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232 months ago

Barbara Cochran (a guest user) asked this question:

Language pair:

French > English

Subject:

Law / Certificates

Level of diffculty:

Easy / medium

Word or term in question:

faire droit

Context:

Qu'il ya lieu de faire droit a

Keywords:

Defamation (Of A Company's Pro

 

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232 months ago

  See profile wrote:

to do justice

My comment:

This is more literal, and although partly in the spirit of the other answers, I believe more faithful to the physical form of the original

232 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

to accede

My comment:

..to accede to the request but to limit..

232 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

to accede

My comment:

..to accede to the request but to limit..

232 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

to grant the request/claim

My comment:

"faire droit à" means "to grant", as a request or claim.

My references:

Oxford-Hatchette Dictionary

Comments by other colleagues on this answer:

232 months ago

Gina W  See profile wrote:

Yes.

232 months ago

Claude Le Frapper  See profile wrote:

to allow a claim or to entertain a claim

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232 months ago

M. Ara  See profile wrote:

satisfy

My comment:

"faire droit" means "to satisfy/meet (a claim)".