cosaisir

cosaisir (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
cosaisissant (gerund participle present)
cosaisissant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
cosaisi (participle past)
cosaisi (participle past)
cosaisis (first-person indicative present singular)
cosaisis (first-person indicative present singular)
cosaisis (indicative present second-person singular)
cosaisis (indicative present second-person singular)
cosaisit (indicative present singular third-person)
cosaisit (indicative present singular third-person)
cosaisissons (first-person indicative plural present)
cosaisissons (first-person indicative plural present)
cosaisissez (indicative plural present second-person)
cosaisissez (indicative plural present second-person)
cosaisissent (indicative plural present third-person)
cosaisissent (indicative plural present third-person)
cosaisissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cosaisissais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
cosaisissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cosaisissais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
cosaisissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cosaisissait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
cosaisissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cosaisissions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
cosaisissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cosaisissiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
cosaisissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cosaisissaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
cosaisis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cosaisis (first-person historic indicative past singular)
cosaisis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cosaisis (historic indicative past second-person singular)
cosaisit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cosaisit (historic indicative past singular third-person)
cosaisîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cosaisîmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
cosaisîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cosaisîtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
cosaisirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cosaisirent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
cosaisirai (first-person future indicative singular)
cosaisirai (first-person future indicative singular)
cosaisiras (future indicative second-person singular)
cosaisiras (future indicative second-person singular)
cosaisira (future indicative singular third-person)
cosaisira (future indicative singular third-person)
cosaisirons (first-person future indicative plural)
cosaisirons (first-person future indicative plural)
cosaisirez (future indicative plural second-person)
cosaisirez (future indicative plural second-person)
cosaisiront (future indicative plural third-person)
cosaisiront (future indicative plural third-person)
cosaisirais (conditional first-person singular)
cosaisirais (conditional first-person singular)
cosaisirais (conditional second-person singular)
cosaisirais (conditional second-person singular)
cosaisirait (conditional singular third-person)
cosaisirait (conditional singular third-person)
cosaisirions (conditional first-person plural)
cosaisirions (conditional first-person plural)
cosaisiriez (conditional plural second-person)
cosaisiriez (conditional plural second-person)
cosaisiraient (conditional plural third-person)
cosaisiraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
cosaisisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cosaisisse (first-person present singular subjunctive)
cosaisisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cosaisisses (present second-person singular subjunctive)
cosaisisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cosaisisse (present singular subjunctive third-person)
cosaisissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cosaisissions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
cosaisissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cosaisissiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
cosaisissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cosaisissent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
cosaisisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cosaisisse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
cosaisisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cosaisisses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
cosaisît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cosaisît (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
cosaisissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cosaisissions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
cosaisissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cosaisissiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
cosaisissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cosaisissent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
cosaisis (imperative second-person singular)
cosaisis (imperative second-person singular)
cosaisissons (first-person imperative plural)
cosaisissons (first-person imperative plural)
cosaisissez (imperative plural second-person)
cosaisissez (imperative plural second-person)

(law) to take (etc) along with another person


en instance

Elle est en instance de divorce.

Une demande semblable était déjà en instance devant un arbitre.

A similar request was already pending before a mediator.


conflit d'intérêts

fr-noun

conflit d’intérêts m (plural conflits d’intérêts)

conflit d’ intérêts (canonical masculine)
conflits d’intérêts (plural)

conflict of interest
conflict of interest


hoir

From Old French heir, inherited from Latin hērēs.

(law, chiefly in Switzerland, else literary, archaic) heir


obvenir

obvenir (infinitive)
être + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
obvenant (gerund participle present)
étant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
obvenu (participle past)
obvient (indicative present singular third-person)
obviennent (indicative plural present third-person)
obvenait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
obvenaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
obvint (historic indicative past singular third-person)
obvinrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
obviendra (future indicative singular third-person)
obviendront (future indicative plural third-person)
obviendrait (conditional singular third-person)
obviendraient (conditional plural third-person)
past historic of être + past participle (anterior indicative multiword-construction past)
future of être + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of être + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
obvienne (present singular subjunctive third-person)
obviennent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
obvînt (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
obvinssent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)

(rare, law, defective) to happen, to occur


société anonyme

société anonyme f (plural sociétés anonymes)

public limited company
public limited company

(law) public limited company; corporation


pièce justificative

pièce justificative f (plural pièces justificatives)

