Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

con los testigos ... y de compareciente certifico

English translation:

certifico ... y del compareciente certifico

Added to glossary by Hazel Whiteley
Mar 22, 2006 12:52
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Spanish term

de compareciente

Spanish to English Law/Patents Law (general) birth certificate
At the end of a Spanish birth certificate from 1936:

Leída esta acta se sella con el del Juzgado y la firma el señor Juez con los testigos y de compareciente certifico

I know what "compareciente" means but I don´t understand how it fits in this sentence.

Thanks.

Discussion

Rebecca Jowers Mar 22, 2006:
What comes after "certifico"? Who is signing this? The court clerk, perhaps?

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person requesting the certificate

This appears to be a certification of birth issued by a Registro Civil, bearing the seal of the "juzgado del registro civil", signed by the judge, the witnesses and the person requesting the certificate ("compareciente").

This is a "formula" and I believe that there is an error here and that it should read:
"Leída esta acta, se sella con el del Juzgado y la firma el señor Juez, los testigos y el compareciente de que certifico." I believe this is the Civil Register's court clerk who is saying "I certify that this document has been read (aloud?), the court seal has been affixed thereto, and that it has been signed by the judge, the witnesses and the "compareciente."

You can see this same formula used in a death certificate issued by the court of the Registro Civil in Vigo in 1935 (in which the the "compareciente" is called the "manifestante"):

Esta inscripción se practica en virtud de manifestación del encargado D. Eulogio Fábregas López, de 63 años, casado, industrial y de esta vecindad consignándose además que no consta se ignoran más circunstancias habiéndola presenciado como testigos, Don Casimiro Fernández Saura y Don Antonio Rodríguez Garrido mayores de edad y vecinos de Vigo.

Leída esta acta, se sella con el del Juzgado y la firma el señor Juez, los testigos y el manifestante de que certifico.
http://es.geocities.com/mcosmeng/f/frc0013.htm

Ley del Registro Civil - CIA - MAP - [ Translate this page ]
El Registro Civil está integrado:. Por los Registros Municipales, a cargo del juez municipal o comarcal asistido del secretario ...
www.igsap.map.es/CIA/dispo/25302.htm

Peer comment(s):

agree Paula Hernández
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Gracias Paula
agree Marian Greenfield
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agree MDI-IDM
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appearing party's signature

It is just saying that the judge, the witnesses and the appearing party are signing the certificate.

HTH

Reed
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