contradictoire à son égard

English translation: (deemed) to have been given after they have been heard

12:58 Jan 16, 2021
French to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / prison law
French term or phrase: contradictoire à son égard
More context : an incarcerated person who has not appeared in court though it may have been possible.
il n'a pas sollicité d'extraction pour comparaître à l'audience.... de sorte que la décision rendue sera réputée contradictoire à son égard'.

I know it is to do with 'adversarial' procedure/law but not sure how to relay it in English. Thanks for your help.
nicole GELISTER
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:47
English translation:(deemed) to have been given after they have been heard
Explanation:
I am more or less on the same lines as Conor, but

1) the "deemed" part comes from réputé, so is not really part of the expression of the original question
2) the expression of the original question talks quite particularly and specifically of son égard ... so it is quite emphatically not about "both" parties, although contradictoire in this context does in 99% of cases enshrine this idea. Here, however, as I read it, the author has "extracted" the idea of "being heard" from the word contradictoire, and by the same token dispensed with the "both parties" idea.
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Mpoma
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Local time: 11:47
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Summary of answers provided
3 +3(deemed) to have been given after they have been heard
Mpoma
5 +1deemed to have been made in proceedings in which both parties were represented
Conor McAuley
3 +1deemed to have guaranted him/her the right to be be heard
AllegroTrans
4 -1post-adversarial /US: as a matter of due process / as far as he or she is concerned
Adrian MM.
4 -2given in his presence
philgoddard
3 -1due process in his absentia
SafeTex
3 -7contradictory with respect (or regard) to it
Lisa Rosengard


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58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
post-adversarial /US: as a matter of due process / as far as he or she is concerned


Explanation:
Just prefix with pre- or post-...

Otherwise, inter partes in E+W: FHS Bridge - now known as 'on notice' as opposed to ex parte, now called 'without notice' - that seems to be open to misninterpretation by ProZ trans6altors - is routinely used in civil rather than criminal justice.

Due process in the USA means a fair trial and may not be immediately apparent to a UK readership.

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ProZ translators..

Example sentence(s):
  • It argues that adversarial and inquisitorial justice systems should be transformed rather than hybridized, hence the terms 'postadversarial' and 'post-inquisitorial'

    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/law-patents/5123...
    Reference: http://research.monash.edu/en/publications/post-adversarial-...
Adrian MM.
Austria
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Notes to answerer
Asker: Agree with Eliza's comment, not sure if he had the 'chance' as such, but did not use that possibility anyhow !


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Eliza Hall: It's not about due process. It's about deeming him to have been heard, since he had the chance to come to court and be heard but chose not to take it.
2 days 3 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +3
*contradictoire* à son égard
(deemed) to have been given after they have been heard


Explanation:
I am more or less on the same lines as Conor, but

1) the "deemed" part comes from réputé, so is not really part of the expression of the original question
2) the expression of the original question talks quite particularly and specifically of son égard ... so it is quite emphatically not about "both" parties, although contradictoire in this context does in 99% of cases enshrine this idea. Here, however, as I read it, the author has "extracted" the idea of "being heard" from the word contradictoire, and by the same token dispensed with the "both parties" idea.

Mpoma
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: Certainly the right idea but more about the right to be heard (i.e. the principle is still complied with if the defendant chooses of his own free willl not to attend the hearing)
6 hrs
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agree  Daryo: the right idea
1 day 11 hrs
  -> Thanks

agree  Eliza Hall: "...shall be deemed to have been rendered after he was duly heard."
2 days 24 mins
  -> Thanks
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -2
*contradictoire* à son égard
given in his presence


Explanation:
I agree with Conor, but it can be expressed much more simply.

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Nicole: your comment below suggests you may have misunderstood. He wasn't there, but the decision is deemed to have been (sera réputée) given in his presence.

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I've given what I believe to be a correct answer and a clear explanation, and so has Conor. I don't know what else to say!

philgoddard
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Asker: but no, the detainee' was not present !

Asker: this detainee made no 'attempt' to be produced in court, nor ak for any adjournment so that the 'de sorte que la decision rendue sera contradictoire a son egard'.If he did not attend court, how could he be heard ?


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mpoma: For me, "contradictoire" embodies the idea of "being heard", not just "being present". Edit: "heard" - meaning his case is heard (but presented by the lawyer)
2 hrs
  -> Unless he's representing himself, he doesn't get heard in court. He attends, and his lawyer does the talking.

neutral  AllegroTrans: It's about the right to be heard (i.e. the principle is still complied with if the defendant chooses of his own free willl not to attend the hearing)
9 hrs

disagree  Daryo: his physical presence has preciously little to do with the concept of "adversarial proceedings"
1 day 11 hrs
  -> "Preciously little"? And this from someone who tells Allegro his is "not the best phrasing"?

disagree  Eliza Hall: The key issue is that he (his side of the argument) is deemed to have been heard before the court rendered its decision. Rendering it in his physical presence isn't the issue. Courts often don't issue decisions until the hearing's over/everyone's gone.
2 days 3 hrs
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11 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
deemed to have guaranted him/her the right to be be heard


Explanation:
Principe du contradictoire dans les procédures juridictionnelles en France

Le principe du contradictoire (ou principe de la contradiction) est un principe de droit existant dans toute procédure, qu'elle soit civile, administrativement, pénale ou disciplinaire, et qui signifie que chacune des parties a été mise en mesure de discuter l'énoncé des faits et les moyens juridictionnels que ses adversaires lui ont opposés. Ce principe est également invoqué par la locution latine Audiatur et altera pars (ou tourné à l'actif Audi alteram partem), qui signifie « que soit entendue aussi l'autre partie »1.

