sans emport

English translation: without merit

11:16 Jul 17, 2019
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Insolvency and restructuring
French term or phrase: sans emport
From a Cour de cassation ruling regarding corporate restructuring.

3°/ qu'après avoir jugé «sans emport» l'argumentation des appelantes relative à la nullité de la déclaration de créance pour défaut de pouvoir d'agir de la société Bony Mellon , la cour d'appel ne pouvait déduire la qualité de créancière de cette société au terme d'une analyse portant précisément sur les pouvoirs du Trustee en relevant que le contrat d'émission habilitait la société Bony Mellon «à produire des déclarations de créances au nom et pour le compte des détenteurs de notes», sans entacher sa décision d'une contradiction de motifs et violer l'article 455 du code de procédure civile ;


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Roberta Beyer
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Local time: 19:58
English translation:without merit
Explanation:
This is a phrase often used in submissions to and judgements of English courts in such cases.
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4 +2unsubstainable
AllegroTrans
4 +2without merit
transatgees
4unacceptable
Francois Boye
3Without significance
Ali Sharifi


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unacceptable


Explanation:
sans l'emport = sans l'emporter=the argument does not win out

Francois Boye
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PRO pts in category: 104

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neutral  AllegroTrans: The word carries a high degree of criticism; "unsustainable" on the other hand means lacking merit in the legal sense and the nuance here is quite different
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Without significance


Explanation:
Without having any weight or effect.

Ali Sharifi
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3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
unsubstainable


Explanation:
Typical word used in court arguments and judgments.

Examples:

English court would not stay "unsustainable" claim to allow it to be ...
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7 Aug 2014 - English court would not stay "unsustainable" claim to allow it to be tried ... in which case those arguments would be decided on their merits, the ...
The 'EU is bad for Britain' argument is unsustainable | Financial Times
https://www.ft.com/content/6bb985f8-87eb-11e7-8bb1-5ba57d47e...
24 Aug 2017 - Now that the sovereignty argument has been revealed to be nothing but a piece of romantic fiction and the arguments about a future .




AllegroTrans
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agree  Daryo: or "of no significance"? - polite way of saying "these arguments are pure wind ..."?
4 hrs
  -> "of no significance" has a slightly different nuance. "Unsustainable" = going nowhere, without merit

agree  Ali Sharifi: We have to be polite.
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
without merit


Explanation:
This is a phrase often used in submissions to and judgements of English courts in such cases.

transatgees
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:58
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agree  AllegroTrans
3 hrs

agree  Eliza Hall: Yes, and this works perfectly on both sides of the Atlantic.
1 day 4 hrs

disagree  Ali Sharifi: Significance is better than merit. Merit relates to self but significance relate to the case involved.
2 days 1 hr

agree  Yvonne Gallagher
7 days
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