Annex: glossary of Italian, English and German terms — a part of the book Lugano as an International Financial Centre by Dr Alexander Ressos.
This glossary lists the Italian terms used in the book together with the legal, banking, tax and procedural vocabulary that a practitioner meets in Lugano, with an English equivalent or short explanation, the German term (in its Swiss form wherever Swiss law is concerned) and the chapters in which the term appears. Because Swiss Italian and the Italian of the Italian Republic serve two different legal orders, the same word can carry different concepts on either side of the border, a problem that Chapter J.III discusses in detail. The mark (CH) identifies a term of Swiss federal or Ticinese law and usage and the mark (IT) a term of the law of the Italian Republic, while unmarked terms carry the same sense in both orders or belong to the historical chapters. Where no exact equivalent exists, the English column explains the concept briefly and the German column gives the nearest term, which should be used with that limit in mind. A
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Glossary of Italian, English and German terms: A–C
Italian legal, banking, tax and procedural terms used in Lugano, beginning with the letters A to C, with their English equivalent or explanation, the German term in its Swiss form where Swiss law is… Read more Lugano · AnnexGlossary of Italian, English and German terms: D–G
Italian legal, banking, tax and procedural terms used in Lugano, beginning with the letters D to G, with their English equivalent or explanation, the German term in its Swiss form where Swiss law is… Read more Lugano · AnnexGlossary of Italian, English and German terms: I–O
Italian legal, banking, tax and procedural terms used in Lugano, beginning with the letters I to O, with their English equivalent or explanation, the German term in its Swiss form where Swiss law is… Read more Lugano · AnnexGlossary of Italian, English and German terms: P–S
Italian legal, banking, tax and procedural terms used in Lugano, beginning with the letters P to S, with their English equivalent or explanation, the German term in its Swiss form where Swiss law is… Read more Lugano · AnnexGlossary of Italian, English and German terms: T–V
Italian legal, banking, tax and procedural terms used in Lugano, beginning with the letters T to V, with their English equivalent or explanation, the German term in its Swiss form where Swiss law is… Read more