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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 342

A party wishing to challenge a judge or request that the case be referred on grounds of legitimate suspicion to another court of the same nature must, on pain of inadmissibility, do so as soon as he i…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Disputes raised before the judicial tribunal or the court of appeal.

Article 308

It is up to the judge to admit or reject the disputed deed in the light of the evidence available to him.If necessary the judge orders, on the forgery, all necessary investigative measures and is proc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary intervention.

Article 330

An intervention is ancillary when it supports the claims of a party.It is admissible if its author has an interest, for the preservation of his rights, in supporting that party.An intervener in an anc…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: General provisions

Article 346

The First President shall rule without debate within one month of the matter being referred to him, after obtaining the opinion of the Public Prosecutor. Where the application for recusal concerns the…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title IV: The judicial oath.

Article 319

The judgment ordering the oath sets the day, time and place where it will be received. It formulates the question submitted to the oath and indicates that false oath exposes its author to penal sancti…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title VIII: Plurality of parties.

Article 323

Where the claim is made by or against several co-plaintiffs, each of them shall exercise and bear as regards himself the rights and obligations of the parties to the proceedings.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Title IX: Intervention.

Article 327

Intervention at first instance or on appeal may be voluntary or compulsory. The only intervention admitted before the Cour de cassation is voluntary intervention made as an accessory matter.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Voluntary intervention.

Article 328

Voluntary intervention is principal or accessory.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Disputes raised before the judicial tribunal or the court of appeal.

Article 309

The judge shall rule on the basis of the pleas put forward by the parties or on any pleas he or she may raise of his or her own motion.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Main forgery registration.

Article 314

The principal claim for forgery is preceded by an inscription of forgery made as set out in Article 306. The copy of the registration deed is attached to the summons, which contains a summons for the…

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