Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

Officier de l'Etat Civil par délégation du Maire/.C.T

English translation:

Civil Registrar appointed by the mayor/ Territorial collectivity

Added to glossary by Antonio Barros
Sep 17, 2008 22:54
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French term

Officier de l'Etat Civil par délégation du Maire/.C.T

French to English Other Law (general)
I am trying to find out what "C.T." stands for. I have no problem with the rest. This is on a birth certificate from the "douzième arrondissement de Paris", many thanks!
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Sep 22, 2008 04:21: Antonio Barros Created KOG entry

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Civil Registrar appointed by the mayor/ Territorial collectivity

Concerning "Officier de l'Etat Civil par délégation du Maire", other replies were already presented in Kudoz.
I report: "Registar of Vital Statistics by mayoral appointment!" and "municipal employee, registrar appointed by the mayor." and ...
"I suppose it could also have been "registrar by mayoral appointment.""
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french_to_english/government_polit...
Concerning C.T, Territorial collectivity (French:collectivité territoriale) as explained in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Territorial_collectivity
Example sentence:

Territorial collectivity (French:collectivité territoriale /collectivité locale) within the French Republic, is the generic name for all subnational entities and dependent areas which have an elected local government and "certain freedom of administatio

Mayotte, or Collectivité Territoriale de Mayotte, or Mahoré, or Territorial Collectivity of Mayotte (island and French dependency, Indian Ocean) ...

Peer comment(s):

agree Jürgen Lakhal De Muynck
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Thanlks, Jurgen!
agree Robert Frankling : Correct. This officer is 'designated' (chosen) by the mayor to perform this legal function on behalf of the mayor.
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disagree Conor McAuley : I don't think "appointed" is quite the right word.
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Collectivite Territoriale

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agree Conor McAuley : local authority
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Civil Registrar under powers delegated by the Mayor / Local Authority

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The Mayor or a representative of the Local Authority signs a "Délégation de pouvoirs" document, in the same way that Chairs and CEOs of companies can delegate powers.

I do Civil Registry documents on a weekly basis.

The UK terminology is Superintendent Registrar and Registrar but these terms do not fit the French context, in my opinion.
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