Also means
administration of justice
Usage Note
Rechtsprechung means both the act of dispensing justice and the accumulated body of court rulings (jurisprudence). Lawyers cite die ständige Rechtsprechung (settled case law). From Recht (law) and sprechen; usually singular, plural Rechtsprechungen is rare.
Examples
"Die Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichts ist hier eindeutig."
Natural Translation
The case law of the federal court is unambiguous here.
Literal Translation
The case-law of-the federal-court is here unambiguous.
Related Words
- Abmahnschreiben formal warning letter (demanding cessation of unlawful conduct)
- Abschiebung deportation
- Akteneinsicht access to files
- Amtsgericht local court
- Amtspflicht official duty; duty of care owed by a public official
- Anfechtungsklage action for annulment
- Angeklagte defendant
- Anhörung hearing; right to be heard (before a decision is made)
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