General Law

Rules of instance

0432-en RE350 Civil Procedure Law As of 11.07.2026


Instance (functional jurisdiction) is the distribution of different judicial functions among different judicial bodies (courts), which are in proportion to their superiority and subordination, in the same case.

Deutsch

Instanzenordnung 0432-de

Instanzenordnung (funktionelle Zuständigkeit) ist die Verteilung verschiedener Rechtspflegefunktionen unter verschiedene Rechtspflegeorgane (Gerichte), die im Verhältnis der Über- und Unterordnung stehen, in derselben Sache.

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