French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter III: Personal appearance of the parties.
Article 191
The parties answer the questions put to them in person without being able to read any drafts.
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The parties answer the questions put to them in person without being able to read any drafts.
…t is incumbent on the party requesting an enquiry to state the surnames, first names and residences of the persons whose evidence it seeks. The same burden is incumbent on the opposing parties request…
No party may be tried without having been heard or called.
It is part of the judge's mission to reconcile the parties.
The judge may base his decision on all the facts relating to the case before him, including those that may not have been alleged.
Incidents of proceedings are decided by the court before which the proceedings they affect are being conducted.
The initial application is the one by which a litigant takes the initiative in a lawsuit by submitting his or her claims to the judge. It introduces the proceedings.
The summons is the bailiff's act by which the plaintiff summons his opponent to appear before the judge.
…aim is one by which the original defendant claims to obtain a benefit other than the mere dismissal of his opponent's claim.
…al claims by a sufficient link. However, a claim for compensation is admissible even in the absence of such a link, unless the judge disjoins it if it risks excessively delaying judgment on the whole.
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