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Dutch Term | English Term | Definition |
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maatschappelijk kapitaal | authorised capital | |
maatschappelijk onderneming | social enterprise | |
maker van een legaat | testator, bequeather | |
materieel recht | substantive law | |
medeling | notification of loss | |
Mediatorsfederatie Nederland | Netherlands Mediation Federation | |
meer subsidiar | further in the alternative | |
meervoudige kamer | bench of judges; panel of judges; multi-judge chamber | A judicial panel is a set of judges who sit together to hear a cause of action, most frequently an appeal from a ruling of a trial court judge. Panels are used in contrast to single-judge appeals, and en banc hearings, which involves all of the judges of that court. |
meerwerken uitgevoerd op schriftelijk bevel | additional works executed by written order | |
meesterclausule | a principal whose name will be given in due time | handelend voor of namens een nader te noement meester – acting for or on behalf of a principal whose name will be given in due time (A. Van Den End, Juridisch Lexicon) |
melding | claim notification | In an insurance context. |
memorie van antwoord | Statement of Defence; response to the appeal | |
memorie van antwoord in incidenteel appel | defence to the cross-appeal | |
memorie van grieven | statement of appeal | |
memorie van grieven | statement of appeal | |
memorie van grieven in incidenteel appel | statement of cross-appeal | |
memorie van toelichting | explanatory memorandum | The explanatory memorandum is an explanatory document attached to a bill before it is enacted. |
mentor | personal welfare deputyship | Beware this false friend. This is not a mentor, but a personal welfare deputy appointed to look after the personal welfare affairs of someone deemed unable to look after their own affairs. |
met algemene stemmen | unanimously | |
met conclusie | relief sought | At the end of a court submission setting out what legal relief is being requested. |
met conclusie | relief sought | Eiser concludeert dat verweerder moet worden veroordeeld tot betaling van € 10.000,00, te vermeerderen met de wettelijke rente vanaf [datum] tot aan de dag der algehele voldoening, kosten rechtens. The claimant request that the defendant is ordered to pay EUR 10,000, plus statutory interest dating from the date of complete satisfaction, costs to be determined by the court. |
met noot van | comment by | |
ministerieel besluit | ministerial decree | |
ministeriële regeling | ministerial order | |
minuren | deficit hours | |
minuut | single original | DEZE AKTE, in minuut opgemaakt, is verleden… THIS DEED, drawn up in a single original, was executed… |
misleiding | misrepresentation | |
m.l.r. | major loss report | In an insurance context. |
m.n. | comment by | Abbreviation for ‘met noot van’. |
mondelinge pleidooi | oral pleadings | |
mr. | meester; Master of Laws; Mistress of Laws; LLB | mr. indicates an academic title gained from studying for a law degree. Either write out ‘meester’ in full, or use the Dutch abbreviation mr, or place ‘Master of Law’ or ‘Mistress of Law’ after the name. Or add LLB after the name. |
MvA | response to the appeal | Abbreviation for Memorie van Antwoord |
MvG | statement of appeal | Abbreviation for Memorie van Grieven. |