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act.

English translation: file

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German term or phrase:act.
English translation:file
Entered by: Julie Neill, BA (Hons), MCIL, MITI

10:52 May 31, 2004
German to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
German term or phrase: act.
This abbreviation appears several times in an order issued by a district court in Switzerland.
'... durch die Eingabe vom 28. August 2002 (act. 5), stellte die Gesuchsstellerin das vorgenannte Begehren.'
Always seems to refer to a document - does anyone know what it stands for or the English translation?
Thanks.
Julie Neill, BA (Hons), MCIL, MITI
Spain
Local time: 23:23
file
Explanation:
It must be the court file or Akte - why they use the French abbreviation I don't know, and I can't confirm it either, but all the Google e.g.s point to this conclusion.

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Note added at 21 hrs 21 mins (2004-06-01 08:14:38 GMT)
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I went to the Swiss Bundesgericht and used their Jurivoc thesaurus. I entered: dossier (French) and asked for German results. I got a list, the first word of which was actes. Of course that is French. In German they had Akten. And a lot of other words too. The overall headings remained French: dossier and German: Akte, but the plural seems to be widely used.
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Margaret Marks
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:23
Grading comment
Thanks very much for your help.
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file


Explanation:
It must be the court file or Akte - why they use the French abbreviation I don't know, and I can't confirm it either, but all the Google e.g.s point to this conclusion.

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Note added at 21 hrs 21 mins (2004-06-01 08:14:38 GMT)
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I went to the Swiss Bundesgericht and used their Jurivoc thesaurus. I entered: dossier (French) and asked for German results. I got a list, the first word of which was actes. Of course that is French. In German they had Akten. And a lot of other words too. The overall headings remained French: dossier and German: Akte, but the plural seems to be widely used.

Margaret Marks
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:23
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 272
Grading comment
Thanks very much for your help.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alarch Gwyn: not sure either - could be "acta" (as in ad acta)
1 hr
agree  Helga CF
2 hrs
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