E avoidance (^) Nullification of a juridical act; note 15; the verb to avoid can be used transitively, e.g. a person can ssSîlâ a contract, an act can avoid another act F S - 124 - F avoir force exécutoire E to be enforceable (at law) S F avoué (BE, FR) V. acte d'avoué à avoué E judicial attorney S ? procurador (judicial) avoué à la Cour d'appel E appeal court attorney S ? procurador del número AVS (CH) = assurance-vieillesse et survivants ministériels; Amos 23 obs.; FR Ord. 2591 2.11.1945, 11 et seq.; Guillien, Dalloz, Merryman 487 et seq.: EGLAT avocat. officiers c. Eur. 15, 41; profession qui n'existe plus en France qu'à la Cour d'appel, et plus du tout en Belgique FR: naine given to the lawyers who practise exclusively in the appeal courts; the functions of the avoué are those of the avocat; he therefore combines functions exercised in EN by the solicitor and the barrister; described by de Vries as an agent for litigation (p. 54); NOT solicitor Escriche V. ayoué See note to ^voué CL COT 394-398 award 1. finding by an arbitrator; the document in which the finding is recorded 2. adjudication by a court or jury F 1. 2. S 1. laudo 2. Noun An arbitration (IL: arbitral) award is made, syn. delivered, rendered e.g. EN award of damages by a court or jury, of costs by a court, of remedies by a court, of an injunction by a court - 125 - ayant cause E successor (in title) - assign - rightful claimant - beneficiary S causahablente EGLAT, Capitant, Dalloz, Guillien Also called person claiming, person entitled; avants cause, ayants droit, successors and assigns ES LEC 903 ayant droit (EGLAT, Capitant, Dalloz, Guillien) = ayant cause F ayant force de loi FR Const, .92 