avowry

07:53 Jan 31, 2013
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English to Danish translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
English term or phrase: avowry
Desværre ingen kontekst, da det er en ordliste.
Se definition på fx: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avowry
Jørgen Madsen
Local time: 14:32


Summary of answers provided
4 -1tilståelse
Jeppe Fischer
2Påstand om berettiget selvtægt
Andreas Kjeldsen


  

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Påstand om berettiget selvtægt


Explanation:
Det er ikke så nemt, da der jo er tale om begreber, der er fremmede for dansk ret.

Grundlæggende er der tale om en situation, hvor en kreditor tilegner sig en debitors ejendom for at dække en gæld (distress). Debitor anlægger derefter sag for at få ejendommene tilbage (replevin), og kreditor forsvarer sig med, at han har handlet for at indrive en ubetalt gæld (avowry).

Det er jo en påstand i en retssag, og der er tale om en form for selvtægt, så jeg ville foreslå simpelthen "påstand om berettiget selvtægt", og så om muligt angive i en note, at der er tale om avowry.

Example sentence(s):
  • Sagsøgte kreditor nedlagde påstand om berettiget selvtægt (avowry).
Andreas Kjeldsen
Denmark
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
tilståelse


Explanation:
Giver også god mening i forhold til det Wiki-link, du selv postede, hvor der bl.a. stod: "In which case the taker shall justify, in his plea, for what cause he took it, and if he took it in his own right, is to show it, and so avow the taking—which is called his avowry."

Se i øvrigt nedenstående link. "Avowry" er blot substantiv-formen af dette verbum, "to avow".

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Note added at 4 hrs (2013-01-31 12:15:05 GMT)
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Der ligger dog i det, at det er en tilståelse, hvori man forklarer sin handlings nødvendige berettigelse.


    Reference: http://www.ordbogen.com/opslag.php?word=avow&dict=auto
Jeppe Fischer
Denmark
Local time: 14:32
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Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish
PRO pts in category: 7

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Andreas Kjeldsen: Der er jeg nu ikke enig; en tilståelse kan dække mange forskellige situationer, men avowry har en helt præcis betydning som et plea i en replevin action. For øvrigt henleder "at tilstå" vel tanken på en ulovlig handling, som der netop ikke er tale om her.
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