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Acción Pauliana

English translation: actio pauliana (in italics)

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Spanish term or phrase:Acción Pauliana
English translation:actio pauliana (in italics)
Entered by: Cristina Zavala

21:21 Nov 15, 2021
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Articles from Ecuadorian Civil Code
Spanish term or phrase: Acción Pauliana
I can find the definition, but no luck figuring out if there is an equivalent English term.

According to Cabanellas, an "Acción Pauliana" is a type of action whereby creditors move to void all acts by which a debtor defrauded or injured them.

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Mariela Diaz-Butler
United States
Local time: 10:01
actio pauliana (in italics)
Explanation:
With explanation: action brought by the creditor to nullify fraudulent acts by the debtor
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Cristina Zavala
Ecuador
Local time: 09:01
Grading comment
Thank you. This is actually what I ended up using after the comments you had made earlier. I researched it a bit more, and indeed this is how it has been used in English in other cases.
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1actio pauliana (in italics)
Cristina Zavala
4avoidance action
Wilsonn Perez Reyes
4Action for Avoidance and to Set Aside
Adrian MM.
3action which protects creditors
Lisa Rosengard
Summary of reference entries provided
Actio Pauliana
Cristina Zavala

Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


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acción pauliana
avoidance action


Explanation:
acción pauliana (Pro Civ): Action by creditors to void a fraudulent conveyance.

Referencia: West, T. (2012). Spanish-English Dictionary of Law and Business 2e

Wilsonn Perez Reyes
El Salvador
Local time: 08:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 372
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1 hr   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
Action for Avoidance and to Set Aside


Explanation:
avoidance action; synonym > Acción revocatoria, West.

In the UK, would be an action to avoid or set aside a fraudulent disposition > 'the creditor seeking to set aside the disposition' - so neither revocatory, nor 'Paulian' even if the fraud had been perpetrated, as often used to be the case in the City of London, in the environs of St. Paul's Cathedral.

Example sentence(s):
  • Secondly, he may bring an action in equity to set aside the conveyance as a cloud on his right to levy execution, and have the transfer cancelled.
  • USA: Define Avoidance Action. means any claim or Cause of Action of an Estate arising out of or maintainable pursuant to sections 510, 541, 542, 543, 544, 545, ...

    Reference: http://www.wikiwords.org/dictionary/term/72522/144630
    Reference: http://www.proz.com/kudoz/french-to-english/law-patents/3352...
Adrian MM.
Austria
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 586

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  AllegroTrans: Would it not be an "action to void" rather then "for avoidance"? And I think the Sp. term needs to be kept, with an explanatory translation in brackets since this is from Ecuador and not your beloved City of London
10 mins
  -> I'd agree with a 'void action' or to void a claim for US Am purposes: https://support.simplepractice.com/hc/en-us/articles/3600206... I like to keep an open mind, but can't recall from Chancery a 'Paulian' action.
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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
actio pauliana (in italics)


Explanation:
With explanation: action brought by the creditor to nullify fraudulent acts by the debtor

Cristina Zavala
Ecuador
Local time: 09:01
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 44
Grading comment
Thank you. This is actually what I ended up using after the comments you had made earlier. I researched it a bit more, and indeed this is how it has been used in English in other cases.

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  AllegroTrans: I agree that it's essential to keep the original term and provide an explanatory translation in brackets. You are the only answerer to see the necessity of this
1 day 3 hrs
  -> Thanks, AllegroTrans.
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1 day 58 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
action which protects creditors


Explanation:
"It's an action which is intended to protect creditors from fraudulent legal transactions, specifically transactions intended to reduce a debtor's estate by transfers to third parties in bad faith. It stems from Roman law."

Example sentence(s):
  • ES: La Acción Pauliana es una acción que lleva la intención de proteger a los acreedores de otras transacciones fraudulentas, sobre todo las transacciones que tienen la intención de reducir la propiedad de un deudor, por transferencias a terceros.'

    Reference: http://https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actio_Pauliana
Lisa Rosengard
United Kingdom
Local time: 15:01
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 36
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Reference comments


39 mins peer agreement (net): +2
Reference: Actio Pauliana

Reference information:
https://dutch-law.com/actio-pauliana-dutch-law.html
Actio Pauliana under Dutch law - creditor protection in the Netherlands
https://repository.mruni.eu/handle/007/13956

The fountainhead of civil institute of actio Pauliana derives from Roman law that established the main principles of it. The present thesis deals with the application of actio Pauliana as one of the specific creditors’ measure in the view of developing social relations. Moreover, it presents the main questions that can arise for the creditors in defence of their rights.

Creditor's action to nullify fraudulent acts of a bankrupt

http://dspace.unach.edu.ec/handle/51000/3821

Para lo cual el Derecho Civil ha creado la Acción Pauliana o Revocatoria, esta es una acción que se concede al acreedor para revocar los actos ejecutados por el deudor en fraude de ocultar sus bienes, para evitar que estos sean embargados y rematados.

DERECHO ECUADOR - https://derechoecuador.com/efectos-de-las-obligaciones-derec...
La doctrina la define como la que tienen los acreedores para obtener la revocación de los actos realizados por el deudor en fraude de sus derechos. Se llama revocatoria porque mediante ella se
obtiene la revocación o invalidación de los actos ejecutados por el deudor; y se llama pauliana porque fue el pretor Paulo el que la introdujo en el Derecho Romano



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Note added at 2 hrs (2021-11-15 23:22:11 GMT)
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Other ways to say this:
https://www.duhaime.org/Legal-Dictionary/Term/PaulianAction
Duhaime's Law Dictionary
Paulian Action Definition:
Civil law: a claim by a creditor against a third party to rescind any transfer of property made to the third party by the debtor done to frustrate enforcement of the creditor's debt.
The term comes from the Roman law jurist Julius Paulus (approx. 250 AD) who, according to Roman law legend, was the first to articulate the theory of a claim against third parties to whom the insolvent debtor had transferred assets to conceal or to otherwise frustrate his creditor.
In a Paulian action, the defrauded creditor seeks to leapfrogs over the fraudulent transaction and seeks to have the transaction reversed by the court.
PAULIANA ACTION - https://www.irglobal.com/article/debtors-beware-the-law-is-c...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (C-337/17) will decide on the issues in the matter regarding the so – called “Pauliana action” which derives directly from an insolvency law seeking to prevent debtors from offloading their land or property assets in order to avoid their creditors making claims directly against these physical assets. The question placed before the Court of Justice of the EU is as follows: is a creditor entitled to take legal action before a Polish court against a person with its seat/domicile within the European Union based on the Pauliana action?
CIVIL LAW_ https://www.atatejo.adv.br/civillaw.html
Paulina action, also designated as revocatory suit or fraud against creditors Damnum infectum suit

Cristina Zavala
Ecuador
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in category: 44

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  philgoddard: I think the asker could have researched this. Also, strictly speaking, it should be pauliana.
7 mins
  -> Thanks for the agree and comment!
agree  AllegroTrans
38 mins
  -> Thanks!
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