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Showing 171–180 of 56939 articles for “Art. I-al. 3”
Where claims are made, in the same proceedings and under a common instrument, by several plaintiffs or against several defendants, jurisdiction and the rate of jurisdiction shall be determined in resp…
Where an incidental claim exceeds the rate of its jurisdiction, the judge, if a party raises lack of jurisdiction, may either rule only on the original claim or refer the parties to litigate the whole…
Where jurisdiction depends on the amount of the claim, the court hears all interventions and counterclaims and claims for compensation that are lower than the rate of its jurisdiction even though, tak…
Where the abstention of several judges prevents the court seised from ruling, it shall proceed as in the case of referral on grounds of legitimate suspicion.
A judge who assumes in his person a ground for disqualification or considers in good conscience that he should abstain shall be replaced by another judge designated by the president of the court to wh…
I.-Without prejudice to the provisions of article L. 821-12-5 of this code and in I of article L. 631-1 of the Monetary and Financial Code, the staff of the High Council, as well as all natural or leg…
The judge ensures that the proceedings run smoothly; he has the power to set time limits and order the necessary measures.
The application for recusal or dismissal on grounds of legitimate suspicion shall be made to the first president of the court of appeal. It shall be made by a deed delivered to the registry of the cou…
An intervention is principal when it raises a claim for the benefit of the person making it.It is admissible only if its author has the right to act in relation to that claim.
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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