Le principe du contradictoire est à rapprocher des notions de droits de la défense, bonne foi, loyauté, équité et égalité des armes (art. 6 §1er CEDH). Le principe du respect du contradictoire s'applique à tout moment de la procédure. Il implique :

que le demandeur informe en temps utile le défendeur de ses prétentions ainsi que des moyens de fait, des moyens de droit et des éléments de preuve qui sont invoqués à l'appui des prétentions ;
que les parties échangent leurs conclusions et leurs pièces en temps utile, et sous bordereau récapitulatif2 ;
que les mesures de recherche de preuve soient menées en présence des parties et de leurs conseils (les expertises sont ainsi contradictoires par principe) ;
que le juge, lorsqu'il soulève d'office un moyen de droit ou lorsqu'il requalifie juridiquement les faits, informe préalablement les parties afin que celles-ci puissent en discuter ;
que les débats soient eux-mêmes contradictoirement menés dans le cadre d'une audience publique, ou bien dans le cadre d'une audience de cabinet (ex. le débat devant le juge des libertés et de la détention précédant l'éventuelle mise en détention provisoire).

Dans le système juridique français, le principe de la contradiction est consacré par les articles 14 [archive], 15 [archive], 16 [archive] et 17 [archive] du Code de procédure civile.

Le principe du contradictoire est également protégé par le Code de procédure pénale, qui dispose en son article préliminaire que « la procédure pénale doit être équitable et contradictoire et préserver l'équilibre des droits des parties ».

Le respect du principe du contradictoire figure également dans le Code de déontologie des avocats (article 5) :

AllegroTrans
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Mpoma: I'm slightly dubious about this, because "deemed to have guaranteed the right" implies that rights have been flung out of the window. I don't see any court saying this about itself (and its process)...
10 hrs
  -> No but the rights would not apply to an ex parte hearing e.g. seeking an injunction

agree  Daryo: technically perfectly correct, but maybe not the best phrasing.
1 day 2 hrs
  -> I see no prob with the phrasing - it's unambiguous

neutral  Eliza Hall: "Guarantee" isn't the issue. He had the chance to be there & heard, he chose not to come, so the court proceeded without him and its decision is deemed to have been made *after he was duly heard.* Not that he had or was guaranteed a right.
1 day 17 hrs
  -> "Guarantee" IS the issue, enshrined in the principe de contradictoire and the French Constitution
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
*contradictoire* à son égard
deemed to have been made in proceedings in which both parties were represented


Explanation:
Many previous and relevant entries in the glossary (search on https://www.proz.com/search/), including.

FHS Bridge provide a word-for-word answer: see jugement réputé contradictoire on
https://books.google.fr/books?id=rQAKtn-XjzIC&pg=PA50&lpg=PA...



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Corrections:

including...too many to select any one in particular really.

FHS Bridge provideS...

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To Nicole: I would follow the Bridge translation cited above word-for-word, he knows what he's doing. I didn't copy over the entry properly from the dictionary.

Conor McAuley
France
Local time: 12:47
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Asker: Thanks Conor, yr ref to previous answerers is not opening. I have found 'judgment by default/absentia.. from what i understand the detainee did not attend hearings, therefore a decision/judgment was made without him being present though he had the possibility of attending court. Is that the right meaning ? from info on the doct the detainee was unrepresented in court.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  liz askew: https://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/law-general/117...
1 hr
  -> Thanks Liz!

neutral  Mpoma: There is a tension between "contradictoire" and "à son égard", which I read as meaning that the emphasis here is on the hearing of the detainee.
2 hrs
  -> See below

neutral  AllegroTrans: Not necessarily represented but given full opportunity to so be; "a son égard" suggests this is only about the accused
1 day 10 hrs
  -> Given the opportunity, hence deemed

disagree  Daryo: CL5 is overoptimistic for a wording that is too ambiguous - a party "represented by a lawyer"? Nothing to do with "contradictoire" OTOH is you stretch the meaning of "represented" = a party that had an opportunity to present their arguments, could be
1 day 13 hrs
  -> CL5 because of very my reliable source (Bridge); my interpretation of the source may have been faulty

agree  philgoddard: I believe your answer is correct, though mine is more concise. I'm agreeing with you because Daryo disagreed and his comments are wrong.
2 days 5 mins
  -> Thanks Phil!

neutral  Eliza Hall: Baaaaasically, but it's not about being represented. It's about being heard.
2 days 3 hrs
  -> My approach really was to post the Bridge entry and to leave the Asker to it.
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1 day 3 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
due process in his absentia


Explanation:
As he wasn't present the case was heard "in absentia" and as it is deemed to be legal, it's a due process
But asker may have to fiddle with the grammar to make it fit with surrounding text.


