Article 471
A defendant who does not appear may, on the initiative of the plaintiff or on a decision taken ex officio by the judge, be invited to appear again if the summons was not delivered in person. Subject t…
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A defendant who does not appear may, on the initiative of the plaintiff or on a decision taken ex officio by the judge, be invited to appear again if the summons was not delivered in person. Subject t…
If the defendant does not appear, the case is nevertheless decided on the merits. The judge shall grant the claim only to the extent that he considers it to be regular, admissible and well founded.
A judgment rendered by default may be opposed, except where this remedy is excluded by an express provision.
The application shall be made by summons to a hearing held for that purpose on the usual day and time for summary proceedings.If, however, the case requires expedition, the summary proceedings judge m…
Withdrawal of the opposition made without reservation entails acquiescence in the judgment.
Where there has been communication, the public prosecutor is notified of the date of the hearing.
The chairman presides over the proceedings. He gives the floor to the rapporteur in the event that a report is to be made.The plaintiff, then the defendant, are then invited to set out their claims.Wh…
The judges' deliberations are secret.
…indication of their date. The judgment must state the reasons on which it is based. It sets out the decision in the form of an operative part.
When the defendant does not appear, the judgment is rendered by default if the decision is final and if the summons was not delivered in person.The judgment is deemed to be contradictory when the deci…
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