forestå en sagsførelse

English translation: conduct a lawsuit

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Danish term or phrase:forestå en sagsførelse
English translation:conduct a lawsuit
Entered by: Kyle Hammons

19:09 Jan 24, 2014
Danish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
Danish term or phrase: forestå en sagsførelse
This is in a software developer's terms and conditions. The entire phrase is:

Kunden er ikke berettiget til at forestå nogen del af sagsførelsen over for tredjemand.

What is meant by "forestå" here? That the customer cannot file a suit? Or that he cannot represent himself in the suit (i.e. the software developer will do so)? Or something else entirely?

Any help would be appreciated!
Kyle Hammons
United States
Local time: 08:12
conduct a lawsuit
Explanation:
Inductively from the context, rather than deductively from the verb that can also mean to undertake > conduct any part opf the suit or action.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2014-01-25 15:54:51 GMT)
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Hi, Kyle. My reading is that the software developer does not want the customer/client hijacking the suit, in general, and (grabbing) the claim for compensation & damages, in particular, in a US-type civil impleader or UK-type third-party (Part 20) action.
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Adrian MM. (X)
Local time: 16:12
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Perfect - thanks also for backing up my suspicion about what this actually means in context! :-)
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4 +1conduct a lawsuit
Adrian MM. (X)
5engage in litigation
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conduct a lawsuit


Explanation:
Inductively from the context, rather than deductively from the verb that can also mean to undertake > conduct any part opf the suit or action.

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Note added at 20 hrs (2014-01-25 15:54:51 GMT)
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Hi, Kyle. My reading is that the software developer does not want the customer/client hijacking the suit, in general, and (grabbing) the claim for compensation & damages, in particular, in a US-type civil impleader or UK-type third-party (Part 20) action.


    Reference: http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/conduct+of+a+l...
Adrian MM. (X)
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Perfect - thanks also for backing up my suspicion about what this actually means in context! :-)
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thanks, Tom. I suspected as much, but I wanted to pose the question here because conducting a suit doesn't seem to jibe well with the rest of the section where this appears. It's hard to imagine why the customer would want to conduct a suit against a 3rd party - it seems like there would be no grounds for a suit. Unless the developer thinks that the customer would try to sue a third party for infringing on the copyright of the software that the developer provided them? Does that sound plausible to anyone out there? :-)


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engage in litigation


Explanation:
I would say "engage in litigation against third parties."

Charlesp
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