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| Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations (Contd.) | |
| Hauptverhandlung | Trial. |
| Heimtueckegesetz | Law on Insidious Acts (also translated as "Law against Malicious Acts"). |
| Justiz | Administration of justice; judiciary; term usually denotes the judicial system including Ministry of Justice, the courts, and members of the judiciary. |
| Kammergericht | District court of appeals in Berlin. |
| Kanzelmissbrauch | Misuse of pulpit; term denotes imprudent discussion of state affairs by clergymen. |
| Kreisleiter | Leader of a district of the Nazi Party. |
| Kriegstaeter | Perpetrator of a crime during wartime. |
| Land (Laender) | State (s). |
| Landgericht | District court. |
| Landgerichtsdirektor | Presiding judge of a division of a district court. |
| Landgerichtspraesident | Presiding judge of a district court. |
| Landgerichtsrat | Judge of district court. |
| Landrat (Landraete) | Highest administrative official (s) of a county. |
| Lynchjustiz | Lynch justice: lynch law; act or practice by private persons of inflicting punishment for crimes or offenses, without due process of law. |
| Ministerialblatt | Ministerial Gazette; official publication of a Ministry containing administrative ordinances, regulations, etc. |
| Mischling | Person of mixed race. |
| Mitarbeiter | Co-worker immediately subordinated to a Referent |
| Nationalsozialistischer Rechtswahrerbund* |
National Socialist Legal Workers' Association; (also translated National Socialist Jurists' League, and National Socialist Lawyers' League) organization included members of all professions and work groups connected with legal work; it con tained eight divisions (Fachgruppen): (1) Richter and Staatsanwaelte (Judges and Public Prosecutors); (2) Rechtsan waelte (lawyer); (3) Notare (notaries public) ; (4) Rechtspfleger (court regis trars with authority of issuing court orders); (5) Hochschullehrer, jur. (pro fessors of law) ; (6) Rechtswahrer der Verwaltung (counsels in administrative agencies); (7) Wirtschaftsrechtswahrer (auditors, political economists, etc.) ; (8) Jorge Rechtswahrer (junior legal workers). |
| Nichtigkeitsbeschwerde | Nullity plea. |
* Literal translation of "Rechtswahrer" is "one who guards the observation of law."
