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Conges terminology question

183 months ago

Barbara R. Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:	French > English
Subject:	Law / Certificates
Level of diffculty:	Easy / medium
Word or term in question:	aux torts de
Context:	En cas de non-respect de cet engagement, Compagnie A se réserve le droit de résilier...
Keywords:	...immédiatement le présent contrat, aux torts de Compagnie B.

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to the detriment of Company B

My comment:

aux torts de d'une des parties (FR) = against one of the parties(EN) est valable pour un jugement .( Dictionnaire juridique English- French . Dalloz.)

mais dans le cadre d'un contrat le sens change:
au détriment de .... ( FR) = to the detriment of (EN). It implies a damage but is not exactly the same for lawyers :). Usually detriment caused to a person place the person in the position of seeking damages
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/detriment
http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnaire/synonymes/tort/1

My references:

Dictionnaire juridique English- French . Dalloz

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/detriment
http://www.mediadico.com/dictionnaire/synonymes/tor
http://definition.ptidico.com/tort.html
http://synonymes.ptidico.com/tort.html