Day 40+From claim to judgment
The legal track
Payment order, writ of summons, small claim and judgment. Which route a claim takes depends on the size of the amount — and on whether the debtor objects.
The process
The whole dictionaryWhere in the process
6 steps from the invoice to the bailiff’s court. The highlighted one is where you are.
The concepts
15 conceptsThe concepts in this theme
Each entry is one page: the definition, the rate and the rule behind it.
- Appeal (anke)An appeal is the review of a judgment by the next instance — and it has to be brought within four weeks, or the judgment stands.4 weeksdeadline
- Court settlement (retsforlig)A court settlement is an agreement between the parties entered into before the court — and it has the same effect as a judgment.Same as a judgmenteffect
- Digital service (digital forkyndelse)Digital service is service through Digital Post — today the main rule, and it is effected once the message has been made available to the recipient.Digital Posteffected via
- Enforceable instrument (eksekutionsgrundlag)An enforceable instrument is the document that gives you the right to go to the bailiff's court — without one, a claim cannot be enforced.Retsplejelovens § 478statutory basis
- Final and binding effect (retskraft)Retskraft is what a judgment acquires once the appeal deadline has passed without an appeal — the case is settled, and the same claim cannot be litigated again.Once the appeal deadline passesarises
- Interlocutory appeal (kære)A kære is the review of an order or a decision taken during the case — not of the judgment itself, which is appealed.2 weeksdeadline
- Judgment (dom)A judgment is the court's decision in the case — and an enforceable instrument that can be enforced in the bailiff's court.Enforceable instrumentconstitutes an
- Judgment in default (udeblivelsesdom)A judgment in default is given when the debtor does not respond to the writ of summons — the claim is then upheld without any substantive hearing.Valid service of processrequires
- Main hearing (hovedforhandling)The main hearing is the court session where the case is argued — evidence is presented, the parties make their submissions, and the court gets what it needs to rule.The case's court sessionis
- Payment order (betalingspåkrav)A payment order is a simplified judicial collection procedure for undisputed claims of no more than 100.000 kr., giving you an enforceable instrument without a full court case.100.000 kr.monetary limit
- Service of process (forkyndelse)Service of process is the formal delivery of a court document to the debtor — the proof that they have received it.Digital Post, letter post or a process servertakes place via
- Small claims procedure (småsagsproces)The small claims procedure is a simplified form of civil proceedings for claims below the threshold, in which the court assists in preparing the case.50.000 kr.threshold
- The courts' case portal (domstolenes sagsportal)The courts' case portal is the system in which civil cases are filed and run — the written exchange, the exhibits and the deadlines all sit there.Civil casesused for
- Venue (værneting)The venue is the court where a case must be heard — as a general rule, where the debtor lives or has its place of business.The debtor's home forumgeneral rule
- Writ of summons (stævning)A writ of summons is the document that opens court proceedings — it sets out the claim and states the grounds for it to the court and to the debtor.The claim is disputedused when
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Where the case goes next
The steps around this one — and the themes that apply wherever the case stands.