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If it is necessary to summon again a party who was not joined by the first summons, it may be ordered that the new summons will be made by writ of a bailiff.
The case is heard and decided as in short proceedings.
The appeal is lodged by a declaration which the party or any agent makes or addresses, by registered letter, to the court registry.
The court clerk shall summon the defendant to the hearing scheduled for the debates, as soon as it is fixed and at least fifteen days in advance, by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt.…
When the case is not ready to be heard, one of the members of the chamber may be appointed to hear it. This member may be appointed before the hearing scheduled for the debates. The magistrate respons…
The parties defend themselves.They may be assisted or represented in accordance with the rules applicable before the court from which the judgment emanates.The representative must, if he is not a lawy…
The statement shall include the particulars prescribed by 2° and 3° of Article 54 and by the third paragraph of Article 57. It shall designate the judgment appealed against, specify the heads of the j…
The registrar shall record the appeal on its date; he shall issue or send by ordinary letter a receipt for the declaration.
As soon as the formalities have been completed by the appellant, the clerk's office shall notify the opposing party of the appeal by any means, send it a copy of the statement of appeal and inform it…
The adversarial hearings held pursuant to article 396 by the liberty and custody judge of the judicial court of Basse-Terre for defendants in the community of Saint-Martin may be carried out by means…
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