Aug 8, 2019 10:25
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Swedish term
Befogenhet v. Behörighet
Swedish to English
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Law (general)
How should one distingush between the terms befogenhet and behörighet as described below? My limited legal knwoledge woudl have used Authority for both.
Befogenhet: Detta är ett juridiskt begrepp som reglerar vad man FÅR göra. Behörighet är ett annat snarlikt begrepp inom juridiken som reglerar vad man KAN göra
Befogenhet: Detta är ett juridiskt begrepp som reglerar vad man FÅR göra. Behörighet är ett annat snarlikt begrepp inom juridiken som reglerar vad man KAN göra
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| 4 +3 | being authorized to vs being qualified to |
Anders Ericsson
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| 4 | Actual v. apparent authority |
Leif Ohman
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Anders Ericsson
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being authorized to vs being qualified to
Authorized meaning being given the formal responsibility of something through your position, e.g. as a captain you're authorized to make decisions about the ship or aircraft you command.
Being qualified just means that you are recognized having the ability. E.g. you have a certificate showing that you are able (and have a latent authorization) to control a ship or aircraft.
The qualification is a prerequisite to the authorization.
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Note added at 13 mins (2019-08-08 10:38:31 GMT)
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depending on context, maybe "appointed" vs "certified".
Being qualified just means that you are recognized having the ability. E.g. you have a certificate showing that you are able (and have a latent authorization) to control a ship or aircraft.
The qualification is a prerequisite to the authorization.
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Note added at 13 mins (2019-08-08 10:38:31 GMT)
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depending on context, maybe "appointed" vs "certified".
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Agneta Pallinder
: Agree with your original explanation; don't think your added suggestions are quite right.
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I realized first after the added suggestion that it was the swedish text in the post it should be applied to. (not fully woken up yet)
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Tim Kynerd
: Generically "behörighet" can be translated in other ways, but given the Swedish definitions provided by the poster, I agree with this. :-)
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George Hopkins
: authority -- legal authority
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Leif Ohman
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Actual v. apparent authority
See this very good explanation:
https://lawline.se/answers/6069
Key points from it (but see the example in it for a full understanding):
"Behörighet... fullmaktens yttre gränser."
"Befogenhet... fullmaktens inre gränser.... särskilda inskränkande villkor... muntligen"
Typically comes about because of the need to let the agent know certain things that must be hidden from a third party.
"apparent authority is... manifestations of the principal to a third party"
"apparent authority... regardless of whether he has actual authority."
See:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/apparent_authority
https://lawline.se/answers/6069
Key points from it (but see the example in it for a full understanding):
"Behörighet... fullmaktens yttre gränser."
"Befogenhet... fullmaktens inre gränser.... särskilda inskränkande villkor... muntligen"
Typically comes about because of the need to let the agent know certain things that must be hidden from a third party.
"apparent authority is... manifestations of the principal to a third party"
"apparent authority... regardless of whether he has actual authority."
See:
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/apparent_authority
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