dépens en frais privilégiés de vente

Gad Kohenov (asker) May 8, 2014:

Vue les pieces enumerees selon bordereau annexe au presentes,

Ordonner l'emploi des depens en frais privilegies de vente, qui comprenderont le cout des visites des divers diagnostics dont distraction au profit de la SCP xxxxx, avocats associes aux offres de droit.

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Tim Webb May 3, 2014:

Employer Maybe a moderator could include "l'emploi" in your question, because the other part (frais privilégiés) has been answered before on ProZ.
The use of "employer en dépens" appears odd, but it does not mean "use for" or "spend on". It is an accounting term, as in "employer une dépense en recette" = inscrire une dépense en recette. (Source: Le Grand Robert)

So : inscrire/affecter les dépens en frais privilégiés = include the legal costs among the preferential expenses of the sale (i.e. that will be paid out of the proceeds of the sale, before distribution)

Nikki Scott-Despaigne May 3, 2014:

Gad, it would be helpful to have more complete context in order to situate the extract in its complete sentence and in a larger part of the whole. It can make quite a difference to the choice of phrasing. Also, we can spend time barking up the wrong tree altogether which does not help you get suitable suggestions any faster either! ;-)

"Ordonner l'emploi des dépens en frais privilégiés de vente..."

I cannot ascertain from the context provided where this comes in the "summons". It appears to be part of a judgment relating to how costs "dépens" (which I think is correct, thus not "dépenses") are to be applied (in the sense of how they are to be used, spent).

So, I think that "dépens en frais privilégiés de vente" is describing a situation where costs are to be used first to sell the property which has been seized. The professional's fees are usually part of those expenses. Its a question of priority, pecking order.