General Law

Contingency maxim

0323-en RE350 Civil Procedure Law As of 11.07.2026


The contingency maxim states that from a certain stage of the proceedings onwards new means of attack, defence and evidence may not be considered at all or only under certain conditions.

Deutsch

Eventualmaxime 0323-de

Die Eventualmaxime besagt, dass von einem bestimmten Abschnitt des Verfahrens ab neue Angriffs-, Verteidigung- und Beweismittel überhaupt nicht oder nur noch unter gewissen Voraussetzungen berücksichtigt werden dürfen.

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