Winkelschreibereiverordnung

11:13 Nov 5, 2008

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German term or phrase: Winkelschreibereiverordnung

Austrian legal provision dated 8th June 1857
concerning *Winkelschreiber*. I have found come references to the latter in Google but no convincing translation into English ( *litigation friend* - sounds most odd.) -

John Wellesly Helliwell KudoZ activity Questions: 48 (none open) (4 without valid answers) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 255 Italy
Local time: 08:26

Summary of answers provided

4 +2

McKenzie Friend Order

Margaret Marks

ambulance chasing [directive]

gangels (X)

Summary of reference entries provided

A hint about the meaning

writeaway

Discussion entries: 3

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1 hr confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

McKenzie Friend Order

Explanation:
I doubt you will like this, and I think it's not going to be well known.

The term 'litigation friend' would not be correct - it was introduced in England in the Civil Procedure Rules (1999?) to replace 'next friend' and 'guardian ad litem', which were representatives, for example, of children or other people who could not represent themselves. Your term refers to someone who helps a person who is not a minor.

(I quote my own weblog...)http://transblawg.eu/index.php?/archives/82-Mackenzie-friend...

Margaret Marks
United Kingdom
Local time: 07:26
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English
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4 hrs confidence:

ambulance chasing [directive]

Explanation:
is called a practice (which by now has taken on the generic meaning of unprofessional conduct) in the US where lawyers try to recruit 'victims' for frivolous lawsuits, thus garnering legal fees (e.g., a small scratch or hangnail is blown up into a life-shattering event for which the victim deserves hefty compensation because he will be 'traumatized' for the rest of his life). But these unscrupulous lawyers are all admitted to the bar holding valid law degrees. In your case, they may be impostors masquerading as lawyers, but it's not really clear to me.

gangels (X)
Local time: 00:26
Native speaker of:

English,

German
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Reference comments

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Reference: A hint about the meaning

Reference information:
Despite all this he almost became a public
prosecutor. But the press revealed a story in which his
name cropped up again, this time in connection with
criminal proceedings and the suspicion of having given
legal advice without due authorisation
(Winkelschreiberei)
http://ius-info.ius-software.si/EUII/EUCHR/dokumenti/1995/04...

writeaway
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Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in category: 67

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