Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Portuguese term or phrase:
tradição da coisa
English translation:
effective delivery of the object
Portuguese term
Portugal
tradição da coisa
Any help appreciated!
Proposed translations
Brazil
Brazilian lawyer - 40+ years in Brazil
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British, UK, Irish, US, Australian, Canadian, New Zealand) 
, Portuguese (Variants: Brazilian, Mozambican, Angolan, European/Portugal) 
Works in: Portuguese to English, English to Portuguese, English, and 1 more.
effective delivery of the object
Tradição "é a entrega efetiva da coisa móvel feita pelo proprietário-alienante ao adquirente, em virtude de um contrato, com a intenção de transferir o domínio.
United States
Marlene Curtis
Native in: Portuguese , English
Works in: English to Portuguese, Portuguese to English
with down payment and delivery (of the related object)
HIH
As an introduction, the object of this study is to analyze the legal framework that
applies to the declaration of insolvency effects on the promissory contract with down payment
and delivery, by trying to determine essentially in what measure and in what way the legal
system establishes a balance between the interests of safeguarding the inherent rights and
expectations of the insolvent counterparty, and that which is the main vertex of the
insolvency’s legal regime: the defense of the creditors patrimonial interests.http://octalberto.no.sapo.pt/contrato_promessa.htm
http://repositorio-aberto.up.pt/bitstream/10216/65096/2/5015...
https://www.google.com/#q=contrato com tradição da coisa (do...
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I believe it includes a down payment and the delivery of the related object, not just the delivery.
Brazil
English Portuguese translator
Native in: Portuguese (Variant: Brazilian)
Works in: English to Portuguese, German to Portuguese, Spanish to Portuguese
tradition of the thing
Os anglófonos utilizam tradition ou delivery.
Apesar de soar estranho, é o termo técnico mais adequado e perfeitamente compreensível por um jurista.
No link abaixo, a correção do "Exame da Ordem" americano que usa "delivery or tradition of the thing"
http://lawtechworld.com/blog/?p=1148
physical delivery of actual possession (of the subject-matter)
Germna law is very strong on the legal contract vs. physical hand-over distnction.
The transfer of possession of real property or Personal Property from one person to ... Delivery is not restricted to the actual physical transfer of an item
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