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Article 198 of the French Code of civil procedure

The judge may draw any legal conclusions from the declarations of the parties, or from the absence or refusal of one of them to reply, and may refer to them as equivalent to a prima facie case in writing.

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Article 198

Le juge peut tirer toute conséquence de droit des déclarations des parties, de l’absence ou du refus de répondre de l’une d’elles et en faire état comme équivalent à un commencement de preuve par écrit.

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