Oct 7, 2005 12:58
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travelling commitments
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XXX was granted an extension of time until 15 October 2005 to serve his defence, although his solicitors recently asked for a further extension,( which has not yet been granted) as a result of Mr XXX 's travelling commitments.
What is "travelling commitments"?
What is "travelling commitments"?
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Mikhail Kropotov
Germany
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the travelling schedule to which he must adhere
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Armorel Young
: yes, he is going to be away from home for some of the time period in question
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giogi
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Brie Vernier
: or "to which *he claims* he must adhere"
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RHELLER
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KathyT
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Rajan Chopra
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Will Matter
: Some form of obligation or need to travel that prevents him from serving his defence at the time originally scheduled. Kak dyela, MK?
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Comment: "Thanks so much for your prompt response! "
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Aoife Kennedy
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pre-arranged trips
In other words, the solicitors asked for more time so as to take into account the fact that their client may not be available to serve his defence on the established date, because he has to go on some trip or other. Perhaps he's a businessman. The use of the word "committments" suggests that he has to travel somewhere, although it's not clear whether he has merely booked a trip somewhere or is required to travel as part of his job. More context would help.
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giogi
: ...or perhaps it's just a pettifoggery!!!
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Nick Lingris
: You don't need more context. You seem to have covered everything!
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Thanks :)
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Brie Vernier
: With Nick.
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Thanks :)
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Charlie Bavington
: indeed, the level of "commitment" is perhaps open to interpretation. I may have made a commitment to go to the pub tonight, but if you offered me £500 to stay at home, I'd probably find I wasn't that committed after all :-)
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Of course :) There's always tv :)
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RHELLER
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:)
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KathyT
: and agree with Charlie above (-:
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:)
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petya yakova
: yes I agree with you Charlie,but when lawyers are involved in this case the 'commitment' should mean more obligations then just going to the pub ;-)
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thanks :)
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Saleh Chowdhury, Ph.D.
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Thank you :)
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Freimanis
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thanks :)
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Rajan Chopra
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thank you :)
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Will Matter
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Cheers :)
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Alfa Trans (X)
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Thank you, Marju :)
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contracted travelling shcedule
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Note added at 50 mins (2005-10-07 13:48:19 GMT)
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assuming there was a contract signed...
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Note added at 50 mins (2005-10-07 13:48:19 GMT)
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assuming there was a contract signed...
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it is a way of getting a postponement, a way of using the procedural rules to delay the trial
How am I so sure? Well, of course it is only a supposition, given the limited facts presented here. However, it would have to be someone very very important, or a public official, who really had to be somewhere else than his own criminal trial. So it is a reasonable conclusion, beyond circumstantial, that it is a dodge, and not really the truth - that he really had made these out of town commitments that could not be broken.
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travelling obligations
duties which must be done on a trip
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RHELLER
: sorry, not here//duty is close to the meaning of commitment, for ex.: "I have undertaken the following commitments" but here it is modified by travelling and doesn't really fit- could work if his entire job was to travel
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Thanks Rita, where?
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Deborah Workman
United States
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commitments to travel OR commitments requiring/involving travel
Perhaps it is just the word "travelling" which has confused you (as if the commitments were wandering about and therefore not fixed). That is a UK construction. But it means the same as the US English construction "travel commitments".
The travel may or may not be prearranged or contracted, but the commitment to travel is there and presents a scheduling conflict.
The travel may or may not be prearranged or contracted, but the commitment to travel is there and presents a scheduling conflict.
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