how legal actions can end * The article is published also in German language: Amend-Traut, Anja 2015 pp. 233-260. 1 Hauptstaatsarchiv Stuttgart (hereinafter “HStA”), C3, fascicle no. 3635, letter of 11 February 1752, without quadrangle (hereinafter [Q]). 76 , andreas rübmann, [...] hereby declare: [...] that I fully withdraw the action brought before said Imperial Chamber Court […]. [...] I do not only declare this publicly, but hereby “I confirm that I withdraw in all and steady form [...] this complaint submitted to this highest Imperial Court, […] but rather entirely waive that [right] and fully content myself with the grace received.”(IchAndreas Rübmann, … bekenne hirmit: …. mich bey hochbesagtem hochgerichtl. kayl. und Reichß Cammer-gericht … erhobene Klage gäntzlich zu begeben. … Als wird dann dieses von mir nicht nur offentlich bezeuget, sondern ich verzeyhe und begebemich auch in bester und zu zeiht beständigster form hiermit…dießer, …bey diesem höchsten Reichs Gericht erhobenen Klage…vielmehr mich dessen gäntzlich verzeyhen, und mit der erhaltenen gnade vollkommen mich befriedigen wolle.)1 This declaration, which was taken to the files in connection with the conclusion of an Imperial Chamber Court action without dispute decision shall accompany the following statements, as it symbolises the subject matter here researched. Today, as in the past, the parties involved in legal proceedings naturally require the court to comply with their wish to prematurely end the proceedings they themselves initiated, notably without deciding on the asserted claim or right itself. The claimant, for example, may realise the hopelessness of his claim, because the defendant is without means. Alternatively, the claimant has already reached his goal because the defendant has settled the claim. It is also conceivable that the defendant asks for discontinuance of legal pursuit, wishing to settle voluntarily the claim, or that the parties – in parallel to the legal action – reach an agreement out of court. Introduction
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