts\' points are well taken. O.K.
Consider these possibilites: Lock box or locked comparment.
Let your context be your guide.

Dr. Fred Thomson
United States
Local time: 19:05
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in pair: 5861
Grading comment
Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Bob Kerns (X): Could be a locker for attorneys' gowns etc. Wouldn't mail box be Postfach rather than Schließfach?
1 hr
  -> Not mai box in the sense of property of the post office, but rather a place where mail and other documents is put for pickup by the intended recipient. A locker is usually a "Schrank" or beim Barras "ein Spind." In the States the lawyers don't wear robes.
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