(law) proof of entitlement, document proving something


pristin

fr-adj

pristin (feminine pristine, masculine plural pristins, feminine plural pristines)

pristine (feminine)
pristins (masculine plural)
pristines (feminine plural)

pristin état


inofficieux

inofficieux (feminine inofficieuse, masculine plural inofficieux, feminine plural inofficieuses)

inofficieuse (feminine)
inofficieux (masculine plural)
inofficieuses (feminine plural)

From Latin inofficiōsus (“undutiful, inofficious”).

uder

(law) depriving an heir of just inheritance


paraphernalité

fr-noun

paraphernalité f (plural paraphernalités)


rejuger

rejuger (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rejugeant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
rejugé (participle past)
rejuge (first-person indicative present singular)
rejuges (indicative present second-person singular)
rejuge (indicative present singular third-person)
rejugeons (first-person indicative plural present)
rejugez (indicative plural present second-person)
rejugent (indicative plural present third-person)
rejugeais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rejugeais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rejugeait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rejugions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rejugiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rejugeaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rejugeai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rejugeas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rejugea (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rejugeâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rejugeâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rejugèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rejugerai (first-person future indicative singular)
rejugeras (future indicative second-person singular)
rejugera (future indicative singular third-person)
rejugerons (first-person future indicative plural)
rejugerez (future indicative plural second-person)
rejugeront (future indicative plural third-person)
rejugerais (conditional first-person singular)
rejugerais (conditional second-person singular)
rejugerait (conditional singular third-person)
rejugerions (conditional first-person plural)
rejugeriez (conditional plural second-person)
rejugeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
rejuge (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rejuges (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rejuge (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rejugions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rejugiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rejugent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rejugeasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rejugeasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rejugeât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rejugeassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rejugeassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rejugeassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rejuge (imperative second-person singular)
rejugeons (first-person imperative plural)
rejugez (imperative plural second-person)

La cour appel de Paris a décidé en février annuler cet arbitrage pour « fraude » et de rejuger le litige.

2015 September 23, “Non-lieu requis en faveur de Christine Lagarde dans affaire de arbitrage Tapie”, in Le Monde:


audiencier

audiencier m (plural audienciers, feminine audiencière)

audienciers (plural)
audiencière (feminine)

(law) a bailiff in certain French courts


aliénateur

aliénateur m (plural aliénateurs, feminine aliénatrice)

aliénateurs (plural)
aliénatrice (feminine)


aliénataire

aliénataire m or f by sense (plural aliénataires)


assermenter

assermenter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
assermentant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
assermenté (participle past)
assermente (first-person indicative present singular)
assermentes (indicative present second-person singular)
assermente (indicative present singular third-person)
assermentons (first-person indicative plural present)
assermentez (indicative plural present second-person)
assermentent (indicative plural present third-person)
assermentais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
assermentais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
assermentait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
assermentions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
assermentiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
assermentaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
assermentai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
assermentas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
assermenta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
assermentâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
assermentâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
assermentèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
assermenterai (first-person future indicative singular)
assermenteras (future indicative second-person singular)
assermentera (future indicative singular third-person)
assermenterons (first-person future indicative plural)
assermenterez (future indicative plural second-person)
assermenteront (future indicative plural third-person)
assermenterais (conditional first-person singular)
assermenterais (conditional second-person singular)
assermenterait (conditional singular third-person)
assermenterions (conditional first-person plural)
assermenteriez (conditional plural second-person)
assermenteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
assermente (first-person present singular subjunctive)
assermentes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
assermente (present singular subjunctive third-person)
assermentions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
assermentiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
assermentent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
assermentasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
assermentasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
assermentât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
assermentassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
assermentassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
assermentassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
assermente (imperative second-person singular)
assermentons (first-person imperative plural)
assermentez (imperative plural second-person)


prohibitionnisme

prohibitionnisme m (plural prohibitionnismes)


capacitaire

(law) a person having a specified capacity, especially one having a law degree


dévolution

Borrowed from Medieval Latin devolutiōnem, from Latin devolvō.


huissier de justice

fr-noun

huissier de justice m (plural huissiers de justice)

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Coined to distinguish this role from other senses of huissier (“usher”).

