General Law

Distance offence

0274-en RE520 Criminal Law As of 11.07.2026


A distance offence exists if physical behaviour and success are so far apart in space or time that the difference is of legal significance.

Deutsch

Distanzdelikt 0274-de

Ein Distanzdelikt liegt vor, wenn körperliches Verhalten und Erfolg derart räumlich oder zeitlich auseinanderfallen, dass die Differenz von rechtlicher Bedeutung ist.

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Distance offence (0274-en), in: LAWPEDIA®-Glossar, provided by LAWCONSULT AG, www.lawconsult.ch/lawpedia/en/distance-offence, as of: 11.07.2026 [accessed on ].

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