French Code of civil procedureIn force
Chapter I: Communication of documents between the parties.
Article 137
The astreinte may be liquidated by the judge who imposed it.
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The astreinte may be liquidated by the judge who imposed it.
Any accused person, presumed innocent, remains free. However, due to the requirements of the investigation or as a security measure, he or she may be subject to one or more obligations of judicial sup…
A deed under private signature evidencing a synallagmatic contract is only evidence if it has been drawn up in as many originals as there are parties with a distinct interest, unless the parties have…
A private deed in which one party undertakes to pay another a sum of money or to deliver a fungible good is only evidence if it includes the signature of the party making the undertaking and a stateme…
A deed that is not authentic because of the incompetence or incapacity of the officer, or because of a defect in form, is valid as written under private signature, if it has been signed by the parties…
The party to whom it is opposed may disavow his handwriting or signature. The heirs or assigns of a party may likewise disavow the handwriting or signature of their author, or declare that they do not…
A private-signature deed only acquires date certain with regard to third parties on the day it is registered, the day a signatory dies, or the day its substance is recorded in an authentic instrument.
An authentic instrument is authentic until a forgery is recorded in respect of what the public official says he has personally performed or recorded.In the event of a forgery being recorded, the judge…
The deed under private signature countersigned by the lawyers of each of the parties or by the lawyer of all the parties is proof of the handwriting and signature of the parties, both with regard to t…
A reliable copy has the same probative value as the original. Reliability is left to the discretion of the judge. Nevertheless, an enforceable or authentic copy of an authentic writing is deemed relia…
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