Translation glossary: M Elena - Law/patents

A fresh complaint is one made voluntarily and reasonably promptly after the sexual abuse. 
Do you know what voluntarily is? 
What is reasonably promptly?  One day?  One year? Three years? 
In Massachusetts, there is no fixed time within which a child must complain that he or she has been sexually abused or raped, but there are certain parameters the child's complaint has to meet.

A complaint made, for instance, eight years after an alleged abusive incident is not prompt and not fresh. 
But a complaint within one year by a child who had been threatened and ordered not to tell about about the abuse might be reasonably prompt and fresh . . . if the perpetrator had continued to live in the house or had access to the child until shortly before the child complained. 
Whether a complaint made two years after an incident is reasonably prompt is right on the line . . . and that line is not a bright one: different judges interpret the word reasonably differently. 
To make that decision, a judge - -not a jury -- would have to get answers to certain questions:  
o	How old was the child? 
o	Was the excuse for the child's delay reasonable? 
o	Had there been too much opportunity for invention or distortion of the event to occur? 
o	How long had the alleged perpetrator been away from the child? 
o	Was there a specific threat which compelled the child to be silent? 
o	Did the excuse for the child's delay outweigh the danger of invention or distortion?

FUD

miedo, inseguridad y duda

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Geospatial Information Systems

Sistemas de Información Geoespacial (SIG)

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hooah

entendido

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incumbents

directivos/ejecutivos

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integration

integridad del contrato

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Invent around a patent

desarrollo de variantes sobre la patente

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Istock

istock (foto istock: 4835824)

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lift and surface assets

medios aéreos y marítimos (o unidades/segun contexto)

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Listing Officer

técnico del servicio de valoraciones (Dirección General de Tributos)

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malicious mischief

daño doloso - malicioso - delito menor de daños en propiedad ajena

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MB ChB

licenciatura/licenciado en medicina y cirugía

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medical legal

medicolegal/medico-legal

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Modesty piece

modestia

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Native Law and Custom

leyes y costumbres del lugar

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No fault

No culpabilidad / responsabilidad

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DEFINITION
no fault 1) adj. referring to a type of automobile insurance required of car owners by law in 19 states (New York, Michigan, Massachusetts, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Kansas, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, North Dakota, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota) and the District of Columbia, in which the persons injured in an accident are paid basic damages by the company that insured the vehicle in which they were riding or by which they were hit as a pedestrian. The amount of damages to be paid by the insurance is limited to actual medical and rehabilitation expenses, lost wages and necessary expenses (such as loss of use of the vehicle) with a low maximum and for a limited period. In addition, an injured person can sue the negligent driver for medical costs above the amount of the insurance, pain and suffering if the injuries required medical treatment or resulted in permanent injury, broken bones or disfigurement, or wrongful death. All registered automobiles must be insured. The benefits of no fault include rapid payment of all medical expenses in most cases, elimination of lawsuits except in cases involving lesser injuries, very serious injury or death, and elimination of extensive and costly investigation, proof of negligence, medical reports and depositions. The statutes vary in states requiring "no fault" insurance. There have been legal challenges to the statutes, primarily suggesting that limitations on the right to sue or establishment of narrow categories of injury for which a claim of "pain and suffering" may be included in a lawsuit are unconstitutional. State courts have struck down those restrictions which were arbitrary or prevented legitimate claims. The fight over no fault insurance laws continues state by state, with the insurance companies and some court reform advocates (who believe "no fault" alleviates a clogging of the courts) favoring it, and trial attorneys either opposing the proposal outright or wanting much more leeway for filing lawsuits. 2) n. Popular shorthand for a no fault insurance statute. (See: divorce, negligence) 
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