huissier de justice
huissier de justice#English


inexécution

inexécution contractuelle

(chiefly law) inexecution (failure to execute or carry out)


puîné

fr-adj

puîné (feminine puînée, masculine plural puînés, feminine plural puînées)

puînée (feminine)
puînés (masculine plural)
puînées (feminine plural)

Inherited from Middle French puisné (literally “born after”), from puis né.

inh+

(law, literary) cadet (born after a sibling)


puîné

fr-noun

puîné m (plural puînés, feminine puînée)

(law, literary) cadet (someone born after a sibling)


compéter

compéter (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
compétant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
compété (participle past)
compète (first-person indicative present singular)
compètes (indicative present second-person singular)
compète (indicative present singular third-person)
compétons (first-person indicative plural present)
compétez (indicative plural present second-person)
compètent (indicative plural present third-person)
compétais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
compétais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
compétait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
compétions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
compétiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
compétaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
compétai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
compétas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
compéta (historic indicative past singular third-person)
compétâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
compétâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
compétèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
compèterai (first-person future indicative singular)
compéterai (first-person future indicative singular)
compèteras (future indicative second-person singular)
compéteras (future indicative second-person singular)
compètera (future indicative singular third-person)
compétera (future indicative singular third-person)
compèterons (first-person future indicative plural)
compéterons (first-person future indicative plural)
compèterez (future indicative plural second-person)
compéterez (future indicative plural second-person)
compèteront (future indicative plural third-person)
compéteront (future indicative plural third-person)
compèterais (conditional first-person singular)
compéterais (conditional first-person singular)
compèterais (conditional second-person singular)
compéterais (conditional second-person singular)
compèterait (conditional singular third-person)
compéterait (conditional singular third-person)
compèterions (conditional first-person plural)
compéterions (conditional first-person plural)
compèteriez (conditional plural second-person)
compéteriez (conditional plural second-person)
compèteraient (conditional plural third-person)
compéteraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
compète (first-person present singular subjunctive)
compètes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
compète (present singular subjunctive third-person)
compétions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
compétiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
compètent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
compétasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
compétasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
compétât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
compétassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
compétassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
compétassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
compète (imperative second-person singular)
compétons (first-person imperative plural)
compétez (imperative plural second-person)

(law) to be competent; to have jurisdiction


curatelle

Borrowed from Medieval Latin cūrātēla, or formed from curateur + -elle, on the model of tuteur ~ tutelle.

(law) guardianship under which the ward is totally and permanently incapable


gombette

(obsolete, law) Relating to the old Burgundian system of law


rédimer

rédimer (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
rédimant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
rédimé (participle past)
rédime (first-person indicative present singular)
rédimes (indicative present second-person singular)
rédime (indicative present singular third-person)
rédimons (first-person indicative plural present)
rédimez (indicative plural present second-person)
rédiment (indicative plural present third-person)
rédimais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
rédimais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
rédimait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
rédimions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
rédimiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
rédimaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
rédimai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
rédimas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
rédima (historic indicative past singular third-person)
rédimâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
rédimâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
rédimèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
rédimerai (first-person future indicative singular)
rédimeras (future indicative second-person singular)
rédimera (future indicative singular third-person)
rédimerons (first-person future indicative plural)
rédimerez (future indicative plural second-person)
rédimeront (future indicative plural third-person)
rédimerais (conditional first-person singular)
rédimerais (conditional second-person singular)
rédimerait (conditional singular third-person)
rédimerions (conditional first-person plural)
rédimeriez (conditional plural second-person)
rédimeraient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
rédime (first-person present singular subjunctive)
rédimes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
rédime (present singular subjunctive third-person)
rédimions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
rédimiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
rédiment (plural present subjunctive third-person)
rédimasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
rédimasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
rédimât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
rédimassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
rédimassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
rédimassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
rédime (imperative second-person singular)
rédimons (first-person imperative plural)
rédimez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Middle French redimer, borrowed from Latin redimō.

(chiefly law) to pay, chiefly compensation, etc.


de cujus

Unadapted borrowing from Latin dē cuius (literally “concerning whose ...”).


circonstance atténuante

fr-noun

circonstance atténuante f (plural circonstances atténuantes)

extenuating circumstance
extenuating circumstance


héliaste

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἡλιαστής (hēliastḗs).

bor+

(historical, Ancient Greece, law) heliast


attentat à la pudeur

fr-noun

attentat à la pudeur m (plural attentats à la pudeur)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-attentat à la pudeur.wav

Literally, “assault on modesty/decency”.

