Legal Definition and Related Resources of Concern

Meaning of Concern

1. That which relates or pertains to one; matter of concernment; affair; business. 2. An establishment for the carrying on of a business, as a buying and selling or manufacturing firm or company.

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Synonyms of Concern

(Business establishment), noun

business
company
corporationestablishment
firmhouse
institution
organization
Associated Concepts: partnership
proprietorship

(Care), verb

administer to
attend
attend to
be mindful
be vigilant
be watchful
check
consider
curare
devote oneself to
direct the attention to
examine intently
foster
give attention
give one’s attention
keep
look after
mind
minister to
pay attention to
regard
respect
safeguard
take care of
take into consideration
take note of
tend
watch

(Interest), noun

anxiety
attention
care
concernment
consequence
consideration
disquietude
importance
regard
solicitude
sollicitudo
uneasiness
worry

(Involve), verb

absorb
affect
appertain to
apply
attinere
be a factor
be applicable to
be interdependent with
be involved
be one of
be pertinent to
be related to
be relevant
deal with
embody
embrace
enclasp
entail
have a bearing on
have a connection
have a reference
have a relation
have interrelationship with
immerse
influence
interest
pertain to
pertinere
refer to
regard
relate to
respect
stand in relation
versari in re
Associated Concepts: concerned in interest
concerning a matter of law
general state concern
local concern

Legal Usage of Concern (concerning, For What Concerns) in English

An European Commission document offers the following explanation about the misused of Concern (concerning, For What Concerns):We often find paragraphs in reports that begin with ‘concerning XYZ, the Court found that …’, instead of ‘with regard to’. This sounds very odd in English. The rather endearing Gallicism ‘for what concerns’ is also remarkably common, even in published documents (30 hits in EUR-Lex, many of which are recent).

Examples ‘Concerning the achievement[s] of the six EFA goals, the PEDP report reports that sound progress is being made …47’. ‘For what concerns resettlement, Member States will receive financial incentives (lump sums) every two years …48.’

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with regard to, in respect of, in terms of. However, in English, there is usually no need to start a sentence with a direct reference to the subject matter, as you would in certain other languages, and a different word-order might be better (‘The PEDP report states that sound progress is being made towards the achievement of the six EFA goals.’). Furthermore, where this introductory phrase merely repeats the paragraph heading, it should be eliminated altogether.

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