Article 54
The initial application shall be made by writ of summons or by application delivered or addressed to the court registry. The application may be made jointly by the parties. On pain of nullity, the ini…
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The initial application shall be made by writ of summons or by application delivered or addressed to the court registry. The application may be made jointly by the parties. On pain of nullity, the ini…
If the judgment was rendered by default or if it is deemed to be contradictory, the judge has the option of relieving the defendant of the foreclosure resulting from the expiry of the time limit if th…
When an interested party has been unable, through no fault of his own, to lodge an appeal against a non-contentious decision within the prescribed time limit, he may be relieved of the time limit unde…
Partial judgments, judgments which rule in their operative part on part of the main proceedings and order an investigative measure or a provisional measure may be immediately appealed against in the s…
An appeal seeks, by criticism of the judgment given by a court of first instance, to have it set aside or reversed by the court of appeal.
The appeal may be raised incidentally by the respondent both against the appellant and against the other respondents.
Other judgments may be appealed independently of judgments on the merits only in cases specified by law.
A cross-appeal may also be lodged, on the main or cross-appeal which gives rise to it, by any person, even if not a respondent, who was a party at first instance.
The right of appeal belongs to any party who has an interest in it, if it has not been waived. In non-contentious matters, the right of appeal is also open to third parties who have been notified of t…
The right of appeal is available in all matters, including those of a non-contentious nature, against first instance judgments unless otherwise provided.
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