(law, Canada, historical) indecent assault


prétérition

Borrowed from Late Latin praeteritiōnem, from praetereō (“to pass by”).

(formal, literary, law) preterition, omission


présomption d'innocence

présomption d’ innocence (canonical feminine)

presumption of innocence
presumption of innocence


alégal

fr-adj

alégal (feminine alégale, masculine plural alégaux, feminine plural alégales)

alégale (feminine)
alégaux (masculine plural)
alégales (feminine plural)


anticagoule

(law) a non-Islamic extension of antiburqa


attraire

attraire (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
attrayant (gerund participle present)
attrayant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
attrait (participle past)
attrais (first-person indicative present singular)
attrais (indicative present second-person singular)
attrait (indicative present singular third-person)
attrayons (first-person indicative plural present)
attrayons (first-person indicative plural present)
attrayez (indicative plural present second-person)
attrayez (indicative plural present second-person)
attraient (indicative plural present third-person)
attrayais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
attrayais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
attrayais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
attrayais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
attrayait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
attrayait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
attrayions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
attrayiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
attrayaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
attrayaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
attrayai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
attrayas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
attraya (historic indicative past singular third-person)
attrayâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
attrayâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
attrayèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
attrairai (first-person future indicative singular)
attrairai (first-person future indicative singular)
attrairas (future indicative second-person singular)
attrairas (future indicative second-person singular)
attraira (future indicative singular third-person)
attraira (future indicative singular third-person)
attrairons (first-person future indicative plural)
attrairons (first-person future indicative plural)
attrairez (future indicative plural second-person)
attrairez (future indicative plural second-person)
attrairont (future indicative plural third-person)
attrairont (future indicative plural third-person)
attrairais (conditional first-person singular)
attrairais (conditional first-person singular)
attrairais (conditional second-person singular)
attrairais (conditional second-person singular)
attrairait (conditional singular third-person)
attrairait (conditional singular third-person)
attrairions (conditional first-person plural)
attrairions (conditional first-person plural)
attrairiez (conditional plural second-person)
attrairiez (conditional plural second-person)
attrairaient (conditional plural third-person)
attrairaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
attraie (first-person present singular subjunctive)
attraies (present second-person singular subjunctive)
attraie (present singular subjunctive third-person)
attrayions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
attrayiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
attraient (plural present subjunctive third-person)
attrayasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
attrayasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
attrayât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
attrayassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
attrayassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
attrayassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
attrais (imperative second-person singular)
attrayons (first-person imperative plural)
attrayons (first-person imperative plural)
attrayez (imperative plural second-person)
attrayez (imperative plural second-person)

Inherited from Old French atraire, atreire, from Vulgar Latin *attragere, from Latin attrahō.


délit de fuite

fr-noun

délit de fuite m (plural délits de fuite)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-délit de fuite.wav


à l'amiable

un arrangement à l’amiable


avoir la pêche

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-avoir la pêche.wav

(law, dated) to have the sole fishing rights in a certain place


homicide involontaire

homicide involontaire m (plural homicides involontaires)


abus de confiance

abus de confiance m (plural abus de confiance)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-abus de confiance.wav

(law) breach of trust; con game; embezzlement


majorité sexuelle

majorité sexuelle f (usually uncountable, plural majorités sexuelles)


représentant légal

représentant légal m (plural représentants légaux)

legal representative
legal representative


délit d'initié

délit d’initié m (plural délits d’initié)

délit d’ initié (canonical masculine)
délits d’initié (plural)

commettre un délit d’initié


pièce à conviction

pièce à conviction f (plural pièces à conviction)


héritier apparent

héritier apparent m (plural héritiers apparents, feminine héritière apparente)

héritiers apparents (plural)
héritière apparente (feminine)


héritier présomptif

héritier présomptif m (plural héritiers présomptifs, feminine héritière présomptive)

héritiers présomptifs (plural)
héritière présomptive (feminine)


année fiscale

année fiscale f (plural années fiscales)

(law, finance) fiscal year, financial year


gain de cause

→ Romanian: câștig de cauză (calque)

