When a single judge or the president of a collegiate tribunal has seen that the matter is within his competence and the petitioner does not lack legitimate personal standing in the trial, he must accept or reject the libellus as soon as possible by decree.ġ/ if the judge or tribunal is incompetent Ģ/ if without doubt it is evident that the petitioner lacks legitimate personal standing in the trial ģ/ if the prescripts of can. 1504 The libellus, which introduces litigation, must:ġ/ express the judge before whom the case is introduced, what is being sought and by whom it is being sought Ģ/ indicate the right upon which the petitioner bases the case and, at least generally, the facts and proofs which will prove the allegations ģ/ be signed by the petitioner or the petitioner’s procurator, indicating the day, month, and year, and the address where the petitioner or procurator lives or where they say they reside for the purpose of receiving the acts Ĥ/ indicate the domicile or quasi-domicile of the respondent.Ĭan. In either case, however, the judge is to order the notary to put the act into writing the written record must be read to and approved by the petitioner and has all the legal effects of a libellus written by the petitioner.Ĭan. The judge can accept an oral petition whenever the petitioner is impeded from presenting a libellus or the case is easily investigated and of lesser importance. 1502 A person who wishes to bring another to trial must present to a competent judge a libellus which sets forth the object of the controversy and requests the services of the judge.Ĭan. 1501 A judge cannot adjudicate a case unless the party concerned or the promoter of justice has presented a petition according to the norm of the canons.Ĭan. JUDICIAL EXPENSES AND GRATUITOUS LEGAL ASSISTANCE (Can. RES IUDICATA AND RESTITUTIO IN INTEGRUM (Cann. COMPLAINT OF NULLITY AGAINST THE SENTENCE THE PUBLICATION OF THE ACTS, THE CONCLUSION OF THE CASE, AND THE DISCUSSION OF THE CASE (Cann. THE INTERVENTION OF A THIRD PERSON IN A CASE THE INTRODUCTION AND EXCLUSION OF WITNESSES THE NATURE AND TRUSTWORTHINESS OF DOCUMENTS THE CITATION AND NOTIFICATION OF JUDICIAL ACTS