The Dutch Code of Civil Procedure ( nl, Wetboek van Burgerlijke Rechtsvordering) comprises four books covering topics relating to court
civil procedure
Civil procedure is the body of law that sets out the rules and standards that courts follow when adjudicating civil lawsuits (as opposed to procedures in criminal law matters). These rules govern how a lawsuit or case may be commenced; what ki ...
.
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 ( nl, Hoge Raad der Nederlanden 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 ...
'')
* Enforcement of
judgments
Judgement (or US spelling judgment) is also known as ''adjudication'', which means the evaluation of evidence to make a decision. Judgement is also the ability to make considered decisions. The term has at least five distinct uses. Aristotle s ...
,
orders
Order, ORDER or Orders may refer to:
* Categorization, the process in which ideas and objects are recognized, differentiated, and understood
* Heterarchy, a system of organization wherein the elements have the potential to be ranked a number of d ...
, and legislation
*
Case law
Case law, also used interchangeably with common law, is 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 a l ...
*
Arbitration
Arbitration is a form of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) that resolves disputes outside the judiciary courts. The dispute will be decided by one or more persons (the 'arbitrators', 'arbiters' or 'arbitral tribunal'), which renders the ' ...
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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