Jan 20, 2013 10:44
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English term

His has shown a power of attorney granted by virtue of a resolution of the Boar

Homework / test English Law/Patents Law: Contract(s) urgency
I do not understand the meaning of "His"
Could it be a typo?

Discussion

lorenab23 Jan 20, 2013:
@ Asker His is wrong for sure. Maybe it is just He (John Smith) has shown a power of attorney. After all, he is representing Smash Co.
Liviu-Lee Roth (asker) Jan 20, 2013:
@Allegro It is not MY wording. I have to translate this document into another language and I am confused about ***His***.
Thank you.
AllegroTrans Jan 20, 2013:
Asker I hate to criticise any of your wording but "social scope" simply won't do; I personally would use "statutory objects" - this is practically standard, but I don't know whether it works in US English
Liviu-Lee Roth (asker) Jan 20, 2013:
sorry, my fault, Board did not fit. ((( The text is:
and Smash, Co., a company with its registered office in New York (hereinafter, the ”Company”), its social scope being sales online, represented by Mr. John Smith, resident in New York.*** His*** has shown a power of attorney granted by virtue of a resolution of the Board of Directors and formalized before the Notary Public Vincent Peters. "
AllegroTrans Jan 20, 2013:
@ Ioana agree totally - nothing warrants the possessive here, but equally, it's impossible to guess what this should say unless the asker helps us!
Ioana Costache Jan 20, 2013:
AllegroTrans - I had the same question about any preceding text in the discussion posted in the EN-RO pair. There's nothing in it that warrants the use of the possessive.
Ioana Costache Jan 20, 2013:
Comic relief :) "resolution of the Boar" - sorry, I can't help laughing, this had me in stitches :))) Just picture a boar swamped in paperwork :) "In witness whereof I hereunto set my hoof" :)
AllegroTrans Jan 20, 2013:
"Bar or Board" Both are good suggestions, but as asker hasn't provided any other text, only he can be the judge
AllegroTrans Jan 20, 2013:
"His" I find it impossible to answer or even guess whether "his" is a typo. Could you perhaps post some of the preceding text?

Responses

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typo: Board

The problem is with "his", it could be referring to something or somebody in the previous sentence, or maybe it should be "this".
More text would be needed to decipher it.

On the other hand, I am fairly certain that the last word is "board", as in "Company Board", "company Board Resolution".

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Note added at 5 hrs (2013-01-20 16:32:46 GMT)
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In that case the most likely answer is:
HE has shown... it is still just a typo.
The writer may have started to write "His power of attorney granted by....." and changed his mind, altered the sentence and overlooked this.
Note from asker:
more context in Discussion. Thank you.
Peer comment(s):

agree Jack Doughty : More likely than my suggestion.
30 mins
Thanks Jack.
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16 mins

I think it's a typo

Yes, I think it is a typo, and so is "Boar" which presumably should be "Bar".

He has shown a power of attorney granted by virtue of a resolution of the Bar
Note from asker:
sorry, "Board" did not fit in, but the question is about "His"
Peer comment(s):

agree David Knowles : still clumsy!
21 mins
Thank you.
agree B D Finch : More likely by resolution of the Board. Don't think much of whoever set that homework!
9 hrs
Thank you.
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10 hrs

His (attorney) has shown a power of attorney granted by virtue of a resolution of the BoarD

His (attorney) has shown a power of attorney granted by virtue of a resolution of the BoarD
Peer comment(s):

neutral AllegroTrans : pure guesswork
2 hrs
and all of the other suggestions are absolute certainty??? Actually - given the context by the asker - this is the absolute BEST suggestion
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