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  2. Court of Cassation (France) - Wikipedia

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    The building of the Court of Cassation. The prosecution, or parquet général, is headed by the Chief Prosecutor (procureur général). [c] The Chief Prosecutor is a judicial officer, but does not prosecute cases; instead, his function is to advise the Court on how to proceed, analogous to the Commissioner-in-Council's [d] role within the Conseil d'État (lit.

  3. Cour d'assises - Wikipedia

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    In France, a cour d'assises, or Court of Assizes or Assize Court, is a criminal trial court with original and appellate limited jurisdiction to hear cases involving defendants accused of felonies, meaning crimes as defined in French law. It is the only French court that uses a jury trial. [1] [2]

  4. Court of cassation - Wikipedia

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    A court of cassation is a high-instance court that exists in some judicial systems. Courts of cassation do not re-examine the facts of a case; they only interpret the relevant law. Courts of cassation do not re-examine the facts of a case; they only interpret the relevant law.

  5. Google Dictionary - Wikipedia

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    Google Dictionary is an online dictionary service of Google that can be accessed with the "define" operator and other similar phrases [note 1] in Google Search. [2] It is also available in Google Translate and as a Google Chrome extension .

  6. Law of France - Wikipedia

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    The Court of Cassation (Cour de cassation) is the highest court and the only national court on civil and criminal matters. [3] It has six chambers, five civil chambers: (i) on contract, (ii) on delict, (iii) on family matters, (iv) on commercial matters, (v) on social matters: labour and social security law; and (vi) on criminal law. [48]

  7. Glossary of French criminal law - Wikipedia

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    Narrower in meaning than "criminal offense" in English, which can cover a variety of offenses from very serious to petty. See § crime, which also has a narrower meaning than English "crime", and § infraction. infraction flagrante offense giving rise to an expedited investigation [135] infraction formelle

  8. Law of Vatican City - Wikipedia

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    the Court of Cassation (Corte di Cassazione, Curia Cassationis), which has three members and is the supreme court of the Vatican City State Justice is exercised in the name of the Supreme Pontiff . In March 2020, it was announced that Pope Francis signed a new motu proprio into law on March 13, 2020, which reforms the Vatican's judicial system.

  9. Loi (surname) - Wikipedia

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    The spelling Loi is based on the pronunciation in various dialects of Southern Min (e.g. Teochew Peng'im: loi 5; IPA: /loi˥/) [2] The Chinese surname meaning "thunder" is spelled in Vietnamese as Lôi (IPA:, that being the Sino-Vietnamese pronunciation of the original Chinese character). [3] Loi is a surname found in Punjab, it is a common ...