Rechtsaufsicht
legality supervision; state oversight limited to checking whether official acts comply with law
noun REKHTS-owf-zikht Rare
Usage Note
Rechtsaufsicht is the standard form of state oversight over municipalities in their autonomous functions. The supervising authority may intervene only for illegality, not because it disagrees with a policy choice — preserving kommunale Selbstverwaltung. Plural rare.
Examples
"Die Gemeindeordnung regelt, welche Behörde die Rechtsaufsicht ausübt."
Natural Translation
The Municipal Code regulates which authority exercises legality supervision.
Literal Translation
The municipal ordinance regulates which authority exercises legal supervision.
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