Verfügung · ruling
A ruling is the act that decides an individual case under federal public law. Calling a letter a ruling is never neutral: it is what opens the legal remedies and starts the time limit for an appeal. Fedlex says ruling, not order or decree; a decision of a court is a decision or a judgment.
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- German
- Verfügung
- French
- décision
- Italian
- decisione
- English
- ruling
Definition
Rulings are decisions of the authorities in individual cases that are based on federal public law. Their subject matter is the establishment, amendment or withdrawal of rights or obligations, a finding of the existence or extent of rights or obligations, or the rejection or dismissal of applications. A written ruling must state the grounds on which it is based and contain instructions on legal remedies.
Swiss federal acts are published in German, French and Italian, and all three versions are equally authoritative. The English term shown here comes from the Federal Administration's English translation, published on Fedlex for information only. Where there is no translation, it follows common usage.
Full glossaryThe term in an official text
powered by Neur.onAls Verfügungen gelten Anordnungen der Behörden im Einzelfall, die sich auf öffentliches Recht des Bundes stützen und zum Gegenstand haben: a. Begründung, Änderung oder Aufhebung von Rechten oder Pflichten; b. Feststellung des Bestehens, Nichtbestehens oder Umfanges von Rechten oder Pflichten; c. Abweisung von Begehren auf Begründung, Änderung, Aufhebung oder Feststellung von Rechten oder Pflichten oder Nichteintreten auf solche Begehren.
Rulings are decisions of the authorities in individual cases that are based on the public law of the Confederation and have as their subject matter the following: a. the establishment, amendment or withdrawal of rights or obligations; b. a finding of the existence, non-existence or extent of rights or obligations; c. the rejection of applications for the establishment, amendment, withdrawal or finding of rights or obligations, or the dismissal of such applications without entering into the substance of the case.
Source: Fedlex, Administrative Procedure Act. In Corrext, this segment and the ones around it appear in Fast lookup CHnell, each with its reference.