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Procuration pour Acquérir

English translation: Power of Attorney to Purchase

23:22 Sep 22, 2020
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Real Estate
French term or phrase: Procuration pour Acquérir
Hi
How would you translate 'Procuration pour Acquérir' in English ?
I was asked to translate a standard document but am struggling with the title.


Thanks!
emwpl
United Kingdom
English translation:Power of Attorney to Purchase
Explanation:
I'm guessing this is for real estate. If it's for patents, I don't kmow. EN USA.
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mrrafe
United States
Local time: 00:30
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Summary of answers provided
3 +5Power of Attorney to Purchase
mrrafe
4 +1Power of Attorney for (a) Purchase
Tony M
4(Conveyancing) Authority to Acquire Land
Adrian MM.
4 -2Acquisition by proxy
Mohamed Boumaza


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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
Power of Attorney to Purchase


Explanation:
I'm guessing this is for real estate. If it's for patents, I don't kmow. EN USA.


    Reference: http://cbtitlegroup.com/files/pdfs/pennsylvania/a_poa_purcha...
mrrafe
United States
Local time: 00:30
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 12

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Salman Hossen
1 hr
agree  Cyril Tollari
4 hrs
agree  writeaway: No more complicated than that. You were first as a colleague likes to say
8 hrs
agree  Eliza Hall: But AllegroTrans raises a valid point about "acquérir."
8 hrs
agree  AllegroTrans: "...to acquire" (consider the possibility that a purchase is not involved)
11 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
Acquisition by proxy


Explanation:
Since it is a title, the nominal construction is better than the verbal one

Mohamed Boumaza
Algeria
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Tony M: Indeed, sometimes yes — but here, you have completely changed the meaning. Instead of being a document that is a 'procuration' for the purposes of 'acquisition', you have made it an 'acquisition' by way of a proxy.
1 hr
disagree  AllegroTrans: "Proxy" means written authority, but here we have a much more specific "power of attorney" which is not the same thing
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12 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Power of Attorney for (a) Purchase


Explanation:
Personally, I'd also prefer a noun form — especially as 'to purchase' here could be misinterpreted (foolishly!) as meaning that the procuration was for sale!

Tony M
France
Local time: 06:30
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 365

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  B D Finch
36 mins
  -> Thanks, B!
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13 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
(Conveyancing) Authority to Acquire Land


Explanation:
There is no indication that this is a purchase - even though my (unproductive) Translation Office Production Managers & Directors in Central London issued a misguided FRE/ENG glossary showing the purchase translation.

They had to be told that an an acquisition could be a voluntary = free-of-charge conveyance, a gratituous assent = a free probate transfer to the beneficiaries or even a mortgage of land under the UK Law of Property Act 1925 > 'purchaser includes a mortgagee'.

Example sentence(s):
  • .. The FWS has various authorities to acquire lands but no general authority to dispose of its lands.

    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/law-general/1303...
Adrian MM.
Austria
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 77

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: What if it's a thid floor apartment with no land? And is this not a POA? I see no need for "conveyancing" - that, or rather the French equivalent, may well be done by someone other than the special attorney appointed here
4 hrs
  -> 1 conveyancing is for ref. and info. 2 procuration e.g. given orally but ratified by email does not always overlap with a PoA pouvoir 3 land, again in ENG law, means ground + buildings 4 this may not be a purchase for money but a land swap
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