General Law

Subsumption

0770-en RE720 Legal Methodology As of 11.07.2026


The subsumption is the placing of an individual concrete fact (subordinate clause) under a general abstract legal norm (superset) and from this a certain legal consequence necessarily results.

Deutsch

Subsumtion 0770-de

Die Subsumtion ist das Stellen eines individuell-konkreten Sachverhaltes (Untersatz) unter eine generell-abstrakte Rechtsnorm (Obersatz) und daraus ergibt sich dann zwingend eine bestimmte Rechtsfolge.

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