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Showing 921–930 of 68221 articles for “Art. I-3° and Art. 156 bis”
It must, on pain of inadmissibility, be requested or opposed before any other plea; it is a matter of right.The judge may establish it of his own motion after inviting the parties to present their obs…
A stay of proceedings does not relieve the judge of jurisdiction. On expiry of the stay, the proceedings shall be continued on the initiative of the parties or at the instance of the judge, subject to…
The limitation period runs against all natural persons or legal entities, even minors or protected adults, except their recourse against their legal representative or the person in charge of the legal…
Proceedings lapse when neither party takes any action for two years.
Interruption of the proceedings entails interruption of the time limit.This time limit continues to run in the event of suspension of the proceedings unless the proceedings are suspended only for a ti…
Peremption may be requested by any of the parties. It may be set up by way of exception against a party who performs an act after the expiry of the period of lapse.
Adoption between ascendants and descendants in the direct line and between brothers and sisters is prohibited. However, the court may order adoption if there are serious grounds which the interests of…
The adopter or adopters must be fifteen years older than the children they propose to adopt. However, where the difference in age is less than that provided for in the preceding paragraph, the court m…
…f not less than ten days, unless the defendant expressly waives this in the presence of his lawyer, and not more than six months. The accused is notified of the charges against him or her, as well as…
…atters, when the public prosecutor is considering prosecuting a person pursuant to articles 394,395 and 397-1-1, the public prosecutor shall order that the person be brought before him. After informin…
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