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Legal Glossary
French
- English
Acheteur
- Purchaser/Buyer
Acompte
-
Deposit
Acte Authentique -
Deed of Sale
Acte de Vente - Final
sales agreement
Agent immobilier
- Estate agent
Assurance décès
- Life Assurance
Attestation
- A written declaration
Avocat
- Solicitor
Barème des honoraires
- Scale of Fees
en Bonne
état - In good
condition
Calme
- Quiet
Carte de séjour
- Residents permit
Carte Grise
- Vehicle registration
document
Cellier - Pantry or
store
Cession
- Conveyance
Chambre
- Bedroom
Chauffage
- Heating
Clause suspensive
- A clause used in the Compomis de Vente detailing a
condition to be met before the deed of sale can be
signed.
Combles
- Attic
Communauté universelle
- Joint ownership of all assets of a marriage (common in
UK)
Compromis/Promesse de vente
- Preliminary sales
agreement
Concubinage - Status of
living together without being married
Condition
suspensive - Let-out clause
Contrat
de réservation - Reservation
contract
Cuisine aménagée - Fitted
kitchen
Cuisine équipée - Equipped
kitchen
Cuisine américaine - Open
plan kitchen
en Deux (2) niveaux - 2
storey
En tontine - Where the
surviving spouse takes full ownership of joint
assets
Expertise - Valuation
appraisal
Exposé Nord - North
facing
Feuille de paie
- Payslip
Frais de dossier
- Mortgage arrangement fee
Frais de
notaire - Notaire
fees
Hypothèque - Legal charge
(mortgage deed)
Juriste
- Lawyer
Justificatif de domicile
- Proof of address
Loggia
- Covered/enclosed terrace
Mandat de
Vente - Contract to sell
Maison 4
pièces - 4 room house (plus kitchen &
bathroom)
Multirisques Habitation
- Buildings & contents insurance
policy
Notaire - French
solicitor/lawyer)
Période d'anticipation
- Pre-completion period
Permis de
construire - Planning permission
de
Plain-pied - Single storey
Plan
cadastral - the village
plan
Plus-value - Capital
gains
Possesseur
- Owner
Prefecture
- Administrative HQ of the
department
Prêteur
- Lender
Propriété
- Property
Relevé de compte
- Bank statement
a Rénover
- In need of renovation
Société Civile
Immobilière (SCI) - A company set up exclusively to
purchase property (more details on request)
TVA
- VAT
Vendeur
- Vendor
Vente en l'État Futur
d'Achèvement - Purchase of property
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