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Wiki quote to answer Eliza Hall's objection:

Trial in absentia is a criminal proceeding in a court of law in which the person who is subject to it is not physically present at those proceedings. In absentia is Latin for "in (the) absence". Its meaning varies by jurisdiction and legal system.

In common law legal systems, the phrase is more than a spatial description. In these systems it suggests a recognition of a violation to a defendant's right to be present in court proceedings in a criminal trial.[citation needed] Conviction in a trial in which a defendant is not present to answer the charges is held to be a violation of natural justice.[1] Specifically, it violates the second principle of natural justice, audi alteram partem (hear the other party).

In some civil law legal systems, such as that of Italy, absentia is a recognized and accepted defensive strategy.[citation needed] Such trials may require the presence of the defendant's lawyer, depending on the country.


    https://www.thenews.com.pk/tns/detail/586107-in-absentia-anddue-process
    https://www.mcser.org/journal/index.php/ajis/article/view/5963
SafeTex
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Local time: 12:47
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: Due process it is, but doesn't quite convey the "contradictioire" principle, which is the guarantee of right to attend the hearing and to be heard
7 hrs

disagree  Eliza Hall: Not the point or how it would be said. "In absentia" is for criminal trials where the defendant has fled/can't be found. https://dictionary.law.com/Default.aspx?selected=913
1 day 35 mins
  -> See added note
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10 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -7
*contradictoire* à son égard
contradictory with respect (or regard) to it


Explanation:
No one has requested an extraction to be lent to a hearing before an audience... in such a way that the decision taken (or rendered) will be considered (or reputed) as contradictory in its own respect.

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Il y a des exemples semblables:

https://www.linguee.com/english-french/search?source=auto&qu...

"... mais qu'il n'a pas l'autorité pour obliger le non-résident à comparaître."
"... but it lacks the authority to compel a non-resident to appear."

https://www.deepl.com/translator?utm_source=lingueebanner1&i...

https://www.deepl.com/translator?utm_source=lingueebanner1&i...

An extraction is the act of extracting or the condition of being extracted, something obtained by extraction; an extract.
Normally, in court trials or cases, the extraction would be an extract from a source of written information.

https://www.thefreedictionary.com/contradictory
Something which is contradictory is inconsistent and incompatible. It's given to argument and contention.
A contradiction is an inconsistency or a discrepancy.
https://www.thefreedictionary.com/hearing
In law, a hearing is a legal proceeding in which evidence is taken and arguments are given as the basis for a decision to be issued, either on some preliminary matter or on the merits of a case.
In law, a hearing is a session, as of an investigatory committee or a grand jury, at which testimony is taken from witnesses.

(Une extraction est l'acte d'extraire, la condition d'être extrait, quelque chose obtenu par l'extraction; c'est un extrait.
Normalement, dans les procès ou les affaires judiciaires, l'extraction serait un extrait d'une source d'information écrite.
Ce qui est contradictoire est incohérent et incompatible. (Du témoignage contradictoire renferme en soi-même, tout en faisant une contradiction.)
www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/français/contradictoire/18661
https://fiches-droit.com/principe-du-contradictoire
Dans le domaine du droit, des lois et des légalités, une audience est une procédure judiciaire, dans laquelle des preuves sont recueilles et des arguments sont présentés, comme base d'une décision à prendre, soit sur une question préliminaire ou sur le fond d'une affaire.
Dans le domaine du droit, des lois et des légalités, une audience est une séance à partir d'un comité d'enquête ou un grand jury (d'accusation) au cours de laquelle les témoignages sont recueillis.)

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100% is complete and total.
Nonsense is made of words or signs with no intelligent meaning.
Nonsense is a matter of little or no importance or frivolity.


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"Il n'a pas solicité d'extraction pour comparaître à l'audience ... de sorte que la décision rendue sera réputée contredictoire à son égard."

Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 11:47
Native speaker of: English

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  AllegroTrans: Absolutely not! A false friend if ever there was one; "an extraction to be lent to a hearing before an audience" is 100% utter nonsense
31 mins

disagree  ormiston: This is not a translation
10 hrs

disagree  Mpoma: oops
11 hrs

disagree  Yvonne Gallagher: pure nonsense "No one has requested an extraction to be lent to a hearing before an audience... in such a way that the decision taken (or rendered) will be considered (or reputed) as contradictory in its own respect."
13 hrs

disagree  Angus Stewart: as others have said this is 100% nonsense.
20 hrs

disagree  Daryo: you managed 101% nonsense!
1 day 2 hrs

disagree  Eliza Hall: No.
1 day 18 hrs
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