F acquisition L ad referendum E ad referendum S ad referendum F adulte V. jeune adulte E S adulto E adversarial = adversary E adversary F contradictoire S E adversary procedure An Act of Parliament which takes effect only if adopted by a public body or local authority empowered to adopt it (OCL) CC 588, 606 A treaty is signed ad referendum when the signature requires confirmation, after which it becomes a full signature; VCLT 12(2)(b)î distinguish confirmation of signature from ratification of the treaty Adjective Brown 57 F procédure contradictoire S procedimiento contradictorio - 50 - E adverse easement (EN) F servitude passive S E advocacy rights = right of audience F affaire E case An easement seen from the point of view of the owner of the servient tenement (EN Land Registration Rules 1925, 1*1) e.g. l'affaire Ringeisen c. Autriche, the case of Ringeisen v. Austria (ECHR) F affermage (CH, FR) 1. (FR) dr. adm. 2. (CH, FR) dr. civ.: action de donner ou prendre à ferme E 1. farming 2. lease S 1. 2, F affermer (CH, FR) 1. (FR) dr. adm. 2. (CH, FR) dr. civ.: donner ou prendre à ferme E 1. to farm 2. to lease PR CC 1774, CRU 810; CH CDO 281 e.g. of taxes; note 9 i.e. leasing (but not, for example, in the modem sense of industrial plant leasing); lease here refers to the action of leasing property, not to the contract in the abstract or to the instrument evidencing the contract; affermiage is used mainly of agricultural tenancies but can apply to certain other kinds of property; distinguish from fermage; note 9 FR CC 1774, CRU 810; CH CDO 281 e.g. taxes; note 9 Affermer is used mainly of agricultural tenancies but can apply to certain other kinds of 