vibaillif
English translation: vice-bailiff
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| 15:27 Feb 11, 2006 |
| French to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Genealogy / family deeds | |||||||
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|  Selected response from: Jennifer Levey Chile Local time: 07:14 | ||||||
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| 5 +1 | vice-bailiff |
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| 1 | total guesswork |
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13 mins confidence: 
peer agreement (net): +1
peer agreement (net): +1vice-bailiff Explanation: and for 'extra credit', she was presumably 'demoiselle' because as a widdow she was free to marry again |
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15 mins confidence: 
total guesswork Explanation: Vice-bailiff? (in his lifetime) [(de son) vivant] Google is no help, is it! Maybe the marriage was never consumated. -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 20 mins (2006-02-11 15:48:04 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- However, it appears that "demoiselle" was the title attributed to a "fille ou femme de petite noblesse" (dixit Lexis). So a "lady", as oppposed to a "dame", maybe?? Seems to me the English aristocracy was/is full of "ladies" who are not particularly high ranking. |
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