Widerspruchsfrist
deadline for filing an objection against an official decision
noun VEE-der-shprookh-frist Rare
Usage Note
Widerspruchsfrist is typically one month from service of an administrative decision (Bescheid). Missing it means the decision becomes legally binding (bestandskräftig). Plural: Widerspruchsfristen.
Examples
"Die Widerspruchsfrist beträgt in der Regel einen Monat."
Natural Translation
The deadline for filing an objection is generally one month.
Literal Translation
The objection deadline amounts as a rule to one month.
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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