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French Property Buyers' Vocabulary
for Forms and Legal
Stuff:
A
accord - agreement
accusé de reception - acknowledgement of
receipt
achat - purchase
acheter - to buy
acompte - advance
payment
acquéreur -
purchaser
acquérir - to purchase,
acquire
acte - act; document;
deed
acte authentique de vente - deed completed by a
notaire
acte de vente - sale contract; conveyance;
transfer of property
aliénation -
transfer
aliéner - to
transfer
alignement - building line;
boundary
aménagement -
renovation
amende - fine
arreté municipal - municipal
decree
assainissement -
drainage
assurance -
insurance
avis - notice
avis de reception - recorded
delivery
B
bail - tenancy;
lease
bail à usage d'habitation - residential
lease
bâtir - to build
bien - property
biens immobiliers - property; real
estate
C
cadastre - land
survey
caduc - null and
void
carte de séjour - residence
permit
carte professionelle - estate agent's
registration
certificat d'urbanisme - land zoning
certificate
caution - guarantee;
bond
cession - assignment;
transfer
célibataire - single;
unmarried
charge - charge
clause pénale - penalty
clause
commune - district
council
compromis de vente - provisional sales
agreement
compte - account
conditions suspensives - conditional clauses in
the compromis de vente
conjoint - partner;
spouse
consentir - to
agree
contenance - area
contestation - dispute;
objection
contrat - contract
contrat de marriage - marriage
contract
contre-seing -
countersignature
convenir - to agree
convention -
agreement
copropriétaire -
co-owner
copropriété -
co-ownership
D
date de naissance - date of
birth
décès - death
delai - time limit
délivré - issued
demande de permis de construire - building
permit application/planning permission
application
demande de prêt - loan
application
demeurer - to live
(somewhere)
deniers - funds
dénommé - named
depôt de guarantie -
deposit
désengager -
disengage
désignation -
description
désigné - described
dispositions de l'article - provisions of
article
domicile - place of
residence
droit de mutation - transfer
tax
droit de préemption - right to purchase before
the prospective purchaser
droit de propriété -
ownership
E
encaisser un chéque - cash a
cheque
engager - agree
emprunt - loan
enregistrement -
registration
entrer en jouissance - come into
possession
état civil - civil
status
éventuel - possible
exemplaire - copy
expertiser - to value (a
property)
expiration - expiry
F
fiche de renseignements - information
sheet
fonds - funds
formulaire - form
frais - fees;
charges
franc d'hypothèques - not subject to
mortgages
G
géomètre - surveyor
grever de - subject
to
H
honoraires d'agence - agency
fees
honoraires de négociation - negotiation
fees
hypothèque -
mortgage
I
immeuble - building; real estate; block of
apartments
immobilier - property; real
estate
imposition -
taxation
impôt - tax
imputer à - to charge
to
indemnité - indemnity;
compensation
indivision - joint
ownership
J
jouissance -
possession
jour de l'entrée en jouissance - day of handover
of possession
jurisdiction -
jurisdiction
justifier - prove; provide
evidence
K
L
libre disposition - free
disposal
litige - dispute; law
suit
location - rental
loi carrez - law passed in 1997 whereby the
measurement of a co-owned piece of land must be specified in
the Acte de Vente
lu et approuvé, bon pour accord - read and
approved, good for agreement - handwritten and signed on every
contract
M
mainlevée -
termination
majeur - person over 18
years
mandant - principal
mandat - power of
attorney
mandataire - representative;
agent
mandat de recherche - authority given to an
estate agent to search for
property
mention manuscrite - handwritten
note
mettre en demeure - to give notice to
pay
mitoyennété - joint ownership of shared walls or
boundaries
montant - amount
moyennnant - in return
for
mutation - transfer
N
naissance (date de) - birth (date
of)
nationalité -
nationality
nom de famille -
surname
notaire - notary;
solicitor
notarié - recorded by a
notaire
nu - unfurnished;
bare
nul - void
nul et non avenu - null and
void
O
obligation -
obligation
occupant - occupier
occupation -
occupancy
offre - offer
opposables à tous tiers - binding on third
parties
P
paraphé -
initialled
parcelle - plot of
land
passation - transfer;
signing
permis de construire - building permit; planning
permission
plan cadestral - plan of an
area
poursuivre - to take
proceedings
préalable -
preliminary
préempteur - person with first option to
buy
préemption - first option to
buy
prénom - first name
prêt - loan
promesse de vente - promise to sell; preliminary
sale contract
propriétaire - owner of a
property
propriétaire de viager - life
tenant
propriété - property;
ownership
propriété commune -
co-ownership
prorogé - extended
Q
quote-part - share in a
property
R
réalisation -
completion
réception - receipt
recours - recourse
rédacteur - person drafting a
document
règlement - payment
résiliation - termination of a
contract
résilier - to terminate a
contract
S
SAFER - Société d'aménagement foncier
d'établissement rural - State controlled organisation capable
of purchasing land for
resale for agricultural
use
sans recours - without
recourse
sequestre -
depository
servitude - right;
obligation
situation hypothécaire - mortgage
status
solidarité - joint and several
liability
soussignées - the
undersigned
subrogé - person acting on behalf of another
with the same legal rights
sûreté - security
susnommé - above
named
syndicat de copropriétaires - co-owners'
association
T
taxe d'habitation - taxes payable by occupants
of property
taxe foncière - land or property
tax
terrain d'agrément -
garden
à titre indicatif - for
information
tontine - joint ownership whereby property
passes to survivor
TVA - value added
tax
U
union libre -
cohabitation
urbanisme - town
planning
usage d'habitation - residential
use
usufruit - life
tenancy
V
valeur - value
vendeur - seller
vente - sale
verser - to pay
versement - payment
veuf/veuve
- widow/widower
W
X
Y
Z
See also our articles on The
French Buying Process and French
Building Terms
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