!!!Einzelrichter Judge Sitting Alone: in district courts justice is administrated in all cases by judges sitting alone; in provincial courts the judge sits alone in lawsuits where the amount involved does not exceed a certain limit, as well as in divorce cases, in non-contentious cases of death declarations and in criminal actions for which summary proceedings are permissible or in preliminary investigations. In courts of justice of 2%%sup nd/% instance and in the Supreme Court of Judicature judges administrate justice in panels. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Einzelrichter|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]