Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

appelée

English translation:

summonsed

Added to glossary by canaria
Apr 27, 2005 10:28
19 yrs ago
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French term

appelée

French to English Other Law (general)
La societe a ete appelee conjointement avec un client dans le cadre d'un contentieux avec l'administration des Douanes.
Proposed translations (English)
1 +2 summonsed
Change log

Apr 27, 2005 11:19: Florence Bremond changed "Term asked" from "appelee" to "appel�e"

Proposed translations

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French term (edited): appelee
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summonsed

It IS only a guess, so for goodness' sake check it out before using!

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Note added at 34 mins (2005-04-27 11:03:30 GMT)
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summonsed means a formal summons was issued, to appear on pain of penalty

summoned simply means imperiously told to come, but not in any sort of legally-enforceable way.

I have often been summoned to go the the Headmaster\'s study, but luckily, I have never yet received a Court summons.

According to Robert:

to summons = citer, assigner (à comparaître)
to summon = appeler, convoquer, etc. --- though interestingly, they also offer the same suggestions as for \'to summons\' above.

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Note added at 36 mins (2005-04-27 11:05:37 GMT)
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As it doesn\'t say where to, I\'m inclined towards the \"received a joint summons... from the Customs & Excise\" meaning -- but as I say, I\'m no legal expert.
Peer comment(s):

agree writeaway : ;-) (personally, I prefer summoned)/can't really see any other solution without more context/is definitely official, but summoned where is the big question. just to the office or to appear in court?
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Cheers! Yes, in the legal sense, this is the word, but I'm just not 100% the French is as specific here...// If it's not in the special legal sense, then 'summoned (to appear) before...' might be OK?
agree Gina W : I was taught "summonsed", as opposed to "summoned" :)
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Thanks, Gad!
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