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Showing 201–210 of 9305 articles for “Art. 8 Dec 1999”
Where the court is a court of appeal in relation to the court which it considers to have jurisdiction, it may raise the merits of the case if it considers that it would be in the interests of justice…
If the judge declares that he has jurisdiction, without ruling on the merits, the proceedings shall be suspended until the expiry of the time limit for lodging an appeal and, in the event of an appeal…
…t, he shall simply refer the parties to take further proceedings. In all other cases, the judge who declares that he has no jurisdiction shall designate the court that he considers to have jurisdictio…
…edure with compulsory representation. In the event of an appeal, the appellant must, on pain of the declaration of appeal lapsing, refer the matter to the first president within the time limit for app…
The judge may invite the parties to provide such explanations of fact as he considers necessary for the resolution of the dispute.
…ated court, the case file shall be sent to it by the registry, together with a copy of the referral decision, in the absence of an appeal within the time limit.On receipt of the case file, the parties…
The clerk of the court immediately notifies the parties of the judgment by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.This judgment is not subject to opposition.The time limit for appealing to…
When it decides to evoke the case, the court invites the parties, if necessary by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to constitute a lawyer within a time limit that it shall set, if th…
Every Frenchman shall enjoy civil rights.
…ertificate will be drawn up. The registrar will send a copy to the registrar of the domicile of the deceased person, if known: this copy will be entered in the registers.
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