hand down

hand down
transitive verb
1) (pass on) überliefern [Geschichte, Tradition]; weitergeben [Gegenstand] (to an + Akk.); [weiter]vererben [Erbstück] (to an + Akk.)
2) (Law) verhängen [Strafe] (to über + Akk.); fällen [Entscheidung]; verkünden [Urteil]
* * *
(to pass on from one generation to the next: These customs have been handed down from father to son since the Middle Ages.) vererben
* * *
◆ hand down
vt
▪ to \hand down sth ⇆ down
1. usu passive (pass on) skills, heirlooms etw weitergeben [o vererben]; tradition etw überliefern
▪ to \hand down sth down [or down sth] to sb jdm etw vererben
to \hand down sth down from one generation to another etw von Generation zu Generation [o einer Generation zur anderen] weitergeben
2. esp AM LAW (make decision public) etw verkünden
to \hand down down judgement on sb das Urteil über jdn verkünden
to \hand down down a sentence to sb eine Strafe über jdn verhängen
* * *
hand down v/t
1. hinunter-, herunterreichen, -langen (alle:
from von;
to dat)
2. jemanden hinunter-, heruntergeleiten (beide:
to zu)
3. vererben, (als Erbe) hinterlassen (beide:
to dat)
4. (to) eine Tradition etc weitergeben (an akk), Bräuche etc überliefern (dat)
5. JUR US
a) die Entscheidung eines höheren Gerichtshofes einem untergeordneten Gericht übermitteln
b) das Urteil etc verkünden
* * *
transitive verb
1) (pass on) überliefern [Geschichte, Tradition]; weitergeben [Gegenstand] (to an + Akk.); [weiter]vererben [Erbstück] (to an + Akk.)
2) (Law) verhängen [Strafe] (to über + Akk.); fällen [Entscheidung]; verkünden [Urteil]
* * *
v.
herrunterreichen v.
weitergeben v.

English-german dictionary. 2013.

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