Revisionsinstanz
court of revision; highest appeal court reviewing only points of law
noun re-vee-ZYONS-in-stants Rare
Usage Note
Revisionsinstanz reviews only questions of law, not fact. In German criminal proceedings the Bundesgerichtshof acts as the Revisionsinstanz, correcting legal errors by lower courts.
Examples
"Als Revisionsinstanz prüfte der Bundesgerichtshof nur die Rechtsfragen."
Natural Translation
As court of revision the Federal Court of Justice examined only the legal questions.
Literal Translation
As revision-court examined the Federal-Court-of-Justice only the legal-questions.
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