French Civil CodeIn force
Section 2: Consequences of legal separation
Article 299
Legal separation does not dissolve the marriage but puts an end to the duty to cohabit.
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Legal separation does not dissolve the marriage but puts an end to the duty to cohabit.
A spouse against whom an application for divorce is made may make a counterclaim for legal separation. However, where the main application for divorce is based on the permanent alteration of the marri…
Sworn private security guards report all offences and contraventions affecting the properties in their care by means of official reports.Official reports are delivered or sent by registered post direc…
When the Assize Court rules at first instance, the accused may not challenge more than four jurors and the public prosecutor may not challenge more than three. On appeal, the accused may not challenge…
On the day specified for each case, the court sits and has the accused introduced. The trial jury is formed in open court. The presence of the accused's lawyer is not prescribed on pain of nullity.
Any judgment modifying the composition of the session list drawn up in accordance with Article 266 shall be brought to the attention of the accused by the court clerk, without formality. The accused o…
The chairman asks the accused for his surname, first names, date and place of birth, occupation and residence.
The clerk calls the roll of the unexcused jurors. A card bearing their name is placed in a ballot box.
…see fit, as their names come out of the ballot box, except for the limitation expressed in article 298. The accused, his lawyer or the public prosecutor may not state their grounds for challenge. The…
If there are several defendants, they may agree to exercise their challenges; they may exercise them separately. In either case, they may not exceed the number of challenges determined for a single ac…
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