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Showing 361–370 of 14711 articles for “Art. 6 oct. 2016”
The document by which an incidental claim is made shall be equivalent to a pleading; it shall be denounced to the other parties.
A counterclaim is one by which the original defendant claims to obtain a benefit other than the mere dismissal of his opponent's claim.
If the judge declares the appeal admissible, he shall rule on the merits of the dispute in the same judgment, unless there are grounds for further investigation.
Where the judgment may be rectified by virtue of Article 463, an appeal in cassation is only available, in the case provided for by this article, against the judgment ruling on the rectification.
The Cour de cassation may dismiss the appeal by substituting a ground of pure law for an erroneous ground; it may also do so by disregarding an erroneous but superabundant ground of law. It may, unles…
The scope of the cassation is determined by the operative part of the judgment that pronounces it. It also extends to all the provisions of the judgment quashed that have a link of indivisibility or n…
Without prejudice to the application of the provisions of Article 700, the Cour de cassation may award all or part of the costs against a party other than the unsuccessful party.
Service must be effected personally. Service on a legal person is effected personally when the document is delivered to its legal representative, to an authorised representative of the latter or to an…
If the document is intended for a person who resides in French Polynesia, the Wallis and Futuna Islands, New Caledonia and the French Southern and Antarctic Territories, and unless it has been possibl…
Subject to Article 647-1, the date of service by post is, as regards the person making the service, the date of dispatch and, as regards the person to whom the service is made, the date of receipt of…
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