French term (edited): r�silier un contrat

The system in francophone Africa is probably derived from the Code Napoléon like the one in Québec. We normally use "termination" in contracts.

French term (edited): r�silier un contrat

Conditions of employment of other servants, art.47,1b

French term (edited): r�silier un contrat

I agree with terminate in the case of breach. Just to diversify:

'avoidance' can be for mistake or on insolvency for a fraudulent disposition.

Repudiation can mean disaffirming or disavowing the contract. 'Repudiatory breach' can be accepted or declined by the other side.

There is controversy whether 'rescission' is 1. by the court only an equitable remedy in Eng. & Wales; 2. mutually between the parties or 3. unilateral.

Quote: ARTICLE 3.13 - (Loss of right to avoid). 705. Article 3.13 - (Loss of right to avoid). 706. (1) If a party is entitled to avoid the contract for mistake but the ...

French term (edited): r�silier un contrat

Nothing simpler than brought to an end". Not complicated jargon either! Even makes straightforward common sense.

Agree with previous suggestions of recinded or terminated.
Scottish Law Commission discussion paper on the site below has a helpful survey of terms and suggested usage.
"There has in the past been confusion
in the use of the words "resile", "repudiate" and "rescind" in the context of contracts. In recent years a standard usage seems to have emerged[..]
To resile from a contract means to withdraw from it lawfully, in the exercise of a right to do so, but not in response to a repudiation or breach To repudiate a contract means to indicate clearly, by words or acts, that the repudiator will not perform it, having no right to withhold or refuse performance.A repudiation is a wrongful rejection or renunciation of the contract. It does not end the contract but gives the other party an option to **rescind**

To **rescind** a contract means to bring it to an end, at least so far as concerns the future performance of primary obligations, in response to a repudiation or material breach by the other party."

Notice is generally understood to be an implied prerequisite for rescission.

Elsewhere "resile from" and "rescind" seem to be treated as interchangeable.

French term (edited): r�silier un contrat

If you look at the definition of the French term résilier (Cornu, Vocabulaire Juridique) it means "résolution non rétroactive, ... nom donné à la dissolution du contrat par acte volontaire comme la révocation MAIS SANS RETROACTIVITE". The definition of rescind (Black's Law Dictionary) is "to abrogate, annul or cancel a contract ... a rescission amounts to the unmaking of a contract, or an undoing of it from the beginning, and not merely a termination ... to put an end to the contract as though it never were." In other words, rescission implies termination with retroactive effect. Therefore, I think it best to translate résilier as to terminate.
Jackie