The differences between these terms can perhaps be set out as follows: Stage 1 Two or more people agree on a course of action to be taken by one or more of them, i.e. there is a concurrence of wills, a consensus in idem, called E agreement* F aÊfifiÊii, S acuerda. State 2 They intend this course of action to have legal effects; this intention is called E agreement, F convention, S fionv.en.clón, convenio. Stage 3 They take the formal steps of offer, acceptance etc., whereby their agreement generates legal obligations and thus becomes binding on them and enforceable at law; it is now called E contract. F contrat, s ggntr^tp. It will be seen that in English agreement covers both stage 1 and stage 2. The terms for stage 2 are also used loosely as synonyms for those in stage 3 in all three languages. English translators are recommended to translate stage 1 and stage 2 terms by agreement and stage 3 terms by contract. - 1167 - Note 15 USE OF ENGLISH TERMS MEANING "TO END", "TO RENDER VOID" 1. Usage in.England in regard tp jyiridiffal acfes. anA-juAJgiial decisions Annul., avoid, cancel. dismiss, qiiash. rescind, set aside and vacate all mean to nullify, to deprive of legal effect. Annul is used in particular of marriages but less frequently in a general sense. Avoid is used in a general sense of juridical acts and in particular of contracts (see 2.). Cancel is used in particular of contracts (see 2.). Dismiss is used in court proceedings of actions, appeals, applications, complaints, informations, motions, proceedings, suits. Qxiash is used in a general sense of judicial decisions, but only of a superior court in respect of a lower court's decision. In England it is also 
**Analysis**
This text appears to be a legal or linguistic analysis of the concept of agreement and contract in three languages (English, French, and Spanish). The text discusses the differences between stages of agreement, including the formation of legal obligations and the use of specific terms. The language used is formal and technical, suggesting a legal or academic context.

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