!!!Rechtshilfe Judicial Assistance (letters rogatory), the practice of a (district) court other than the one having jurisdiction performing official acts on grounds of expediency at the request (letters rogatory) of the court of jurisdiction. Under international agreements Austrian courts also give such assistance at the request of foreign courts. In the absence of such an agreement regarding criminal cases the provisions of the extradition rules and the Judicial Assistance Act apply. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Rechtshilfe|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]