Article 589
The court before which the contested judgment is produced may, depending on the circumstances, disregard or stay it.
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The court before which the contested judgment is produced may, depending on the circumstances, disregard or stay it.
Revision may be requested only by persons who were parties or represented in the judgment.
Any person who has an interest therein is admissible to lodge third-party proceedings, provided that he was neither a party nor represented in the judgment which he is contesting. The creditors and ot…
Third-party proceedings are open on a principal basis for thirty years from the date of the judgment unless the law provides otherwise.The third-party proceedings may be brought without any time limit…
The time limit for an application for review is two months. It runs from the day on which the party became aware of the ground for review that it is invoking.
The opposition seeks to have a default judgment set aside.It is only open to the defaulting party.
…osition is res judicata in respect of all the parties called to the proceedings pursuant to article 584.
A judgment given on third-party proceedings is subject to the same appeals as the decisions of the court from which it emanates.
The judge hearing the third party opposition as principal or incidental may suspend enforcement of the contested judgment.
Judges are forbidden to rule by way of general and regulatory provision on the cases submitted to them.
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