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English translation: liquidated damages
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| 22:44 Dec 30, 2003 |
| Dutch to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law (general) / Legal | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Kate Hudson (X) Netherlands Local time: 19:09 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | penalty or damages |
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| 4 | pecuniary penalty |
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| 4 | penalty |
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| 3 | Penalty (payment) |
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pecuniary penalty Explanation: Probably a pecuniary penalty payable to the applicant on a daily basis until an order is complied with |
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Penalty (payment) Explanation: Penalty or penalty payment. The penalty that will be applied if an obligation is not satisfied. |
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10 mins confidence:
penalty Explanation: Jurlex gives this as a possibility. It is certainly a penalty payment-should be a safe option. Astreinte is French-and it also means penalty.. |
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46 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1penalty or damages Explanation: Van Dale gives penalty/damages (imposed on a daily basis in case of non-compliance. Liquidated damages. (a) In addition to all other rights and powers pertaining to the city by virtue of this chapter, the city reserves the right to impose liquidated damages as set forth below in the event that any grantee fails, refuses or neglects to comply with or otherwise violates any material requirement or limitation contained in this chapter, a franchise or franchise renewal granted pursuant to it, or any material rule or regulation of the city or city manager validly adopted pursuant to this chapter where such violation, failure, refusal or neglect relates to or arises out of any of the following: (1) Failure to complete system improvements in accordance with any agreement or ordinance of the city unless the council specifically approved the delay by motion or resolution, due to the occurrence of conditions beyond grantee's control; Reference: http://www.ci.woodland.ca.us/cityhall/code/_DATA/CHAPTER08A/... |
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