Gemeinsamer Senat der Obersten Gerichtshöfe

The Gemeinsamer Senat der Obersten Gerichtshöfe (Common Senate of the Supreme Courts of Justice) is a supreme court of justice in Germany which gathers in case one of the supreme courts of justice disagrees with the decision another supreme court of justice has made. The court gathers very rarely (the most recent decision being from 2000) as the areas of responsibility of the branches of justice in Germany are in general well-defined, so its rulings are mostly on definitory matters. Its meetings are organised by the Bundesgerichtshof in Karlsruhe.