!!!Bezirksgericht

Bezirksgericht (District Courts), law courts of first instance which 
settle civil and criminal cases by judges sitting singly. District 
courts are responsible for the following civil cases: property cases 
where the amount in dispute does not exceed 100,000 ATS, paternity 
suits, alimony suits, trespass to chattel or land, rent and lease 
cases, boundary disputes etc.; most aspects of out-of-court 
proceedings (probate proceedings, guardianship, land registration, 
etc.) and criminal cases regarding offences punishable by a fine or a 
prison sentence of up to one year.

!Literature
W. H. Rechberger and D.-A. Simotta, 
Zivilprozessrecht, %%sup 3/%1986.


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