Conor McAuley Apr 2, 2023:

I assume for some reason that the great Mr Bridge is long in his grave anyway, and wouldn't benefit from any extra sales anyway.

Conor McAuley Apr 2, 2023:

There's no need to buy the book actually, some smart internet searching works just fine.

You on a grumpy lark then?

AllegroTrans Apr 2, 2023:

@ Conor You on a commission lark then?

Conor McAuley Apr 1, 2023:

For reference https://books.google.fr/books?id=rQAKtn-XjzIC&pg=PA163&lpg=P...

This book is probably THE best legal dictionary, note its title for future internet searches or buy the e-book, I would suggest.

Conor McAuley Apr 1, 2023:

What is the exact situation? Is the "indivision" an apartment block, land and buildings, other?

In most cases

co-owned property

or

jointly-owned property

will be fine.

No need to overthink it or gloss about the French system of "indivision" in relation to apartment blocks, this comes from context.

FPC Apr 1, 2023:

Yes "Indivision" seems to me, too, different from any other common law concept, e.g. joint tenancy, tenancy in common and tenancy in entirety, in that it shares features with more than one. "Indivision" is a form of allocation of property *rights* that doesn't involve an allocation of percentages of the property to the different tenants, as is the case in tenancy in common or joint tenancy, to my knowledge. Also in the case of "indivision" certain acts cannot be carried out by only one indivisaire autonomously (such as letting or selling parts of the property. Each "indivisaire" is owner of the entire real property, hence he's more like a common-law tenant in entirety. On the other hand unlike the latter, when the indivision is split, i.e. the property is sold, then the proceeds are shared according to the share in the property right defined in the deed / judgment that had established the "indivision".

AllegroTrans Apr 1, 2023:

Asker You raise an important point; whether to use English/common law equivalents or to try to be more general. Translators will always argue over this but in my opinion "tenancy in common" is far too anglocentric to describe the French system of co-ownership.

Mpoma Apr 1, 2023:

Already 10 entries in these archives Did you search before posting? You're meant to. If this is an unusual example, posing a particular problem, we'd need to see how, i.e. more from the source text (disguise for confidentiality as appropriate).

Lisa Reutenauer (asker) Mar 31, 2023:

specifying the form and context the text is written like so on the judgment (just changed the names et address)
INDIVISION PAUL DUPONT REPRÉSENTÉE PAR :
Monsieur Michel LAMOUCHE, demeurant 2 route de Saint
Glinglin à VIEILLE PEAU (01234).

Maybe Undivided co-property in this case?