French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.
Article 204
Where the investigation is ordered, evidence to the contrary may be adduced by witnesses without further decision.
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Where the investigation is ordered, evidence to the contrary may be adduced by witnesses without further decision.
The judgment ordering or refusing to order a decisive oath may be appealed independently of the decision on the merits.
The decision ordering the hearing may take the form of a simple mention in the file or in the hearing register.
A final stay decision may be appealed by way of cassation, but only for breach of the rule of law.
The appeal may be raised incidentally by the respondent both against the appellant and against the other respondents.
Other judgments may be appealed independently of judgments on the merits only in cases specified by law.
The decision that the summons has lapsed may be rescinded, in the event of error, by the judge who issued it.
A judgment rendered by default may be opposed, except where this remedy is excluded by an express provision.
Except in these cases, he may act in defence of public order on the occasion of acts that undermine it.
The court before which the contested judgment is produced may, depending on the circumstances, disregard or stay it.
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