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Showing 8190 of 34819 articles for Art. 3 · CE 28 July 2011 n° 313279

French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 288

…y out the handwriting verification in the light of the elements available to him after having, if necessary, enjoined the parties to produce any documents to be compared with him and had samples of ha…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 287

…writing unless he can rule without taking it into account. If the contested writing relates only to certain heads of claim, a ruling may be given on the others. If the denial or refusal to recognise r…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: The audit incident.

Article 289

If he does not rule immediately, the judge shall retain the document to be verified and the comparison documents or order them to be deposited at the court registry.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection III: The expert's opinion.

Article 283

If the judge does not find sufficient clarification in the report, he may hear the expert, the parties present or called.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-title III: Disputes relating to literal evidence.

Article 286

An inscription of forgery against an authentic instrument falls within the jurisdiction of the court hearing the main action when it is brought incidentally before a judicial court or before a court o…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Paragraph 2: Civil servants and public service employees

Article 28

Officials and agents of administrations and public services to whom special laws assign certain judicial police powers exercise these powers under the conditions and within the limits set by these law…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 282

The list of session jurors as drawn up in accordance with the requirements of Article 266 shall be served on each accused not later than the day before the opening of the trial. This list must contain…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 2: Optional or exceptional acts

Article 284

…e of the additional information shall be filed at the registry and attached to the record of the proceedings. They shall be made available to the public prosecutor and the parties, who shall be notifi…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Revision of the jury list

Article 289

…e assize court, for the purpose of removal from the annual list. The same applies to the names of deceased jurors. The names of jurors who turn out to be spouses, parents or allies up to and including…

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French Code of Criminal ProcedureIn force
Section 1: Compulsory acts

Article 281

…been responsible during the investigation must be served under the same conditions.The writ of service must mention the surnames, first names, occupations and residence of these witnesses or experts.T…

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