1824. March 14

Constitutional Code.

Ch. XV. Quasi Jury

S.1. Field of Service

Art. 7 The Judge has power to perform a recapitulatory

examination, of his own notion for the satisfaction of the public

is of his own conscience: he is bound to do so,

in petition made by a party in either side.

Art. 8. When it is of his own notion

he pronounces

no definitive decree till after it has been performed: when

on petition,

decrees, such as, but for

such petition will be definitive - say eventually definitive decrees are pronounced by him, and

to these decrees the petition being

infirm :

Art. 9 When, on petition

, it is in this

will. The Judges eventually definitive decree having been

pronounced, he addresses himself to the parties thus Is it

the desire of any one of you that there should be a

recapitulation examination? If, by any one use

ever be given in

the affirmation, a day and hour for the purpose is

appointed by him, after hearing about which they respectively

have to say as to the time.

Art. 10 In case of necessity, the di recapitulory

examination is carried on through any number of sittings.

But, unless for obviating some casual and pressing inconvenience,

no adjournment from one sitting to another has place, un

till this regularly employable quantity of time

has been

exhausted, th without the suits being open for

for the definitive decrees.