The Dutch Code of Civil Procedure () comprises four books covering topics relating to court
civil procedure
Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and regulations along with some standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). These rules govern how a lawsuit or ca ...
.
The four books cover:
* The procedures of the district courts (''Rechtbank''), the superior courts (''Gerechthof''), and the Dutch High Court (''
Hoge Raad der Nederlanden
The Supreme Court of the Netherlands ( or simply ''Hoge Raad''), officially the High Council of the Netherlands, is the final court of appeal in civil, criminal and tax cases in the Netherlands, including Curaçao, Sint Maarten and Aruba. Th ...
'')
* Enforcement of
judgments
Judgement (or judgment) is the evaluation of given circumstances to Decision-making, make a decision. Judgement is also the ability to make considered decisions.
In an informal context, a judgement is opinion expressed as fact. In the context o ...
,
orders, and legislation
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Case law
Case law, also used interchangeably with common law, is a law that is based on precedents, that is the judicial decisions from previous cases, rather than law based on constitutions, statutes, or regulations. Case law uses the detailed facts of ...
*
Arbitration
Arbitration is a formal method of dispute resolution involving a third party neutral who makes a binding decision. The third party neutral (the 'arbitrator', 'arbiter' or 'arbitral tribunal') renders the decision in the form of an 'arbitrati ...
See also
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Dutch Civil Code
External links
Code of Civil Procedure(applicable in case of digital litigation)
Code of Civil Procedure(applicable in case of non-digital litigation)
Codes of civil procedure
Law of the Netherlands
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