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obtenir gain de cause

donner gain de cause à quelqu’un, statuer en faveur de quelqu’un


homicide volontaire

homicide volontaire m (plural homicides volontaires)

second-degree murder
second-degree murder


vice de forme

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pour vice de forme

(law) formal defect, irregularity, technical flaw, breach of procedure


personne morale

personne morale f (plural personnes morales)

Coordinate term: personne physique


personne physique

personne physique f (plural personnes physiques)

Coordinate term: personne morale


exhéréder

exhéréder (infinitive)
avoir + past participle (infinitive multiword-construction)
exhérédant (gerund participle present)
ayant + past participle (gerund multiword-construction participle present)
exhérédé (participle past)
exhérède (first-person indicative present singular)
exhérèdes (indicative present second-person singular)
exhérède (indicative present singular third-person)
exhérédons (first-person indicative plural present)
exhérédez (indicative plural present second-person)
exhérèdent (indicative plural present third-person)
exhérédais (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
exhérédais (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
exhérédait (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
exhérédions (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
exhérédiez (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
exhérédaient (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
exhérédai (first-person historic indicative past singular)
exhérédas (historic indicative past second-person singular)
exhéréda (historic indicative past singular third-person)
exhérédâmes (first-person historic indicative past plural)
exhérédâtes (historic indicative past plural second-person)
exhérédèrent (historic indicative past plural third-person)
exhérèderai (first-person future indicative singular)
exhéréderai (first-person future indicative singular)
exhérèderas (future indicative second-person singular)
exhéréderas (future indicative second-person singular)
exhérèdera (future indicative singular third-person)
exhérédera (future indicative singular third-person)
exhérèderons (first-person future indicative plural)
exhéréderons (first-person future indicative plural)
exhérèderez (future indicative plural second-person)
exhéréderez (future indicative plural second-person)
exhérèderont (future indicative plural third-person)
exhéréderont (future indicative plural third-person)
exhérèderais (conditional first-person singular)
exhéréderais (conditional first-person singular)
exhérèderais (conditional second-person singular)
exhéréderais (conditional second-person singular)
exhérèderait (conditional singular third-person)
exhéréderait (conditional singular third-person)
exhérèderions (conditional first-person plural)
exhéréderions (conditional first-person plural)
exhérèderiez (conditional plural second-person)
exhéréderiez (conditional plural second-person)
exhérèderaient (conditional plural third-person)
exhéréderaient (conditional plural third-person)
future of avoir + past participle (future indicative multiword-construction perfect)
conditional of avoir + past participle (conditional multiword-construction perfect)
exhérède (first-person present singular subjunctive)
exhérèdes (present second-person singular subjunctive)
exhérède (present singular subjunctive third-person)
exhérédions (first-person plural present subjunctive)
exhérédiez (plural present second-person subjunctive)
exhérèdent (plural present subjunctive third-person)
exhérédasse (first-person imperfect singular subjunctive)
exhérédasses (imperfect second-person singular subjunctive)
exhérédât (imperfect singular subjunctive third-person)
exhérédassions (first-person imperfect plural subjunctive)
exhérédassiez (imperfect plural second-person subjunctive)
exhérédassent (imperfect plural subjunctive third-person)
exhérède (imperative second-person singular)
exhérédons (first-person imperative plural)
exhérédez (imperative plural second-person)

Borrowed from Latin exhērēdāre. Related to héritier, etc.


État de droit

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-État de droit.wav

(law) nation of laws, rule-of-law state, constitutional state, legally constituted state


secret industriel

secret industriel m (countable and uncountable, plural secrets industriels)


de gré à gré

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(law) by mutual agreement, by mutual consent; by private treaty, over-the-counter, out-of-court, amicably


qui de droit

à qui de droit

(law) the relevant jurisdiction, the person concerned, the interested party


faire appel

faire appel d’une décision


coups et blessures

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condamné pour coups et blessures ayant entraîné la mort sans intention de la donner

[a crime in France; in common law juristictions, this would probably be considered murder]

convicted of assault and battery unintentionally resulting in death


droit commun

un prisonnier de droit commun, un détenu de droit commun

a nonpolitical prisoner, a criminal prisoner


tapage nocturne

(law) disturbing the peace at night, night-time disturbance, making excessive noise at night


dont acte

→ Dutch: waarvan akte (calque)

Ellipsis of ce dont il est pris acte or ce dont il est donné acte.

