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The reconciliation of the spouses that has taken place since the alleged events prevents them from being invoked as grounds for divorce. The judge will then declare the application inadmissible. A new…
Divorce may be sought by either spouse where acts constituting a serious or repeated breach of the duties and obligations of marriage are attributable to his or her spouse and make it intolerable to c…
If an application for definitive alteration of the marriage bond and an application for fault are made concurrently, the judge shall examine the application for fault first.
The faults of the spouse who initiated the divorce do not prevent his or her application from being examined; they may, however, remove from the facts of which he or she accuses his or her spouse the…
The assize court is, at the hearing, assisted by a court clerk. In Paris and in the departments where a court of appeal sits, the duties of the registry are performed by a director of judicial registr…
The assize court comprises: the court itself and the jury.
The functions of the public prosecutor shall be exercised there under the conditions defined in articles 34 and 39.However, the public prosecutor may delegate any magistrate of the public prosecutor's…
The advertisement guarantees, on the same rank as the capital, two years of interest in addition to the current year.
The conditions under which the mortgage is made public and retained are set by decree.
If the mortgage title is to order, its negotiation by way of endorsement entails the transfer of the mortgage right.
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