title: Adhesion procedure
text: # Adhesion procedure
  
  Adhesion procedure, adhesive procedure or ancillary proceedings is a procedure through which a court of law can rule on compensation for the victim of a criminal offense. Rather than pursuing damages in a separate civil action, the victim files a civil claim against the offender as a part of a criminal trial.
  
  This system exists in some civil law jurisdictions, including Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium and Slovakia.
  
  ## Sources
  
  * matarka.hu
  