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Zivilprozess

Substantiv

partial

civil procedure

noun

Comparative law notes

Switzerland

When "Zivilprozess" is referring to more the mechanics or process of the litigation, then "civil procedure" would be the better translation. Otherwise, "Zivilprozess" is typically refers to the litigated case itself.

Definitions of civil procedure

English

the steps taken and methods used in starting and carrying out a non-criminal legal procedure involving an individual or company against someone that they say injured them in some way

The Judicial Conference of the United States approved two major amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure last month.