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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: General provisions.

Article 216

…een permitted or directed to withdraw after giving evidence, witnesses shall remain at the disposal of the judge until the close of the enquiry or the hearing. They may, until that time, make addition…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section IX: Debates.

Article 23

The judge is not required to use an interpreter where he knows the language in which the parties are speaking.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Rules specific to non-contentious matters.

Article 25

The judge rules on non-contentious matters when, in the absence of litigation, he is seized of a claim which the law requires, by reason of the nature of the case or the status of the claimant, to be…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Jurisdiction.

Article 37

Where jurisdiction depends on the amount of the claim, the court hears all interventions and counterclaims and claims for compensation that are lower than the rate of its jurisdiction even though, tak…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter II: Territorial jurisdiction.

Article 45

In matters of succession, the following shall be brought before the court within whose jurisdiction the succession is opened up to and including partition: - claims between heirs; - claims brought by…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Subsection I: Judgment on jurisdiction

Article 77

In non-contentious matters, the court may note of its own motion that it does not have territorial jurisdiction. In contentious matters, he may do so only in disputes relating to the status of persons…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Paragraph 1: Appeal from a judgment ruling exclusively on jurisdiction

Article 89

…oke the case, the court invites the parties, if necessary by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt, to constitute a lawyer within a time limit that it shall set, if the rules applicable to…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Section II: Objections of lis pendens and connexity.

Article 103

The connexity plea may be raised in any event, unless it is set aside if it was raised belatedly with dilatory intent.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-5

The court is not obliged to refer a priority question of constitutionality involving, on the same grounds, a legislative provision already before the Cour de cassation or the Conseil constitutionnel.…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Referral by the court of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de cassation

Article 126-7

…he court registry shall notify the parties and the public prosecutor by any means and without delay of the decision ruling on the transfer of the priority question of constitutionality to the Cour de…

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