Chapter III: Common provisions.

The heading of the appeal submissions shall contain the information provided for in article 961. They must expressly state the parties’ claims and the pleas of fact and law on which each of these claims is based, indicating for each claim the documents relied on and their numbering. A summary of the exhibits shall be attached. The submissions shall include a separate statement of the facts and of the procedure,…

If a judgment is upheld, the court may rule by adopting its reasons or by its own reasons. In the latter case, it is deemed to have adopted the grounds of the judgment which are not contrary to its own.

Where the matter is brought before the court by application, the parties shall be notified of the place, day and time of the hearing by the Registrar. Notice is given either to the lawyers under the conditions provided for in Article 930-1, or, in cases dispensed with the ministry of a lawyer, to the defendant by registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt and to the author of the application by…