Note 231 — V. EVIDENCE CONCERNING PRINCIPAL ISSUES IN THE CASE (continued 3)

In German legal terminology a judgment or an interlocutory ruling is described as “rechtskraeftig” if all regular means of opposing or altering it (by such means as objection and appeal) have been exhausted, or if the period of time within which objection or appeal can be taken has lapsed. The term “rechtskraeftig” in this trial, Justice Case, was usually translated as “final.”