Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
Convocante and Convocadas
English translation:
Plaintiff and Defendants
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Convocante and Convocadas
Both the translator and I are struggling with a legal text. Should "Convocante" be "Plaintiff" and "Convocadas" "Defendant" or are there other solutions?
This is a lawsuit. Thanks in advance!
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David Hollywood
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Plaintiff and Defendants
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Note added at 23 mins (2021-07-21 17:39:05 GMT)
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didn't read your text right through but seems ok
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Note added at 24 mins (2021-07-21 17:39:51 GMT)
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is that plaintiff is (legal) a party bringing a suit in civil law against a defendant;
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In a civil case, the person or entity that files the lawsuit is called the plaintiff. The person or entity being sued is called the defendant. In a civil case, the “defendant” is the person or entity being sued and the “plaintiff” is the person or entity filing the lawsuit.
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Note added at 25 mins (2021-07-21 17:41:35 GMT)
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If it's a civil lawsuit ok IMO
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AllegroTrans
: this is fine but there are other solutions and one of them may be more appropriate if Asker tells us what kind of lawsuit this is
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Indeed Chris and if so you have the expertise. As Henry Hinds (may he rest in peace) used to say, more context porfa...
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Applicant and Respondent/s to Pre-Trial Mediation
In letters rogatory, as per Phil G's weblink below: requesting and requested party.
London Uni. convocation to a graduation ceremony: convoker and convokee.
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If them mediation is right, then the parties may literally be an inviter vs. invitees scene: https://www.mediateddisputesolutions.uk/civil-commercial-med...
Otherwise, requesting party vs. requested parties might also work outside of letters rogatory.
Convocante. Persona natural o jurídica quien solicita al Centro de Conciliación o a un Conciliador la realización de una audiencia de conciliación para resolver uno o varios conflictos con un tercero. Convocado. Citado, solicitado.
In addition to arbitration, the alternative dispute resolution methods available in Colombia are mediation and appointment of a third party in charge of deciding the dispute, called a “friendly mediator.”
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AllegroTrans
: Ahaaa, you have divined that this is a pre-trial mediation. Amazing. But so also is the lack of context and the method by which the "correct" answer has been chosen
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AllegroTrans
: Jumbled answer and asker failed to provide sufficient context, which is what we need here
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