Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Spanish term or phrase:
a excusas
English translation:
unbeknown to
Spanish term
United States
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Native in: English 
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a excusas
"Tampoco responde si el siniestro ha sido causado por dolo o culpa grave del asegurado o de persona de quien él sea civilmente responsable; o en el caso de que el asegurado, ***a excusas del asegurador***, transforme en todo o en parte la naturaleza de la cosa asegurada o la aplique a diferentes usos, de aquel a que estaba destinada al tiempo de celebrarse el contrato, de tal manera que, de haber existido tales condiciones, hubieran influido en la existencia o estipulaciones del Seguro.”
| 4 +2 | unbeknown to the insurer |
Jennifer Levey
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| 3 | due to insurer exemptions |
Terry McKinven
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| 2 | to the underwriter's demurrers (objections) |
Adrian MM.
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| a escusa |
Elizabeth Joy Pitt de Morales
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Mar 13, 2022 10:44: Jennifer Levey Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
Chile
Human-scale Globalization
Native in: English (Variant: British) 
Works in: Spanish to English, French to English, English to Spanish, and 2 more.
unbeknown to the insurer
escusa
Tb. excusa.
6. f. Acción y efecto de esconder (‖ ocultar).
o en el caso de que el asegurado, ***a excusas del asegurador***, transforme en todo o en parte la naturaleza de la cosa asegurada o la aplique a diferentes usos ...
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or where the insured, unbeknown to the insurer, modifies all or part of the insured property or uses it for a different purpose ...
eg: someone insures a house saying it is his family home, and then uses the front room as a fish 'n' chip shop.
Australia
13 Years NAATI Translator.
Native in: English
Works in: French to English, Spanish to English
due to insurer exemptions
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Jennifer Levey
: If the insurer has given prior approval to a 'release from obligation', it is unlikely the matter would end up before the court.
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Austria
Retd.T&I, Barrister & Austro-Advokat
Native in: English (Variants: Scottish, British)
Works in: Spanish to English, English to Spanish, French to English, and 5 more.
to the underwriter's demurrers (objections)
Demurrer : looks obscure, but still very much used Transatlatically.
Low CL - confidence level descending from 4 and 3 in case there are any informed 'demurrers' from the uninitiated.
The Appellate Division of the Supreme Court, in the First Department, has handed down a decision sustaining the demurrer of the defendants in the case of Joseph W. Thompson and Charles H. Bellows, two of the individual underwriters at the Commercial Lloyd
demurrer : '...in pleading, a formal objection attacking the legal sufficiency of the opponent's pleadings'. Barron's *US Am.' Law Dictionary.
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/spanish-to-english/law-patents-trademarks-copyright/3126617-excusas.html
http://law.justia.com/cases/california/court-of-appeal/2d/193/636.html
Reference comments
Words That Make Sense
Native in: English
Works in: Spanish to English, English
a escusa
escusa
Tb. excusa.
Del lat. absconsus 'escondido'.
a escusa, o a escusas
1. locs. advs. Con disimulo o cautela.
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