Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Dire et juger

English translation:

say and judge

Added to glossary by Juan L Lozano
May 22, 2004 17:14
19 yrs ago
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French term

Dire et juger

Non-PRO French to English Law/Patents Law (general)
This is at the end of a summons, the party bringing the claim asks the court to kindly "dire et juger" in respect of the other party.
Find and decide was my initial thought but I would really appreciate help,
Many thanks,

Proposed translations

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say and judge

That's what I wpuld use
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agree Vicky Papaprodromou
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agree Narasimhan Raghavan : sorry for slight delay in agreeing
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pass judgement (state the legal position)

Legalese.

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agree sarahl (X) : concur. your headlights are not that dim after all.
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Thanks, Sarah.
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Do/to hold and adjudge

Usually preceded by 'Plaise au Tribunal' well before.

Ajudge: a verb unpopular with translators but popular with Eng.-speaking courts the world over.

'... 24. declare, adjudge, hold -- (declare to be; "She was declared incompetent"; "judge held that the defendant was innocent"). 25. ...'
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1 day 3 hrs

pronounce and rule

to pronounce the charge/verdict
to rule the sentence/judgement
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agree French2English : Can't see what's wrong with this....'say and rule' sounds weird to me!
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To state and judge

To state and try

to try (GDT)
to conduct the legal trial of someone Example: tried him for murder;
French: juger
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