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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 978

…eview must, at the latest within four months from the date of the appeal, submit to the clerk's office of the Court of Cassation a brief containing the pleas in law relied on against the contested dec…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 986

…ate on which it is lodged and shall deliver, or send by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, a receipt of the declaration, which shall reproduce the content of Articles 989 and 994.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Fixed-date proceedings.

Article 917

…ity. He shall designate the chamber to which the case shall be distributed.The provisions of the preceding paragraph may also be implemented by the first president of the court of appeal or by the Con…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Fixed-date proceedings.

Article 920

…ute a lawyer before the date of the hearing, he will be deemed to stick to his pleas at first instance. The summons shall inform the respondent that he may inspect at the court registry the copy of th…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection II: Fixed-date proceedings.

Article 925

If necessary, the President of the Chamber may refer the case to the Conseiller de la mise en état.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Non-contentious proceedings.

Article 950

…he registry of the court which handed down the decision, by a lawyer or a public or ministerial officer in cases where the latter is authorised to do so by the provisions in force.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 994

In addition to the original, there shall be produced by the plaintiff as many copies of his pleading as there are defendants and by the defendant as many copies of the reply pleading as there are plai…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 995

If the appeal has been lodged in accordance with the rules of procedure with compulsory representation, it is nonetheless admissible regardless of the procedure subsequently followed. The defendant is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Proceedings with compulsory representation.

Article 915

…r de la mise en état, when the matter is referred to him, has sole jurisdiction to suspend the enforcement of judgments improperly qualified as final judgments and to exercise the powers conferred on…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Proceedings without mandatory representation.

Article 939

When the case is not ready to be heard, one of the members of the chamber may be appointed to hear it. This member may be appointed before the hearing scheduled for the debates. The magistrate respons…

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