(law) Used at the end of contracts, agreements, etc., to affirm that the parties and/or relevant officials have formally taken note of the contents


domaine public

domaine public m (usually uncountable, plural domaines publics)


mandat d'arrêt

mandat d’arrêt m (plural mandats d’arrêt)

mandat d’ arrêt (canonical masculine)
mandats d’arrêt (plural)


état civil

(law, administration) personal data, personal information, personal records; civil status, marital status

officier de l’état civil

(law, administration) public records, civil registry (register of births, marriages and deaths)


ordonnance restrictive

ordonnance restrictive f (plural ordonnances restrictives)


déclaration sur l'honneur

déclaration sur l’honneur f (plural déclarations sur l’honneur)

déclaration sur l’ honneur (canonical feminine)
déclarations sur l’honneur (plural)

(law) sworn statement, signed statement, affidavit


état des lieux

état des lieux m (plural états des lieux)

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état des lieux d’entrée, état des lieux entrant

état des lieux de sortie, état des lieux sortant

état des lieux contradictoire

faire l’état des lieux, dresser un état des lieux

(law) inventory of fixtures, schedule of fixtures (inspection of the condition of an apartment)


vide juridique

vide juridique m (plural vides juridiques)


crime de guerre

crime de guerre m (plural crimes de guerre)


libération conditionnelle

libération conditionnelle f (usually uncountable, plural libérations conditionnelles)


titre de séjour

titre de séjour m (plural titres de séjour)

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titre de propriété

titre de propriété m (plural titres de propriété)

LL-Q150 (fra)-Lepticed7-titre de propriété.wav

(law) deed of property, paper title, title deed


non-assistance à personne en danger

non-assistance à personne en danger f (uncountable)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-non-assistance à personne en danger.wav

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Il a été condamné pour non-assistance à personne en danger.

He was convicted of failing to come to the rescue of a person in danger.

(law) non observance of one's duty to rescue, failure to come to the rescue of a person in danger (a crime in France)


fondé de pouvoir

fondé de pouvoir m (plural fondés de pouvoir)

(law) attorney-in-fact, proxy, authorised representative, authorised signatory


s'inscrire en faux

(law) to challenge, to dispute the validity of


donner et retenir ne vaut

donner c'est donner, reprendre c'est voler

(law, literary) a gift is a gift; giving is giving, taking back is stealing (a gift is irrevocable)


voie de fait

en venir aux voies de fait


y avoir péril en la demeure

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prestation de serment

prestation de serment f (plural prestations de serment)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-prestation de serment.wav


poisson royal

poisson royal m (plural poissons royaux)


dommages-intérêts

dommages et intérêts
dommages et intérêts#French

(law) Alternative form of dommages et intérêts


dommages et intérêts

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droits de succession

(law) inheritance tax, estate tax, death duty


corps du délit

corps du délit m (plural corps du délit)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-corps du délit.wav


LACC

(Canada, law, finance) CCAA (“Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act”) Abbreviation of la Loi sur les arrangements avec les créanciers des compagnies.

(Switzerland, law) Abbreviation of la Loi d’application du code civil.


période de sûreté

période de sûreté f (plural périodes de sûreté)

(law) non-parole period, minimum time served (period during which a prisoner cannot be paroled)


OIML

w:fr:Organisation internationale de métrologie légale

(law, standardisation) Initialism of Organisation internationale de métrologie légale.


dépénalisation

dépénalisation f (plural dépénalisations)


délégalisation

délégalisation f (plural délégalisations)


agression sexuelle

agression sexuelle f (plural agressions sexuelles)


en bon père de famille

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-en bon père de famille.wav

From père de famille. Compare Dutch als een goede huisvader, Latin bonus pater familiās.

agir en bon père de famille

(law) in a prudent, mature and reasonable manner; responsibly; as a reasonable person would


sans appel

une décision sans appel

(law) peremptory (precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal)


chèque sans provision

chèque sans provision m (plural chèques sans provision)


détournement de fonds

détournement de fonds m (plural détournements de fonds)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-détournement de fonds.wav


irrecevabilité

From irrecevable + -ité or in- + recevabilité.


fin de non-recevoir

fin de non-recevoir f (plural fins de non-recevoir)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-fin de non-recevoir.wav


vice de procédure

vice de procédure m (plural vices de forme)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-vice de procédure.wav

