independence or independency?

English translation: independence

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Spanish term or phrase:independence or independency?
English translation:independence
Entered by: Ana Brassara

00:21 Oct 20, 2008
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Spanish term or phrase: independence or independency?
Es el título de una cláusula de un contrato de agente institorio, donce se expone que la compañía X es independiente de la compñía Y, que no es un agente ni un empleado ni representante de Y, y que X no tiene relación societaria con Y.

En español, el título de la cláusula es "Independencia".

Mi duda es si las dos opciones son correctas, o si existe alguna diferencia (sutil?) entre ambos términos.

Gracias!!
Ana Brassara
Local time: 20:12
independence
Explanation:
If your market is North America
Selected response from:

Patrice
United States
Local time: 16:12
Grading comment
Muchas gracias!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +12independence
Patrice
4 +3the same
S Ben Price


  

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4 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
the same


Explanation:
I can't think of any difference. The dictionary also lists them as definitions for eachother

in·de·pend·ence –noun
1. Also, independency. the state or quality of being independent.
2. freedom from the control, influence, support, aid, or the like, of others.
3. Archaic. a competency

in·de·pend·en·cy –noun, plural -cies.
1. independence (def. 1).
2. a territory not under the control of any other power.
3. (initial capital letter) Ecclesiastical. a. the principle that the individual congregation or church is an autonomous and equalitarian society free from any external ecclesiastical control.
b. the polity based on this principle.




S Ben Price
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Local time: 01:12
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ivan Nieves
14 mins

agree  Matías Paredes
18 mins

agree  Richard Boulter: I percieve, as only an American, that either is good if the target readership is British or in the many (eehhhh... other) British dependencies. :)) What an enjoyable Sunday with our languages and colleagues. Regards, All!
1 hr

neutral  Lia Fail (X): the dict defns diverge and dictionaries don't indicate usage
7 hrs
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11 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +12
independence


Explanation:
If your market is North America

Patrice
United States
Local time: 16:12
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 27
Grading comment
Muchas gracias!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Will Matter
3 mins

agree  Nitza Ramos
17 mins

agree  patinba: The Shorter Oxford describes "independency" as "now rare"
27 mins

agree  Richard Boulter: Exclusively this, for a target readership in the Americas; unless the term is a noun referring to a country, perhaps.
1 hr

agree  eski: DPP lawmaker revives drive to abolish independence clause from Asian Political News in News provided free by Find Articles.Saludos!
1 hr

agree  Beth Farkas: exactly - "independency" sounds wrong to an American ear
2 hrs

agree  teju
2 hrs

agree  Alice Bootman: Like patinba and Beth said, independency is a word that you would very rarely hear or use, even in this context - at least in North America.
2 hrs

agree  Marie Anne Halbwachs
4 hrs

agree  Lia Fail (X)
7 hrs

agree  Ignacio Mainz: Independence in US
8 hrs

agree  Salloz
11 hrs
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