Chapter II: Provisions specific to the tribunal de grande instance.

In the judicial court, the legal claim is brought in accordance with the provisions of the code of civil procedure. Where the procedure is in writing, the claim may also be brought by delivery to the court registry of an originating document in duplicate signed by the claimant’s lawyer and containing all the particulars referred to in articles 56 with the exception of its second and sixth paragraphs and 752…

The president of the court shall determine, by order, the date on which the case is to be called before the president and shall designate, where appropriate, the chamber to which it is to be distributed.

The document instituting proceedings and the order of the president shall be served at least fifteen days before the date set. The service shall indicate, on pain of nullity, the period within which the defendant is required to constitute a lawyer. The document served shall be deemed to be the submissions. The case shall be heard in accordance with the provisions of articles 762, 763 and 776 to 808 of…

If the document instituting the proceedings is accompanied by a request setting out grounds for urgency and if the president recognises the grounds for urgency in his fixing order, the notification provided for above must also include the statements referred to in the second paragraph of article 841 of the Code of Civil Procedure. Proceedings shall be conducted before the court in accordance with the provisions of Articles 842 and…

In the cases provided for in this chapter, Articles 760 and 768 of the Code of Civil Procedure shall also apply.

In the matters listed in Article 2, the application shall be made by petition delivered or addressed to the registry in accordance with the provisions of Section 2 of Chapter I of Subtitle I of Title I of Book II of the Code of Civil Procedure.