(law) formal defect, irregularity, technical flaw, procedural error, breach of procedure


pleins pouvoirs

donner les pleins pouvoirs à quelqu’un

(law, politics) full powers; power of attorney


criminel de guerre

criminel de guerre m (plural criminels de guerre)


contre-expertise

contre-expertise f (plural contre-expertises)

(law) expert investigation by a third party when an earlier expert investigation is contested; second-opinion investigation; counterinvestigation


affaires courantes

expédier les affaires courantes

to deal with day-to-day matters, to handle day-to-day business

gouvernement d’affaires courantes

(law, politics) day-to-day running of a country


détournement de mineur

détournement de mineur m (plural détournements de mineur)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-détournement de mineur.wav


propriété privée

propriété privée f (countable and uncountable, plural propriétés privées)


secret bancaire

(law, banking) banking secrecy, bank confidentiality, bank privacy


prendre cours

(law, of a lease, etc.) to begin, to start, to inure


en foi de quoi

(law) in witness whereof (words announcing the concluding clause in deeds)


mandat de perquisition

mandat de perquisition m (plural mandats de perquisition)


commission rogatoire

commission rogatoire f (plural commissions rogatoires)


liberté de panorama

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-liberté de panorama.wav


charge de la preuve

charge de la preuve f (plural charges de la preuve)

(law) burden of proof (duty of a party in a legal proceeding to prove an assertion of fact)


circonstance aggravante

circonstance aggravante f (plural circonstances aggravantes)

aggravating circumstance
aggravating circumstance

(law) aggravating circumstance, aggravating factor


détention préventive

détention préventive f (plural détentions préventives)

placer en détention préventive

(law) remand, custody, pre-trial detention, preventive detention


détention provisoire

détention provisoire f (plural détentions provisoires)

placer quelqu’un en détention provisoire


à décharge

témoin à décharge

élément à décharge


à charge

témoin à charge

élément à charge

personne à charge

enfant à charge

avoir des enfants à charge

(law) dependent (for whom one is responsible, especially financially)


cour d'assises

cour d’assises f (plural cours d’assises)

cour d’ assises (canonical feminine)
cours d’assises (plural)

(law) circuit court, Crown Court, court of assize (criminal trial court with jurisdiction to hear cases involving defendants accused of felonies, meaning crimes)


ordre utile

être classé en ordre utile

(law) rank in a list that is good enough that one will not be passed over; ranking obtained after a competition which is sufficiently high for a candidate to be given due consideration and go further in some process


précompte

Near-synonyms: retenue, prélèvement

précompte mobilier

précompte immobilier

précompte professionnel


propriété intellectuelle

propriété intellectuelle f (countable and uncountable, plural propriétés intellectuelles)

la loi sur la propriété intellectuelle

intellectual property
intellectual property


traduire en justice

traduire quelqu’un en justice

(law, transitive) to arraign, to bring to justice


exercice fiscal

exercice fiscal m (plural exercices fiscaux)

(law, finance, accounting) fiscal year, accounting year, financial year


exercice comptable

exercice comptable m (plural exercices comptables)

(law, finance, accounting) accounting period


plus ample informé

jusqu’à plus ample informé

until informed otherwise; with available information

sans plus ample informé


possessionnel

fr-adj

possessionnel (feminine possessionnelle, masculine plural possessionnels, feminine plural possessionnelles)

possessionnelle (feminine)
possessionnels (masculine plural)
possessionnelles (feminine plural)


colégataire

fr-noun

colégataire m or f (plural colégataires)


donneur d'ordre

donneur d’ordre m (plural donneurs d’ordre)

donneur d’ ordre (canonical masculine)
donneurs d’ordre (plural)

/dɔ.nœʁ d‿ɔʁdʁ/

(law) principal (one on behalf of whom an agent or gestor acts)

purchaser, sold-to party, ordering customer, person or institution who placed an order


mettre en demeure

/mɛ.tʁ‿ɑ̃ də.mœʁ/

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La vedette a mis le chroniqueur en demeure de retirer ses propos à son égard.

The star formally demanded that the columnist retract his comments about her.

