Glossary entry (derived from question below)
German term or phrase:
Schuldbekenntnis
English translation:
acknowledgement of a debt
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German term
France
Lawyer and Oxford linguist, Ireland
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, German to English
Schuldbekenntnis
This is one of a list of powers in respect to a property transaction.
This being a property transaction, I am not sure that the usual translations of "admission of guilt" etc. (more suited to criminal law rather than real estate law) apply.
Any pointers gratefully received.
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Johanna Timm, PhD
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Dec 18, 2017 22:14: writeaway changed "Field (write-in)" from "Powers of authorized rep" to "real estate/Powers of authorized rep"
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Proposed translations
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Native in: German (Variants: Austrian, Germany, Swiss, Platt / Nieder (Low German)) 
Works in: English to German, German to English, German
acknowledgement of a debt
§ 781
Schuldanerkenntnis
1Zur Gültigkeit eines Vertrags, durch den das Bestehen eines Schuldverhältnisses anerkannt wird (Schuldanerkenntnis), ist schriftliche Erteilung der Anerkennungserklärung erforderlich. 2Die Erteilung der Anerkennungserklärung in elektronischer Form ist ausgeschlossen. 3Ist für die Begründung des Schuldverhältnisses, dessen Bestehen anerkannt wird, eine andere Form vorgeschrieben, so bedarf der Anerkennungsvertrag dieser Form.
Section 781
Acknowledgement of a debt
For a contract by which the existence of an obligation is acknowledged (acknowledgement of debt) to be valid, the declaration of acknowledgement must be made in writing. The declaration of acknowledgement may not be made in electronic form. If another form is prescribed to create the obligation whose existence is being acknowledged, then the acknowledgement contract requires this form.
https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_bgb/englisch_bgb...
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philgoddard
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Heike Holthaus
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Kim Metzger
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AllegroTrans
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writeaway
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Steffen Walter
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Daniel Arnold (X)
: it's certainly right, but I do think that it should be liability rather than debt in strict legal lingo. These "Gesetze im Internet" translations are frequently less than perfect.
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Discussion
A fewer-than-five-minute search for "Grundstück" and "Schuldbekenntnis" will get you:
https://www.notariate.zh.ch/deu/grundbuch/grundpfandrechte/s...
https://www.notariate.zh.ch/deu/grundbuch/grundpfandrechte/s...
https://www.hypothekar-kredit.ch/hypothekarische-sicherung/p...
It's a Swiss word and part of the "Obligationenrecht," e.g., see "Art. 17":
https://www.admin.ch/opc/de/classified-compilation/19110009/...
This doesn't change the proposed translation:
https://www.admin.ch/opc/en/classified-compilation/19110009/...
But it's curious that no one has pointed that out yet.
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