Dropping Administrative and Civil Lawsuits According to Provisions of the Jordanian Legislation: A Comparative Study

Abstract

The current study addresses the issue of dropping administrative and civil cases, highlighting common points of the case dropping in the Administrative Judiciary Law and the Code of Civil Procedure. The specificity of these cases is identified according to the judicial rulings and the jurisprudential views. The most prominent administrative lawsuit cases are the absence of one or both of the parties of the lawsuit, the withdrawal of the administrative decision, or its cancellation by the administration during the consideration of the administrative lawsuit. Regarding civil lawsuits, the most prominent drop cases are the non-attendance of the plaintiff or the guardian to the trial session or the failure to follow up on the lawsuit, cases of agreement of the parties of the lawsuit drop, and many other related cases.