Senat#
Senate (G: Senat) 1) panel of judges (e.g. "Schoeffensenat", (panel of lay judges), "Berufungssenat" (appeal panel)); 2) Academic Senate: self-governing body at universities; including the rector, pre-rector and pro-rector, deans, representatives of academic and non-academic staff and students; 3) designation of special committees of administrative authorities (e.g. "agricultural senate" (Agrar-Senat) "disciplinary senate" (Disziplinar-Senat)); 4) Stadtsenat.