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  2. Investigating judge (France) - Wikipedia

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    The investigating judge is the first instance of investigation. In the second instance (appeals), the investigating chamber of the French courts of appeal have jurisdiction. They rule on appeals of decisions by the investigating judges and of decisions by the liberty and custody judge (Juge des libertés et de la détention).

  3. Examining magistrate - Wikipedia

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    The sweeping powers traditionally entrusted to them were so broad that Honoré de Balzac called the investigating judge "the most powerful man in France" in the 19th century. [11] Later, however, the authority of the investigating judges in France was diminished by a series of reforms, [11] initiated in 1985 by French justice minister Robert ...

  4. French criminal procedure - Wikipedia

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    In France, the term criminal procedure (French: procédure pénale) has two meanings; a narrow one, referring to the process that happens during a criminal case as it proceeds through the phases of receiving and investigating a complaint, arresting suspects, and bringing them to trial, resulting in possible sentencing—and a broader meaning referring to the way the justice system is organized ...

  5. French judiciary courts - Wikipedia

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    An investigation jurisdiction has powers of criminal investigation and can carry out or launch different investigations: it can hear witnesses and civil parties (parties civiles), search, seal, appoint an expert, put a suspect in temporary detention or in detention under judiciary supervision, and rule on the different questions that arise in ...

  6. French judges file charges against ex-President Nicolas ...

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    French investigative judges filed preliminary charges on Friday against former President Nicolas Sarkozy for his alleged involvement in an attempt to mislead magistrates in order to clear him in a ...

  7. Ex-judge in French child murder case found dead in apparent ...

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    Jean-Michel Lambert, who was found dead at his home, was the first magistrate in charge of the investigation into the 1984 killing of a four-year-old boy. Ex-judge in French child murder case ...

  8. Inquisitorial system - Wikipedia

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    The main feature of the inquisitorial system in criminal justice in France, and other countries functioning along the same lines, is the function of the examining or investigating judge (juge d'instruction), also called a magistrate judge. The examining judge conducts investigations into serious crimes or complex inquiries.

  9. Judge in France says 'no' to parents naming child 'Nutella' - AOL

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