French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Lapse of the summons.
Article 406
The summons shall lapse in the cases and conditions determined by law.
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The summons shall lapse in the cases and conditions determined by law.
The Public Prosecutor acts ex officio in the cases specified by law.
Except in these cases, he may act in defence of public order on the occasion of acts that undermine it.
The decision is made by majority vote.
In non-contentious matters, a copy of the application is appended to the copy of the judgment.
…judge shall rule by contradictory judgment in the light of the elements available to him. The defendant may, however, ask the judge to declare the summons null and void.
An ordonnance sur requête is a provisional decision rendered in a non-adversarial manner in cases where the applicant is justified in not calling an opposing party.
The mission of legal assistance entails the power and duty to advise the party and present its defence without obliging it.
The chairman may order the reopening of the proceedings. He must do so whenever the parties have not been able to explain to each other the legal or factual clarifications which had been requested of…
…rendered in the name of the French people. It contains the indication:-of the court from which it emanates;-of the names of the judges who deliberated on it;-of its date;-of the name of the representa…
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