Spanish term
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acta privada
| 4 +1 | instrument (document) under hand |
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| 4 | signed under private seal |
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| 4 | Document not recorded by a notary |
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Austria
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instrument (document) under hand
Compare and contrast a Deed or Instrument under (Notarial) Seal that requires no contract consideration.
Acta is unsual as it's usually acto privado, so document of private record or instrument under hand to reflect such (Lat. Am.) idiosyncracy.
IATE: en private agreement COM document under hand COM document signed by a person in his/her private capacity COM es documento privado COM acto privado COM escrito privado
If your expectation is that the contract is under()hand and only requires one signature then check there is not references to a deed before signing.
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signed under private seal
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Document not recorded by a notary
Documento privado: Document not recorded by a notary
McGrawHill Bilingual Dictionary
Documento privado, prueba. Private instrument, proof. A private instrument
legally acknowledged shall have, with regard to those who signed it and their legal representatives, the same force as a public instrument. (Sp. Civ. C., sec. 1193).
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AllegroTrans
: A private instrument, agreement etc. CAN be recorded by a notary (and not filed in a public register), so this is overtranslation
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Venezuela
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unnotarized instrument or private document / with simple / unnotarized signature
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1 dic. 2008 — POR CUANTO: Que en fecha 10 de Enero de 2008 por actos bajo firmas privadas cuyas firmas fueron debidamente legalizadas por el Dr. XXX, ...
bajo firma privada
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If I´m correct, the expression "bajo firma privada" originally comes from the French "sous seign privé", which means "in a private document".
bajo firma privada
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If I´m correct, the expression "bajo firma privada" originally comes from the French "sous seign privé", which means "in a private document".
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AllegroTrans
: not necessarily an unnotarized instrument; more a matter of it not being a public notarized document (i.e. not recorded in a public notarial register)
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