(invoquer une) rupture brutale

17:25 May 25, 2020 

As Daryo said, in legal English we "invoke" legal doctrines/rules. It means we point to a certain rule and argue that it applies to our situation, and therefore XYZ should happen:

"the Doctrine of Necessity can only be invoked in very specific circumstances"
https://www.njsba.org/news-publications/school-board-notes/a...

"Can companies invoke the force majeure clause in the context of Covid-19?"
https://www.morganlewis.com/pubs/can-companies-invoke-the-fo...

"Invoking the rule" to prevent witnesses from watching other witnesses testify:
https://versustexas.com/blog/invoking-the-rule/

Here, "invoking a sudden rupture of contractual relations" = arguing that the sudden rupture/termination rule applies, so the party that suddenly terminated the contract owes money to the other party. This contract says, "si vous omettez de respecter [XYZ] obligation," then you waive the right to invoke the sudden rupture rule. In other words, you waive the right to seek money damages for the other party's sudden rupture.

22:24 May 24, 2020 

i.e. the whole of

"renoncez .. à ... invoquer une rupture brutale des relations contractuelles au titre de la dépendance économique"

would have made things clearer - as you need BOTH the elements of "dépendance économique" AND "rupture brutale (des relations contractuelles)" to understand what's this about. And enough knowledge of the subject matter to see what is there without being there - the part omitted as "being blindingly obvious" i.e. that these are grounds for a potential claim for compensation. (IOW "invoquer" is not there by accident ...)

22:07 May 24, 2020 

and looking at the whole sentence usually helps to see things beyond conversational English.

1) DEPENDANCE ECONOMIQUE AU PRODUIT SOUS LICENCE
"Si vous omettez de respecter cette obligation, vous renoncez de facto à engager notre responsabilité en cas de suppression de votre compte pour un motif quelconque et/ou d’invoquer une rupture brutale des relations contractuelles au titre de la dépendance économique."
=>
1) DEPENDANCE ECONOMIQUE AU PRODUIT SOUS LICENCE
"Si vous omettez de respecter cette obligation, vous renoncez de facto à .... invoquer une rupture brutale des relations contractuelles au titre de la dépendance économique."

what this says is

IF don't "respect this (previously defined) obligation" THEN you forfeit the right to claim compensation from us invoking the grounds of "abrupt cessation of contractual relations" while being in a situation of "economic dependency" (from us).

So IT IS definitely about "invoking (grounds for claiming compensation)", and the key point IS in the "abrupt/sudden" cessation of business relations, not just some unspecified "termination of contract"

No point repeating very relevant references given by Eliza Hall.

07:46 May 24, 2020 

Hello Abdessamad :)

If it helps:

"Sudden" and "immediate" are not complete synonyms
For example you cannot say:

"If you do that again, I will cancel your contract suddenly"

"We didn't have an umbrella and it started to rain immediately".

You can still find "sudden termination" of a contract on the Internet as someone did but it means "unexpected/without warning" whereas here you have a warning in the very text.

"Invoke" too is problematic as PhilGoddard said and perhaps even harder to explain, but most Anglophones won't accept

"I'm going to invoke termination of our contract"

You could however invoke a clause in order to terminate the contract with immediate (not "sudden") effect.

Hope that helps

Regards

21:40 May 23, 2020 

Point taken.

21:38 May 23, 2020 

We don't use "sudden" in this context, and "invoke a sudden termination" just isn't good English. You don't "invoke the termination" of a contract, you terminate it.

20:39 May 23, 2020 

Saying "invoquer une rupture brutale des relations contractuelles" means invoking a legal doctrine or rule -- the "rupture brutale" rule, which exists under French law and prohibits/punishes the sudden termination of a contract:

"France - sudden termination of international contract
The French Commercial Code sanctions the termination... of a written contract or an informal business relationship without giving sufficient written prior notice." The Code further provides that if a contract party suddenly terminates a contract, they may owe the other contract party "up to 24 months of gross margin, plus other damages."
https://www.legalmondo.com/2019/12/france-sudden-termination...

"Brutal" of course does mean sudden in French, and that's how the name of this legal doctrine has been translated (for instance, at that link).