(transitive, law) to formally demand (that someone do or refrain from doing something), generally with a threat of litigation if the demand is not complied with; to send a formal demand letter (mise en demeure) to; to give notice of a legal obligation, time limit, etc., so that unawareness of it cannot be alleged


travail des enfants

(law) child labour (work performed by a minor that is prohibited by statute law, particularly under terms and conditions considered inhumane)


tribunal de première instance

tribunal de première instance m (plural tribunaux de première instance)

court of first instance
court of first instance


devoir de diligence

(law) duty of care (legal obligation imposed on an individual requiring that they adhere to a standard of reasonable care while performing any acts that could foreseeably harm others)


œuvre orpheline

œuvre orpheline f (plural œuvres orphelines)


fiduciant

fiduciant m (plural fiduciants, feminine fiduciante)

fiduciants (plural)
fiduciante (feminine)


vol qualifié

(law) aggravated theft, theft with aggravating circumstances


compromis de vente

compromis de vente m (plural compromis de vente)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-compromis de vente.wav

sales and purchase agreement
sales and purchase agreement

(law) sales agreement, sales and purchase agreement, SPA


société à responsabilité limitée

société à responsabilité limitée f (plural sociétés à responsabilité limitée)

sociétés à responsabilité limitée (plural)

/sɔ.sje.te a ʁɛs.pɔ̃.sa.bi.li.te li.mi.te/

limited liability company
limited liability company

(law) limited liability company (US), limited company (UK)


résidence secondaire

résidence secondaire f (plural résidences secondaires)

Coordinate term: résidence principale

maison de ville résidence secondaire maison de campagne


résidence principale

résidence principale f (plural résidences principales)

Coordinate term: résidence secondaire

(law) principal residence, main residence, main home

maison de ville résidence principale maison de campagne


le ou vers le

Literally, "[on] the or toward/about the".

Jean Tremblay, à Montréal, le ou vers le 9 juillet 2020, a commis un vol.

Jean Tremblay, at Montreal, on or about July 9, 2020, committed theft.


rupture de contrat

rupture de contrat f (plural ruptures de contrat)


déni de justice

déni de justice m (plural dénis de justice)

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-déni de justice.wav

(law) denial of justice (failure by the justice system to investigate a case; refusal by a judge to decide a case)


sur le fond

Coordinate term: sur la forme


sur la forme

Coordinate term: sur le fond


acquéresse

acquéresse f (plural acquéresses, masculine acquéreur)

acquéresses (plural)
acquéreur (masculine)

Coordinate term: venderesse


droit public

Coordinate term: droit privé


droit privé

Coordinate term: droit public


droit des gens

LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-droit des gens.wav


regroupement familial

regroupement familial m (plural regroupements familiaux)

family reunification
family reunification


abus de faiblesse

abus de faiblesse m (plural abus de faiblesse)

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LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-abus de faiblesse.wav

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prise de corps

prise de corps f (plural prises de corps)

(law) committal (act of committing someone to confinement; order for someone's imprisonment)

(law) apprehension, arrest (act of seizing someone, of arresting them)


entre vifs

une donation entre vifs


faux témoin

(law) false witness (a deceptive or misleading witness)


faux témoignage

faux témoignage m (plural faux témoignages)

(law) false witness (deceptive or misleading public statements)


droit de la famille

droit de la famille m (plural droits de la famille)

(law) family law (the area of private law pertaining to family matters and domestic relations)


mettre en accusation

(law, transitive) to bring charges against, to charge, to indict


mise en accusation

mise en accusation f (plural mises en accusation)

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cocontractant

fr-adj

cocontractant (feminine cocontractante, masculine plural cocontractants, feminine plural cocontractantes)

cocontractante (feminine)
cocontractants (masculine plural)
cocontractantes (feminine plural)


accord de principe

fr-noun

accord de principe m (plural accords de principe)

agreement in principle
agreement in principle


objet social

(business, law) corporate purpose, company raison d'être (the purpose and range of activities for which a company is carried on)


abus de position dominante

abus de position dominante m (plural abus de position dominante)

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compte de tiers

compte de tiers m (countable and uncountable, plural comptes de tiers)

pour compte de tiers


mandat de dépôt

mandat de dépôt m (plural mandats de dépôt)


OQTF

Coordinate term: IRTF

(France, law) Initialism of obligation de quitter le territoire français (“obligation to leave France”).


conjoint de fait

conjoint de fait m (plural conjoints de fait, feminine conjointe de fait)

conjoints de fait (plural)
conjointe de fait (feminine)

(Canada, law, usually in the plural) common law spouse