صحيفة الدعوى

English translation: statement of claim or declaration or intiatory pleadings

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Arabic term or phrase:صحيفة الدعوى
English translation:statement of claim or declaration or intiatory pleadings
Entered by: Ahmed Ali

21:28 Sep 21, 2004
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Arabic term or phrase: صحيفة الدعوى
يقوم المشتري بتسجيل صحيفة الدعوى.
Ahmed Ali
statement of claim
Explanation:
This is how I've translated this term before.
It means: "the pleading by which a plaintiff commences an action against a defendant"
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/cs/sheriff_civil/manual/17 Gl...

This can be served against an individual or a corporate entity and in the case cited (property sales contracts)
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Aisha Maniar
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3 +2claim declaration, complaint
Alaa Zeineldine
5statement of claim
Aisha Maniar
3 -1"initiatory pleadings"
Sam Berner


  

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صحيفة الدعوى
"initiatory pleadings"


Explanation:
The written or printed statement which alternate between the parties to a dispute and define the issues to be decided in an action.

Sam Berner
Australia
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  Zuhair Nara: The context is a transaction pertaining to some type of property, not a lawsuit.
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صحيفة الدعوى
claim declaration, complaint


Explanation:
Also "claim statement", "complaint statement", or just "declaration", or "complaint".

Example: "the buyer is responsible for filing a claim"

Alaa Zeineldine
Egypt
Local time: 04:01
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Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 30

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  monzer
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agree  Alaa AHMED: with "declaration"
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صحيفة الدعوى
statement of claim


Explanation:
This is how I've translated this term before.
It means: "the pleading by which a plaintiff commences an action against a defendant"
http://www.albertacourts.ab.ca/cs/sheriff_civil/manual/17 Gl...

This can be served against an individual or a corporate entity and in the case cited (property sales contracts)

Aisha Maniar
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 96
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