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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 477

…ed to be contradictory may be appealed only through the channels open against contradictory judgments.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 475

…e may not rule before the expiry of the longest time limit for appearance, on first or second summons. He shall rule in respect of all the defendants in a single judgment, unless the circumstances req…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 478

…ied within six months of its date.Proceedings may be resumed after reiteration of the initial summons.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 471

…es specific to certain jurisdictions, the summons is repeated in the same manner as the first summons. The judge may, however, order that it be made by a bailiff's writ where the first summons had bee…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 472

If the defendant does not appear, the case is nevertheless decided on the merits. The judge shall grant the claim only to the extent that he considers it to be regular, admissible and well founded.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 476

A judgment rendered by default may be opposed, except where this remedy is excluded by an express provision.

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section II: Default judgments and judgments deemed to be contradictory.

Article 473

When the defendant does not appear, the judgment is rendered by default if the decision is final and if the summons was not delivered in person.The judgment is deemed to be contradictory when the deci…

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French Code of civil procedureIn force
Sub-section I: Adversarial proceedings.

Article 470

If none of the parties completes the procedural acts within the required time limits, the judge may, of his own motion, strike out the case by a decision not subject to appeal after a final notice add…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Chapter I: General provisions.

Article 47

Any civil status record of French nationals and foreigners made in a foreign country and drawn up in the forms customary in that country is authentic, unless other records or documents held, external…

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French Civil CodeIn force
Subsection 7: Guardianship acts

Article 476

…if it has been constituted, be assisted or, if necessary, represented by the tutor to make donations. He may only make his will alone after the opening of tutorship with the authorisation of the judg…

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