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German
Etymology
Gericht + -wesen
Pronunciation
Noun
Gerichtswesen n (strong, genitive Gerichtswesens, no plural)
- (law) judiciary
- Synonyms: Justizwesen, Justiz
c. 1914, Franz Kafka, Der Prozess [The Trial], Berlin: Die Schmiede, published 1925:[…] denn er war nur aus Neugierde gekommen oder, was als Erklärung noch unmöglicher war, aus dem Verlangen, festzustellen, daß das Innere dieses Gerichtswesens ebenso widerlich war wie sein Äußeres.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
Declension of Gerichtswesen
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