Legal claim
0658-en RE330 Code of Obligations (CO, General/Special Part) As of 11.07.2026
The legal claim is the present authority to request from another person to do a certain thing or to stop doing something, and to assert it by legal means.
Deutsch
Rechtsanspruch 0658-de
Der Rechtsanspruch ist die gegenwärtige Befugnis, von einem Andern ein gewisses Tun oder das Ablassen von einem Tun zu begehren, und mit rechtlichen MitteIn geltend zu machen.
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