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Appendix B
Glossary: French → English → Name in the Model

Contents of Law as Code in Practice: French Family Benefits
French terms as the chapters gloss them where they first appear. The column “In the model” names the element of the model that carries the term, where there is one.
| French | English | In the model | Chapter |
|---|---|---|---|
| allocataire | benefit recipient | — | 0 |
| allocation conservée | the fund keeps the allowance | conservation_en_cours |
9 |
| APL, ALF, ALS | housing aid | — | 0 |
| attendu | expectation | the original external test’s declared answer | 18 |
| Base mensuelle de calcul des allocations familiales | monthly base for family allowances (BMAF) | — | 3 |
| BMAF | monthly base for family allowances | — | 0 |
| Coefficient de prise en charge | share covered by aid | coefficient_prise_en_charge |
6 |
| commission de recours amiable | amicable review commission (CRA) | — | 12 |
| Correspondance des entrées | input mapping | — | 18 |
| CRDS | social debt repayment contribution | — | 0 |
| décence | decency | logement_decent |
9 |
| Douzième | one twelfth | the division in the E0 construction | 7 |
| enfant à charge | dependent child | nb_enfants_charge |
15 |
| Équivalence de loyer et de charges locatives minimale | minimum rent-and-charges equivalent | equivalence_loyer_minimale |
6 |
| foyer, ménage | household | — | 0 |
| indu | overpayment | indu |
0 |
| Lecture nommée | named reading | ArrondiCentimeHalfUp |
7 |
| Non-recours | failure to claim a potential entitlement | — | 15 |
| notification | notice | the attached Notification document |
13 |
| Obligation | duty | a declared duty position |
10 |
| organisme payeur | paying body | OrganismePayeur |
9 |
| Participation personnelle | personal contribution | participation_personnelle |
8 |
| plafond | ceiling | plafond_prime |
2 |
| prescription | limitation of recovery | the dated conditions in the payment model | 11 |
| Preuve | proof | the saved proof graph | 16 |
| Prime à la naissance | birth grant | droit_prime_naissance |
2 |
| Projet | draft | — | final |
| recours administratif préalable obligatoire | mandatory prior administrative review (RAPO) | — | 12 |
| remise | remission | — | 0 |
| Remise gracieuse | discretionary remission | demande_remise_gracieuse |
12 |
| ressources | resources | — | 0 |
| ressources annuelles | annual resources | ressources_annuelles |
2 |
| Ressources retenues | resources counted | ressources_retenues |
1 |
| retenue | deduction | the recovery step | 11 |
| revalorisation | revaluation | — | final |
| Scénario | worked test situation | a .lawtest file |
5 |
| Traitement algorithmique | algorithmic processing | — | 13 |