Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

offices ministériels

English translation:

judicial administrative positions

Added to glossary by Lorna Coing
Jan 10, 2011 08:13
13 yrs ago
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French term

offices ministériels

French to English Social Sciences Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc. Employment
From an academic article describing the controversy surrounding women's entry into the professional world, where they started doing jobs which had always been reserved for men:

'Le débat public se déplace des doctoresses et des avocates vers la question de l'accès des femmes aux autres carrières juridiques (magistrature) et aux *offices ministériels* (avoué, notaire, huissier, greffier)'

My audience is American.

An extract of my translation so far is '...other careers in legal work (as magistrates) and ???? (as solicitors - not sure this is OK for American audience though - public notaries, bailiffs and clerks of the court).

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judicial administrative positions

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Judicial Admin...

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Note added at 13 mins (2011-01-10 08:27:00 GMT)
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avoué = attorney

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Note added at 16 mins (2011-01-10 08:30:23 GMT)
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http://books.google.fr/books?id=T7DXvH0k3lcC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA3...
Note from asker:
That should work nicely; thanks very much! I'm grateful also for your help with 'avoué' and the links.
Peer comment(s):

agree Philippa Smith
5 hrs
agree Jean-Louis Mondon : Jean-Louis Mondon
10 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks again, SJLD!"
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public offices (based on ministerial acts)

e.g. the office held by a notary public is a public office.
see the link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notary_public
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Reference comments

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Reference:

Also: Judiciary jobs
(See http://www.courts.state.md.us/jobs/index.html for example).
I'm not sufficiently specialised to field this as an answer.
Note from asker:
That's a very handy link; thank you!
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