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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 589

The court before which the contested judgment is produced may, depending on the circumstances, disregard or stay it.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 594

Revision may be requested only by persons who were parties or represented in the judgment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 583

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…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 586

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…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Revision proceedings.

Article 596

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.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 571

The opposition seeks to have a default judgment set aside.It is only open to the defaulting party.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 591

…osition is res judicata in respect of all the parties called to the proceedings pursuant to article 584.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 592

A judgment given on third-party proceedings is subject to the same appeals as the decisions of the court from which it emanates.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 590

The judge hearing the third party opposition as principal or incidental may suspend enforcement of the contested judgment.

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French Civil CodeIn force
Preliminary Title: Publication, effects and application of laws in general

Article 5

Judges are forbidden to rule by way of general and regulatory provision on the cases submitted to them.

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