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Showing 10211030 of 2048 articles for Art. 1327 · C. civ. Art. 1424 · CPC Art. 12

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Effects of the appeal in cassation.

Article 631

Before the referring court, the investigation is resumed in the state of the proceedings not affected by the cassation.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 642

Any time limit shall expire at twenty-four hours on the last day.A time limit which would normally expire on a Saturday, Sunday or public or bank holiday shall be extended until the next working day..

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Calculation of time limits.

Article 647

Where a document intended for a party domiciled in a place where he would benefit from an extension of time is served on his person in a place where those who reside there would not benefit from it, s…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 656

If no one is able or willing to receive the copy of the document and if it is clear from the checks made by the bailiff, which will be mentioned in the document of service, that the addressee does ind…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section I: Service.

Article 657

Where the document is not delivered personally, the bailiff shall state on the copy the conditions under which delivery was made. The copy of the document served must be placed in a sealed envelope be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 670-1

If a letter of notification is returned to the court registry and the notice of receipt has not been signed under the conditions provided for in Article 670, the court registrar shall invite the party…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Service of documents in ordinary form.

Article 670-2

If the document is intended for a person residing in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, and unless notification could be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section III: Notifications between lawyers.

Article 673

Direct service is effected by delivering the document in duplicate to the receiving lawyer, who immediately returns one of the copies to his colleague after dating and stamping it.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Opposition.

Article 571

The opposition seeks to have a default judgment set aside.It is only open to the defaulting party.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Third-party proceedings.

Article 591

The decision that upholds the third party opposition only retracts or amends the contested judgment in respect of the points that are prejudicial to the third party opponent. The original judgment ret…

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