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'''Amtsgericht''' is German for ''Local [[Court]]''.<ref>[http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/373544/publicationFile/157650/Gerichtsbezeichnungen.pdf German Foreign Office: Equivalents of the names of German courts in other languages]</ref> These courts form the lowest level of the so-called ''ordinary jurisdiction'' of the German judiciary (German ''Ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit''), which is responsible for most criminal and civil judicial matters.<ref>[http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gvg/__12.html Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (German Judiciary Act) §12], [http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gvg/englisch_gvg.html#p0013 English translation]</ref> |
'''Amtsgericht''' is German for ''Local [[Court]]''.<ref>[http://www.auswaertiges-amt.de/cae/servlet/contentblob/373544/publicationFile/157650/Gerichtsbezeichnungen.pdf German Foreign Office: Equivalents of the names of German courts in other languages]</ref> These courts form the lowest level of the so-called ''ordinary jurisdiction'' of the German judiciary (German ''Ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit''), which is responsible for most criminal and civil judicial matters.<ref>[http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/gvg/__12.html Gerichtsverfassungsgesetz (German Judiciary Act) §12], [http://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/englisch_gvg/englisch_gvg.html#p0013 English translation]</ref> |
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The German Amtsgericht may be compared |
The German Amtsgericht may be compared with the [[Magistrates' court (England and Wales)|magistrates' courts]] in [[England and Wales]]. |
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The main areas of an Amtsgericht's [[jurisdiction]] are: |
The main areas of an Amtsgericht's [[jurisdiction]] are: |
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Revision as of 05:21, 24 July 2016
Amtsgericht is German for Local Court.[1] These courts form the lowest level of the so-called ordinary jurisdiction of the German judiciary (German Ordentliche Gerichtsbarkeit), which is responsible for most criminal and civil judicial matters.[2] The German Amtsgericht may be compared with the magistrates' courts in England and Wales.
The main areas of an Amtsgericht's jurisdiction are:
- court of first instance for civil case where the subject of litigation is worth 5,000 euros or less, and for litigation involving rental agreements, marriages, alimony and child custody.
- court of first instance for criminal cases where a fine or a prison term of no more than four years can be imposed.
- administration of several public register such as the companies', the associations', the cooperatives' and the land ownership register.
There are 640 Amtsgerichte in Germany,[3] whose jurisdictional area typically comprises a small number of towns or municipalities. The next higher level of ordinary jurisdiction is called Landgericht.
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