Dire la présente requite recevable et amplement fondée

[kielipaa]

Could someone help me with the following passage from a legal document? Thank you!

Qu’il vous plaises,
Monsieur le Président, Votre honneur de :
-Dire la présente requite recevable et amplement fondée ;

Here's what I came up with:

If it please you,
Mr. President, your honor, to:
-Declare the existing request receivable and fully justified.

 

[Maramotswe]

Bonjour,
ça me paraît très bien!

 

[jetset]

You can edit "requite" with requête.

 

[Keith Bradford]

Declare that the present application is admissable and fully justified

 

[bh7]

As Keith Bradford says, " requête " in a judicial context is usually not translated as "request " in English. If "application" doesn't suit, check out the following:

requête :
[Droit] appeal; petition; submission; application; plea; motion; demand; request

 

[kielipaa]

Thanks everybody!

 

[FrenchGen]

just a question about "if it please you":
why is there no "s" at the end of "please"?

 

[Keith Bradford]

Because it's a subjunctive/Because it's legal (i.e. old-fashioned)

Take your pick.