JB/081/219/002

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21 Decr 1806
Bureaux Conciliatoires

1.
Reconciliations officers
are established in
every City & district.
p. 1.

2.
Mode of electing
the officers for the
Town & District Cts
p. 1

3.
The district Courts
are so arranged that
so as to be within
four leagues of every inhabitant. p. 1.

4.
No professional
lawyers can be elected
to serve in these
Tribunals. p. 1.

5.
In Copenhagen, the
Sittings are permanent
– in the towns once a
week
– in the districts
once a month
– in Norway they
are not assembled
without an order
from the Bailly. p. 1.

6.
If the parties can
defray the expense
they may demand
an extraordinary
sitting. p. 2.

7.
That there may
be no obstacle to a
compleat disclosure
of all the circumstances
of the case
the examinations
are private. p. 2.
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II. Competence

1.
All Causes are
within the jurisdiction
of these Courts
except –
1. Criminal Causes.
2.
3. Causes relating to Bills of Exchange.
4. Causes relating to offences against Public officers.
5. Appeals from ordinary Tribunals.
6. Causes in which other Tribunals are directed to attempt a Reconciliation.
p. 2.

III. Procedure

1.
The Complaint is
ordinarily made in
writing & giving a
succinct account of
the Cause, the ground
of demand, &c. p. 1.

2.
The parties appear
personally under on
pain of d'empechment legal. p. 2.

3.
A party may appear
by proxy, provided
the proxy be not a professional
Lawyer. p. 2.

4.
If neither the plff
nor his proxy appears
his demand is rejected. p. 3

5.
If the Deft appears not, the
cause is referred to
the ordinary tribunals
– the Deft,
even if he gains
his cause paying
all expenses, and
making compensation
to the Deft Plff. p 3

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6.
Les Parties sont
onies contradictionairement. p. 3

7.
These Courts, not
having power to administer
an oath,
if witnesses are to
be examined, they
are sent to the ordinary
Tribunals, & their examination
is returned in writing. p. 3

8.
After havg heard both
parties tried the
deposistions of witnesses
as above, the Court proceed states,
what in their opinion,
wd be the decision
of the ordinary Tribunals, & upon
that footing proposes
an accomodation. p. 3

9.
It is at the option
of the parties to accede
to this accomodation. p. 3.

10.
Forms of absorbed in ratifying the decision. p. 3.

11.
If the Court cannot
effect a reconciliation,
it is certified
upon the complaint,
& the cause
is referred to the
ordinary Tribunals. p. 4.
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IV. Secrecy

1.
In a renvoi of
a cause from these
Courts to the ordinary
Tribunals, no
disclosure is to be
made of what has
passed in the Reconciliation
offices, &&
the parties are at liberty
to deny whatever
they have there said. p. 4.

2.
Causes in which
secrecy is not to be
observed –
1. cas de non-comparution
2. verbal injuries taking place in presence of the Court.
3. copies of when documents are in possession of the Ct. copies may be demanded by the ordinary Tribunals
p. 4.

Identifier: | JB/081/219/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 81.
Date_1	1804-12-21	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-8, 1, 1-9, 1-2, 1, 1-3, 1-4
Box	081	Main Headings	petition for justice
Folio number	219	Info in main headings field	bureaux conciliatoires
Image	002	Titles	ii competence / iii procedure / iv secrecy / v decision execution / vi interior police / vii expences / viii controle
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks	1800
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1800
Notes public		ID Number	26006
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