ad validitatem

English translation: as a condition of validity

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Latin term or phrase:ad validitatem
English translation:as a condition of validity
Entered by: Wendy Cummings

09:56 Aug 25, 2008
Latin to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law: Contract(s)
Latin term or phrase: ad validitatem
This phrase appears in a French legal text, but I cannot find the meaning.

The sentences in which it appears are a little hard to translate simply, but in generaly they relate to the validity, scope and use of clauses in contracts, and the form in which these clauses must appear.

One example:

The New York Convention and the French Civil Code require *ad validitatem* a written instrument/document/deed, in the absence of which the arbitration clause will be invalid.

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Wendy Cummings
United Kingdom
Local time: 02:31
as a condition of validity
Explanation:
I've found an explanation of it in a Romanian legal glossary, of all places:

http://www.rubinian.com/dictionar_detalii.php?id=1152

The Romanian explanation means "as a condition of validity" (which is consistent with what your sentence goes on to say - i.e. the instrument/document/deed is required for the arbitration clause to be valid). The glossary also says the phrase is synonymous with "ad solemnitatem".

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Peter Shortall
United Kingdom
Grading comment
I thought it would be something along those lines, and it fits in with all instances. Thanks
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as a condition of validity


Explanation:
I've found an explanation of it in a Romanian legal glossary, of all places:

http://www.rubinian.com/dictionar_detalii.php?id=1152

The Romanian explanation means "as a condition of validity" (which is consistent with what your sentence goes on to say - i.e. the instrument/document/deed is required for the arbitration clause to be valid). The glossary also says the phrase is synonymous with "ad solemnitatem".



Peter Shortall
United Kingdom
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Grading comment
I thought it would be something along those lines, and it fits in with all instances. Thanks

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