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Showing 24512460 of 54524 articles for Art. TEPA Act of 21 August 2007

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IV: Acquiescence.

Article 408

Acquiescence to the claim entails recognition of the merits of the opponent's claims and waiver of the action.It is admitted only for rights of which the party has free disposal.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: General provisions

Article 443

The public prosecutor, as an added party, has the last word. If it considers that it cannot speak immediately, it may request that its hearing be postponed to a future hearing.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The judgment.

Article 451

Litigation decisions are handed down in a public hearing and non-contentious decisions are handed down without the public being present, all subject to the provisions specific to certain matters. Avai…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection 1: Common provisions

Article 480

A judgment which determines in its operative part all or part of the principal issue, or a judgment which rules on a procedural objection, a plea in bar or any other incident, shall, as soon as it is…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: The Grace Period.

Article 510

Subject to the following paragraphs, the period of grace may only be granted by the decision whose enforcement it is intended to defer.In urgent cases, the same power lies with the interim relief judg…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Automatic provisional enforcement

Article 514-2

Without prejudice to the provisions of Article 514-3, provisional enforcement by operation of law may only be set aside by the decision in question.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Common provisions

Article 524

…on as the matter has been referred to him, the Conseiller de la Mise en Condition may, in the event of an appeal, decide, at the request of the respondent and after hearing the submissions of the part…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title I: Common provisions.

Article 535

The party to whom an appeal is served shall, for the purpose of such service, be deemed to reside at the address indicated by him in the notification of the judgment.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Special provisions

Article 350

Any application for recusal against the first president of the court of appeal and any application for dismissal on grounds of legitimate suspicion against the court of appeal as a whole must be the s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Joining and severing proceedings.

Article 368

Decisions to join or separate proceedings are measures of judicial administration.

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