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Dutch Term | English Term | Definition |
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pleeidoi | oral pleadings bundle | |
participant | group undertaking | |
pensioengerechtigde salaris | pensionable salary | The part of an employee’s salary that is taken into account when calculating pension contributions. This might exclude annual bonuses or other special payments. |
percelen | lots | Context: tendering |
percentage omzetverlies | percentage decrease for turnover | |
petitum | relief sought | Een memorie bestaat uit achtereenvolgens een kop, een lichaamcorpus en een conclusie. Het petitum is de omschrijving van de vordering in de conclusie van de memorie. |
petitum | relief sought | The ‘petitum’ is the description of the claim that appears in the court document, basically what the claimant is requesting from the court. |
plaatsvervanger | deputy | |
plaatsvervangend rechter | substitute judge | |
pleidooi | bundle | |
pleitaantekeningen | written notes for use during oral pleadings | |
pleitaantekeningen | written pleading notes | |
pleitnota | written notes for use during oral pleadings | |
pp. | parties | |
prejudiciële vraag | preliminary question | |
prestatie | performance | |
prijs | preference | De verschenen persoon heeft verklaard op volledige voorlezing van de akte geen prijs te stellen, van de inhoud voor het verlijden van de akte tijdig te hebben kennis genomen en met de inhoud in te stemmen. Translation: The person appearing declared that his preference was for the full contents not to be read out, that he had taken note of the contents of the public instrument in good time before execution and that he agreed to the contents thereof. |
primair | primarily | |
principaal appel | main appeal; appel | Often possible to just use ‘appeal’ because by definition this is the main appeal, as opposed to the cross-appeal. |
principaal appel in conventie | appeal; main appeal | The ‘in conventie’ refers to this being the appeal that is registered first, as opposed to the cross-appeal registered secondly in response (in reconventie). |
procedure | proceedings | The word procedure is a false friend in Dutch legal terminology and should be translated as ‘proceedings’ (in the plural). Procedure relates to any type of proceedings, e.g. tribunal proceedings, appeal proceedings, etc.). |
procedure aanspannen | to initiate proceedings; to issue proceedings | |
processtukken | court submissions | |
process-verbaal | inspection report | In an insurance report, the brief report written on-site immediately after an expert visit into the causes of a claim. The abbreviated form is: p.v. |
proeftijdontslag | dismissal during the probationary period | |
p.v. | inspection report | In an insurance context. Abbreviation for: process-verbaal |