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How much nitrogen does the Netherlands emit, where does it come from and why are these emissions a problem? CBS chief economist Peter Hein van Mulligen explains it all in this video.

Verdict by a judge who considers the charges by the public prosecutor proven and punishable and considers the suspect punishable.

Verdict by a judge to which there are no normal legal remedies open.

Ruling by the judge in a criminal case, which terminates the proceedings before the court concerned. See also: Settlement by judge.

In civil law: final decision, usually by awarding, partly awarding or rejecting the petition or claim. In criminal law: final verdict, i.e. verdict of guilty, acquittal, or another final verdict

Court verdict where the party involved in the proceedings did not show up or react.

Normal legal remedy used when a verdict (in absentia) is incontestable and does not allow for further appeal.

Motivated, legally binding verdict by a judge in a court case.

Court dealing with appeals of verdicts by lower courts in first instance. There are five courts of justice.

Verdict by a judge in civil law started with a petition, ending a case in the relevant instance.

Joining registered court cases by the public prosecutor so that the judge can pronounce judgement on several cases in one verdict.

Verdict by a judge in a civil law case started with a summons and ending with a final decision in the relevant instance.

Verdict by a judge who feels there is no proof that the suspect committed the crime he/she was charged with by the public prosecutor.

Administrative law judges in the Netherlands disposed of 5 percent more cases in 2011 than in 2010. In one in five cases the judge awarded in favour of the plaintiff. One in three cases were...

Key figures criminal law: subdistrict court cases, district court cases and settlements under the Mulder Act

Pronounced debt restructuring plans; quarterly figures by type of person type of ending, age group and province

Ended debt restructuring plans by type of ending, average duration, type of person and province

Financial compensations to former suspects and pardons. Compensations due to wrongful incarceration and costs of being a suspect.

Nearly 2,800 debt management plans were pronounced in the first quarter of 2008. This is around one third fewer than in the first quarter of 2007.

Last year, 14.9 thousand court orders for debt repayments were pronounced, approximately as many as in 2006. This put a stop to the annual increase.

Over the first six months of 2010, the number of bankruptcy declarations dropped by 6.7 percent relative to the same period in 2009. The number of private individuals and one-man businesses declared...

In 2012, Dutch civil courts dealt with nearly 1.1 million new cases, i.e. a decrease by 75 thousand relative to record year 2010. The number of summons cases declined notably.