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A trust represents a fiduciary legal relationship where a trustee manages assets on behalf of one or more beneficiaries. Find out more about its purposes, the fundamental structure of the American trust, how assets are transferred to a trust, its design, the parties involved, and the role of the protector.

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A trust represents a fiduciary legal relationship where a trustee manages assets on behalf of one or more beneficiaries. Find out more about its purposes, the fundamental structure of the American trust, asset transfer to a trust, its design, the parties involved, and the role of the protector.

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A trust is a fiduciary legal relationship in which assets are managed by a trustee for one or more beneficiaries. Learn more about the purposes, the basic structure of the American trust, asset transfer to a trust, structuring, parties, and the protector.

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A trust is a fiduciary legal relationship in which assets are managed by a trustee for one or more beneficiaries. Learn more about the purposes, the basic structure of the American trust, asset transfer to a trust, structuring, parties, and the protector.

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In France, the higher education sector is highly differentiated and offers a wide range of degrees. Learn more about studying at university institutes of technology, universities, Grandes Écoles, and Écoles spécialisées.

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Strictly speaking, there is no such thing as "American inheritance law" because inheritances fall under the jurisdiction of the individual US states. Learn more about the regulations governing inheritance matters in the USA.

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Couples wishing to divorce have four options under French law to terminate their marriage. Learn more about the different divorce proceedings and French divorce law.

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Anyone wishing to purchase real estate in France should inform themselves beforehand about the most important aspects of French property law. Here you will find the most important legal information for buying property in France.

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The main activity of the notary is the certification of legal transactions of any kind and the verification of facts, whereby the notary is committed to independence and impartiality, which distinguishes them from a lawyer who represents the interests of one party.

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In Germany, the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) is responsible for the assessment of foreign qualifications—such as school-leaving, vocational, and higher education qualifications—and issues individual statement of comparability for foreign higher education degrees upon application.

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Until William the Conqueror conquered England in 1066, the customary law of the Germanic tribes—the Saxons, Angles, Jutes, and Danes—prevailed in England, differing from place to place. After the conquest, different parallel jurisdictions developed.

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If the spouses have not chosen a matrimonial property regime other than community of property or separation of property within a marital agreement (insofar as separation of property does not apply between them as an extraordinary matrimonial property regime, Art. 181 SCC), their proprietary relations shall be governed in accordance with the provisions on the Participation in Acquisitions (Art. 196 – 220 SCC).

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Have fun with a few funny tongue twisters in German, English, and French.

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For some documents, it is so crucial that they are translated correctly and completely that only professionally qualified translators are authorized to do so. Due to the particularly high-quality requirements, only those translators are authorized who meet the prerequisites established by the courts.

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A total of 108 states agreed on the Apostille for the certification of foreign documents as early as 1961 – the so-called 'Hague Apostille'.

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Translators use CAT tools (computer-assisted translation) for some texts; these are translation programs for computer-supported translation from one language to another. CAT tools operate with translation memories, which form the core of the translation technology.

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In France, labor relations within a company are governed by the Labor Code (Code du Travail), collective bargaining agreements, and collective company agreements. Learn more about employment contracts, holiday entitlements, working time regulations, and termination under French labor law.

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