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Showing 341–350 of 14564 articles for “Art. 6 déc. 2004”
Service must be effected personally. Service on a legal person is effected personally when the document is delivered to its legal representative, to an authorised representative of the latter or to an…
If the document is intended for a person who resides in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, and unless it has been possibl…
Subject to Article 647-1, the date of service by post is, as regards the person making the service, the date of dispatch and, as regards the person to whom the service is made, the date of receipt of…
The appeal in cassation seeks to have the Court of Cassation censure the non-conformity of the judgment it attacks with the rules of law.
Final judgments which rule on part of the main proceedings and order an investigative measure or a provisional measure may be appealed to the Court of Cassation in the same way as final judgments ruli…
Contradiction of judgments may also, notwithstanding the provisions of article 605, be invoked when two decisions, even if not rendered at last instance, are irreconcilable and neither of them is subj…
The Cour de cassation may quash without referring the case in the cases and under the conditions provided for by
A plaintiff in cassation who is unsuccessful in his appeal or whose appeal is not admitted may, in the event of an appeal deemed to be abusive, be ordered to pay a civil fine of not more than 10,000 e…
Where an act or formality must be completed before the expiry of a time limit, the time limit originates from the date of the act, event, decision or notification that causes it to run.
…e limits for appearance, appeal, third-party opposition in the hypothesis provided for in Article 586 alinéa 3, and for appeals for review are increased by one month for persons who do not reside in t…
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