Dutch name lived, by the suffix -ma or -stra ( of Frisian), or -ing or -ink (of Low Saxon origin). Examples: Dijkstra (after a dyke near the place they came from); Halbertsma ( after an ancestor called Halbert); Wiebing ( after an ancestor called Wiebe); Hesselink ( after an ancestor called Hessel). After 1811, many patronymics became permanent surnames such that Peeters, Jansen, Willems are common surnames today. The most common Dutch surnames in the Netherlands (as of 1947) and Flanders in Belgium are listed to the right. Meertens' Dutch surname database lists 94143 different family names; the total Dutch speaking population
Judiciary of Belgium and Court of First Instance where it is unclear which court is competent for the respective case. Legal help can be obtained from a House of Justice ("Justitiehuis / Maison de justice"), of which there is one in each judicial arrondissement and 2 in the arrondissement of Brussels (a Dutch- and French-speaking one). The Constitutional Court ("Grondwettelijk Hof / Cour constitutionelle") is a special court mainly for conflicts between the federal level and regional level and was created as part of the federalisation of the country. The government of Belgium also has a lot of administrative courts, of which the