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| Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations | |
| TERMS | |
| Akademie fuer Deutsches Recht | Academy of German Law; organized as a corporation of public law to build up a new system of German law in all branches, supervised by Reich Ministry of Justice. |
| Amtsanwalt | Public Prosecutor at local court. |
| Amtsgericht | Local court.¹ |
| Amtsgerichtsdirektor | Presiding Judge of local court. |
| Amtsgerichtsrat | Judge of local court. |
| Arbeitshaus | Workhouse. |
| Armenrecht | Right granted by court to a litigant to file papers without payment of court fees, equivalent in United States to filing of papers in forma pauperis. |
| Assessor | Judge on probational appointment.² |
| Ausserordentlicher Einspruch | "Extraordinary Objection;" extraordinary remedy introduced by Act of 16 September 1939, enabling the Attorney general of Germany (Oberreichsanwalt) to secure the review of final criminal judgments. |
| Beisitzer | Associate judge. |
| Blitzvollstreckung | Expedited execution of a death sentence. |
| "Das Schwarze Korps" | "The Black Corps," official SS newspaper. |
| "Deutsche Justiz " | "German Justice," a legal publication; semi-official; mouthpiece of Reich Ministry of Justice. |
| Entmannung | Castration. |
| Entrechtung | Deprivation of civil rights. |
| Erbgesundheitsgericht | Hereditary Health Court. |
| Erbhofrecht | Hereditary Farm Law. |
| Ermaechtigungsgesetz | Enabling Act; law dated 24 March 1933, giving the Reich cabinet legislative power. |
| Erster Staatsanwalt | Public prosecutor at district court. |
| Gau | Regional division (usually of size of a province) of Nazi Party. |
| Gauleiter | Leader of a Gau. |
| Generalstaatsanwalt | Public prosecutor at district court of appeals; supervises all public prosecutors at subordinate courts within his jurisdiction. (Also translated as "attorney general," "general public prosecutor;" and "public prosecutor general.") |
¹ For detailed information on German court system see "A Brief Summary of the Court System," in section IV C 2.
² Term "Assessor" is also used in connection with probational appointments in the administrative career service and the teaching career in university-level institutions.
