Glossary entry (derived from question below)
French term or phrase:
reconventionnellement
English translation:
on the counterclaim
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Wendy Cummings
Aug 18, 2011 11:20
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reconventionnellement
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I'll try to summarise the situation as clearly as possible, but apologies if its a bit convoluted:
1.La société P estimant avoir été victime d'une rupture abusive et brutale des relations commerciales, a assigné la societe E en réparation de son préjudice.
2. Par jugement le tribunal de commerce a
a. Condamné E à payer à la société P la somme de 305.000 euros, à titre de dommages et intérêts pour rupture de
relations commerciales établies;
b. Reçu E dans des demandes reconventionnelles et l'en déboute;
c. Condamné E à payer à la société P la somme de 20.000 euros au titre de l'article 700.
So P sued E, but E made a counter-claim. P won and E lost. Then E lodged an appeal in which it asks the court to:
débouter P de l'ensemble de ses demandes, fins et conclusions, reconventionnellement, la condamner au paiement d'une indemnité de 17.000 euros à titre de dommages et intérêts pour procédure abusive et vexatoire.
I'm struggling to work out how "reconventionnellement" fits in with this situation. P was the original claimant, and it was E that made the counterclaim. So does it mean "dismiss P from all claims AS E REQUESTED IN ITS COUNTER-CLAIM" - but that doesn't make much sense because surely a counter-claim isn't for asking for the other party's claims to be dismissed. Did P make these "demandes etc." in response to E's counter-claim?
Please ask for more context if required.
Thanks.
1.La société P estimant avoir été victime d'une rupture abusive et brutale des relations commerciales, a assigné la societe E en réparation de son préjudice.
2. Par jugement le tribunal de commerce a
a. Condamné E à payer à la société P la somme de 305.000 euros, à titre de dommages et intérêts pour rupture de
relations commerciales établies;
b. Reçu E dans des demandes reconventionnelles et l'en déboute;
c. Condamné E à payer à la société P la somme de 20.000 euros au titre de l'article 700.
So P sued E, but E made a counter-claim. P won and E lost. Then E lodged an appeal in which it asks the court to:
débouter P de l'ensemble de ses demandes, fins et conclusions, reconventionnellement, la condamner au paiement d'une indemnité de 17.000 euros à titre de dommages et intérêts pour procédure abusive et vexatoire.
I'm struggling to work out how "reconventionnellement" fits in with this situation. P was the original claimant, and it was E that made the counterclaim. So does it mean "dismiss P from all claims AS E REQUESTED IN ITS COUNTER-CLAIM" - but that doesn't make much sense because surely a counter-claim isn't for asking for the other party's claims to be dismissed. Did P make these "demandes etc." in response to E's counter-claim?
Please ask for more context if required.
Thanks.
Proposed translations
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| 3 -1 | on its counterclaim |
Jean-Louis S.
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| 4 +1 | through counterclaim |
FX Fraipont (X)
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| 4 | on the counterclaim |
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Jean-Louis S.
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on its counterclaim
http://www.cnrtl.fr/definition/reconventionnel
Demande reconventionnelle. ,,Demande introduite au cours d'un procès par le défendeur contre le demandeur, par simples conclusions, et tendant à obtenir la reconnaissance d'un droit qui atténuera ou même exclura la demande principale
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Note added at 22 mins (2011-08-18 11:42:12 GMT)
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Sorry, I did not read the full question. The counterclaim is the request to have P "[condamné] au paiement d'une indemnité de 17.000 euros à titre de dommages et intérêts pour procédure abusive et vexatoire".
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Note added at 42 mins (2011-08-18 12:02:56 GMT)
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Yes, ideally we would have 'et' before 'reconventionnellement' but we did not write the text...
Demande reconventionnelle. ,,Demande introduite au cours d'un procès par le défendeur contre le demandeur, par simples conclusions, et tendant à obtenir la reconnaissance d'un droit qui atténuera ou même exclura la demande principale
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Note added at 22 mins (2011-08-18 11:42:12 GMT)
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Sorry, I did not read the full question. The counterclaim is the request to have P "[condamné] au paiement d'une indemnité de 17.000 euros à titre de dommages et intérêts pour procédure abusive et vexatoire".
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Note added at 42 mins (2011-08-18 12:02:56 GMT)
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Yes, ideally we would have 'et' before 'reconventionnellement' but we did not write the text...
Note from asker:
| Please read my question fully - I know that a reconvention is a counter-claim, but I need confirmation of its meaning in this specific context. Your answer is "on its counterclaim" - whose counterclaim? |
| In response to your note: I see, so the "reconventionnellement" relates to the 2nd half of the sentence and not the first? That does make a bit more sense |
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Comment: "Selected on the basis that the comments helped me understand the meaning, and from there I produced my own solution."
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through counterclaim
http://www.websters-online-dictionary.org/definition/Reconve...
Français, reconventionnellement (through counterclaim, reconventional). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, reconventional. ...
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26 Aug 2002 – (KudoZ) French to English translation of reconventionnellement: through counterclaim [Law/Patents].
Français, reconventionnellement (through counterclaim, reconventional). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, reconventional. ...
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26 Aug 2002 – (KudoZ) French to English translation of reconventionnellement: through counterclaim [Law/Patents].
Note from asker:
| Please read my question fully - I know that a reconvention is a counter-claim, but I need confirmation of its meaning in this specific context - whose counterclaim? |
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on the counterclaim
débouter P de l'ensemble de ses demandes, fins et conclusions, reconventionnellement, la condamner au paiement d'une indemnité de 17.000 euros à titre de dommages et intérêts pour procédure abusive et vexatoire.
to strike out all of the claims and pleadings of P, and on the counterclaim to enter judgment against it (P) for the payment of 17,000 euros for damages for abuse of process
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