débouter

English translation: to dismiss the claims of the plaintiff

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French term or phrase:	débouter (le demandeur)
English translation:	to dismiss the claims of the plaintiff
Entered by:	Stephanie Mitchel

22:21 Aug 27, 2002

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Law/Patents - Law: Patents, Trademarks, Copyright / intellectual property

French term or phrase: débouter

Here is a term I've come across before to mean 'dismiss' in a legal sense, but this wording is sending me up a tree. It's in the attorney's summation for the defendant, a company, while 'Monsieur X' is the plaintiff:

'Attendu que si par impossible, le Tribunal considérait que Monsieur X détient des droits exclusifs sur ses marques Y et Z, il n'en débouterait pas moins les demandeurs de leur action en contrefaçon de ces marques, qui sont utilisées par la société dans leur sens courant.'

Does it mean to turn the plaintiffs away from their action, or to dismiss it, or something else again?

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dismisses the claim of the plaintiffs and orders them to pay costs

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dismisses the claim of the plaintiffs and orders them to pay costs

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dismisses the claim of the plaintiffs and orders them to pay costs

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