French term
Procuration pour Acquérir
How would you translate 'Procuration pour Acquérir' in English ?
I was asked to translate a standard document but am struggling with the title.
Thanks!
| 3 +5 | Power of Attorney to Purchase |
mrrafe
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| 4 +1 | Power of Attorney for (a) Purchase |
Tony M
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| 4 | (Conveyancing) Authority to Acquire Land |
Adrian MM.
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| 4 -2 | Acquisition by proxy |
Mohamed Boumaza
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Sep 22, 2020 23:22: changed "Kudoz queue" from "In queue" to "Public"
Sep 23, 2020 03:53: Karen Zaragoza changed "Vetting" from "Needs Vetting" to "Vet OK"
Sep 23, 2020 13:49: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "Procuration pour Acquérir" to "(none)"
Non-PRO (1): Barbara Carrara
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Proposed translations
Power of Attorney to Purchase
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Salman Hossen
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Cyril Tollari
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writeaway
: No more complicated than that. You were first as a colleague likes to say
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Eliza Hall
: But AllegroTrans raises a valid point about "acquérir."
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AllegroTrans
: "...to acquire" (consider the possibility that a purchase is not involved)
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Algeria
Native in: Arabic 
Works in: French to Arabic, English to Arabic, Arabic to French, and 5 more.
Acquisition by proxy
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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.
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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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Power of Attorney for (a) Purchase
Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: British, Scottish)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
(Conveyancing) Authority to Acquire Land
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'.
.. The FWS has various authorities to acquire lands but no general authority to dispose of its lands.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/law-general/1303717-procuration-pour-vendre.html
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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
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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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