F abus d'un droit (FR) = abus de droit E abuse of process (EN, US) F S E abuse of rights F abus de droit S abusif V. de façon abusive recours abusif E abusive - wrongful - improper S abusivo Guillien, Capitant, De Vries 267 ZA; lECL XI/1, sect. 2-230 et seq.; covers what in EN, US are a number of different torts, including abuse of process and, in particular, nuisance Ossorio Includes vexatious prosecution (EN: of a criminal action), vexatious action (EN: of a civil action) and certain forms of want of prosecution (Langan 113-119) and may be malicious, e.g. malicious abuse of process, malicious prosecution; in some cases it may be actionable in tort or prosecutable as a criminal offence (criminal contempt of court); Black, Osbom Doctrine unknown to the law of EN, US S abusivo = abusif - 6 - S abuso de autoridad E abuse of authority F abus d'autorité S abuso del derecho = abus de droit S acaso (CL) E contingency F événement incertain F accéder à 1'indépendance E to attain independence S F acceptation E acceptance S F acceptation des successions E acceptance of succession S acceptation d'une succession E acceptance of a succession S accès à un traité E participation in a treaty LT: of a protocol FR ce 774, QU CC 641; Amos 305-307 In the abstract; SC CC 774, QU CG 641, PH CC 1014 FR CC 774; Amos 305-307 SC CC 774 Covers both ratification and accession; distinguish from accession à un traité S acceso a un juicio (AR) E access to justice F accès à la justice S accesorio legal E legal incident/consequence F peine accessoire Of a penalty, e.g. disqualification from exercising certain rights - 7 - F accession à la propriété (FR) E îowner occupancy - îdeferred purchase 