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Showing 3211–3220 of 56936 articles for “Art. I-3°”
The request for validation of the agreement mentioned in the eighth paragraph of Article 41-1-2 shall be dated and signed by the public prosecutor. The request referred to in the first paragraph is no…
Any child whose paternal filiation is not legally established may claim subsidies from the person who had relations with his mother during the legal period of conception.The action may be brought thro…
If a private document is alleged to be false as a principal claim, the summons shall state the grounds of falsity and summon the defendant to declare whether or not he intends to make use of the docum…
If the defendant declares that he does not wish to use the writing alleged to be forged, the judge shall acknowledge this fact to the plaintiff.
If the defendant does not appear or declares that he wishes to use the disputed writing, the procedure shall be as set out in Articles 287 to 295.
The action is the right, for the author of a claim, to be heard on the merits of that claim so that the judge can say it is well-founded or ill-founded. For the opponent, the action is the right to di…
The action is open to all those who have a legitimate interest in the success or rejection of a claim, subject to cases in which the law attributes the right to act only to persons whom it qualifies t…
Any claim made by or against a person without the right to act is inadmissible.
Intervention is admissible only if it is connected to the parties' claims by a sufficient link.
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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