Sunday, April 30, 2017

Voir dire, yes. Boldereaux, what?

From a commercial law reviewer, 2016 edition, page 379:


I thought this could be a good candidate for what is known as  "shock and awe" terms in the bar exams in the mold of "depecage" in the 2015 Civil Law exam. Or the "voir dire" in  Remedial Law.

The reviewer does not say much about the word. No problem; there is always google.

However, it seems there is no such word. But there is bordereaux. And it is the plural of bordereau. See for example this entry in the FreeDictionary:

bor·de·reau
  (bôr′də-rō′)n. pl. bor·de·reaux (-rō′)detailed memorandum, especially one that lists documents or accounts.

[French, probably from bordedge, marginfrom Old French bortof Germanic origin.]


bordereau 
A report providing premium or loss data with respect to identified specific risks. This report is periodically furnished to a reinsurer by the ceding insurers or reinsurers.
Well, I guess it's one less "shock and awe" word to worry about.

As for depecage and voir dire, they sure did not shock those who read the San Beda Memory Aids. 

Here's depecage on page 574 of the 2014 Memory Aid in Civil Law:


And here's voir dire on page 442 of the 2014 Memory Aid in Remedial Law:



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