Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Czech term or phrase:
účelové vyjádření
English translation:
self-serving comments
Czech term
účelové vyjádření
| 3 +4 | self-serving comments |
Stuart Hoskins
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Jun 24, 2013 12:40: Stuart Hoskins changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
PRO (3): Zbynek Taborsky, Vladimír Hoffman, Stuart Hoskins
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Proposed translations
not too hot, not too cold...
Native in: English 
Works in: Czech to English, Slovak to English
self-serving comments
http://www.thefreedictionary.com/self-serving
or "observations" here
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Note added at 55 mins (2013-06-24 13:23:18 GMT)
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“they were purely self-serving statements”
http://scocal.stanford.edu/opinion/people-v-perkins-23607
“A purely self-serving declaration made by one party…”
http://www.lawskills.com/case/ga/id/722/12/index.html
“the affidavits executed by defendant and Calon are purely self-serving, and should not be countenanced by this Court”
http://www.lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1963/may1963/gr_l-18884_...
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Note added at 2 hrs (2013-06-24 15:06:56 GMT)
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this is the sense of účelový (self-serving/ulterior motive) here:
"matka stěžovatelky uzavřela (zjevně účelové) manželství s občanem České republiky, na základě kterého byl postupně povolen trvalý pobyt všem členům rodiny stěžovatelky"
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