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HELP? We’ve been having TREMENDOUS trouble translating the legal documents. So I put together a table of some terms we keep running across, terms that are not found in the dictionaries. If any of these definitions are wrong, please let me know. Thanks!!! |
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| ITALIAN | |
| A.P.E. | Associazione Periti e Esperti = Association of Appraisers and Experts |
| articolata provata | formal interrogatories |
| associante | directing party |
| associato | contributing party |
| atto | writ |
| attore e convenuto | plaintiff and defendant |
| bis | reprise |
| C.C.I.A.A. | Camera di Commercio, Industria, Artigianato ed Agricoltura = Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Crafts and Agriculture |
| Camp. Pen. | Campione Penale = Numero di Ruolo = Criminal Case Number |
| c.m. | corrente mese = current month |
| Codice fiscale | Tax ID |
| comparente | appearing in court |
| contradittorio | cross-examination |
| c.p.c. | codice di procedura civile = Code of Civil Procedure |
| c.p.p. | codice processuale penale = Code of Criminal Procedure |
| cpv | capoverso = paragraph |
| c.s. | come sopra = as above |
| dedotta | submitted to the court / brought into justice / made a case of |
| D.M. | Decreto Ministeriale = Ministerial Decree |
| DPR | Decreto del Presidente della Repubblica = Decree of the President of the Republic |
| eccezione | plea |
| G.I. | Giudice Istruttoria = Examining Judge |
| Giudice Rel. | Giudice Relatore = Reporting Judge |
| giudizio direttissimo | expedited judgment |
| IVA | Imposta sul Valore Aggiunto = Value-Added Tax = VAT |
| la diffidente | the litigant / the complainant |
| MINCOMES | Ministero del Commercio Internazionale = Ministry of International Commerce |
| n.d.e. | nota del editore / nota del escrivente = [in English we just use square brackets] |
| nel suo tempo | in due course / at a given moment |
| nomofilachia | nomophylacia = the duty of the Supreme Court of Cassation to ensure the precision and uniformity of the law |
| norma valutaria | currency-exchange regulation |
| p.c. | per conoscenza = carbon copy |
| P.G. | Polizia Giudiziaria = Judicial Police |
| P.I. | Partita IVA = VAT Number |
| P.le | Piazzale = Plaza |
| P.M. | Polizia Militare = Military Police |
| P.M. | Pubblico Ministero = Public Prosecutor |
| P.Q.M. | Per Questi Motivi = For these reasons |
| presentazione | preview (trailer) |
| procedimenti cautelari | conservatory proceedings = summary proceedings |
| Procuratore Generale | CAO or General Manager Procuratore Generale [alle liti] = Attorney [vested with general powers for legal proceedings] (Procuratore Generale literally means Attorney General, but that’s not how it’s used in most of these documents) |
| p.v. | prossimo venturo = by next = by (“30 aprile p.v.” = “by April 30th”) |
| rapporto dedotto in giudizio | report submitted as a pleading in the case |
| R.A. | Ritenuta di acconto = withholding tax |
| R.G. | Registro Generale = Docket Number |
| Reg. Soc. Trib. Roma | Court of Rome Company Registry |
| riconvenzionale | cross-claim |
| S.A.C.C. | Sezione Autonoma per il Credito Cinematografico = Autonomous Section for Cinematographic Credit |
| S.p.A. | Società per Azioni = Joint-Stock Company = JSC |
| S.r.l. | Società a responsabilità limitata = Limited-Liability Company = LLC |
| S.V. | Signoria Vostra = Your Honor |
| se ne strafrega | strafregarsene = emphatic of fregarsene = laugh at / despise / care / does not care (Chi se ne strafrega? = Who cares?; but: Me ne strafrego = I don’t care) |
| Società inquadrata | Incorporated Company |
| TAR | Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale = Regional Administrative Court |
| tuziorismo | Tutiorism is effectively the same thing as Pascal’s Wager. Legally it means the belief that replying to a charge and/or appearing in court is the safest course of action |
| u.s. | ultimo scorso = past [as in the past week, the past month, etc] |
| utile | profit |
| Visto per il deposito tardivo | Viewed for late filing |
| V° per autentica | Visto per autentica = Confirmed as a true copy |
| VS/ DARE | AMOUNT DUE |
| FRENCH | |
| Aff. | Affaire = Case |
| a forfait | lump sum / flat rate |
| assigner au fond | to summon for a substantive examination |
| C/ | contre = versus = v |
| chose jugée | res judicata |
| code affaire | case reference |
| délais d’appel | time for appeal [literally, call time] |
| NCPC | Nouveau Code de Procédure Civile = New Civil-Procedure Code |
| P.J. | Pièce Joint = Enclosure; Pièces Joints = Enclosures |
| SACEM | Société des Auteurs, Compositeurs et Editeurs de Musique = Society of Music Authors, Composers and Publishers |
| saisie conservatoire | interim seizure |
| S.C.P. | Société Civile Professionnelle = Professional Civil Partnership |
| Société Anonyme | Limited Company |
| Ste. | Société = company |
| LATIN | |
| ad usum delphini | for the use of the Dauphin (today, this expression is used in a pejorative way to indicate a work expurgated in order to be put into all hands) |
| cessio legis | legal assignment |
| contrariis reiectis | dismiss the opposing party’s submissions |
| erga omnes | towards everyone = rights or obligations owed towards all |
| ex adverso | opposing party |
| ex tunc | from the outset |
| fumus boni iuris | smoke of a good right = presumption of sufficient legal basis |
| hinc et inde | from both sides |
| in limine litis | at the start of the procedure |
| in re | in the matter of |
| in solidum | jointly and severally (literally in total or on the whole) |
| lucrum cessans | literally profits given up or cessant gain = opportunity cost — the lender claims the same investment return as the rival’s |
| per tabulas | in forza degli atti scritti = based on the documents provided |
| ratio | the reason |
| ratione loci | because of the place involved |
| Salvis iuribus | Without prejudice (without dismissing, damaging, or otherwise affecting a legal interest or demand) |
| tamquam non esset | as if they did not exist |
| utiliter data | successfully given |
| vocatio in ius | summons to stand trial |