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C-25 - Code of Civil Procedure

Section 168
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168. The defendant may ask that the suit be stayed for the time fixed by law or by the judgment granting his motion:
(1)  when the time allowed him to deliberate and exercise an option in a succession matter has not expired;
(2)  when he has the right to demand the discussion of the property of the principal or original debtor;
(3)  when he has the right to demand the execution by the plaintiff of some precedent obligation;
(4)  when he has the right to demand that the plaintiff declare his option between different recourses that he has joined, or that co-plaintiffs disjoin separate actions which they have joined;
(5)  when he wishes to implead a third party whose presence is necessary to permit a complete solution of the question involved in the action, or against whom he claims to have a recourse in warranty;
(6)  when the motion to institute proceedings is affected by some irregularity which he has an interest to have corrected;
(7)  when he has the right to obtain, in respect of any vague or ambiguous allegations of the demand, particulars necessary for the preparation of his defence;
(8)  when he has the right to require that an exhibit the plaintiff intends to refer to at the hearing be communicated to him by the plaintiff.
The defendant may also ask for the striking out of allegations which are immaterial, redundant or libellous.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 168; 1992, c. 57, s. 233; 1994, c. 28, s. 7; 1999, c. 40, s. 56; 2002, c. 7, s. 22.
168. The defendant may ask that the suit be stayed for the time fixed by law or by the judgment granting his motion:
(1)  when the time allowed him to deliberate and exercise an option in a succession matter has not expired;
(2)  when he has the right to demand the discussion of the property of the principal or original debtor;
(3)  when he has the right to demand the execution by the plaintiff of some precedent obligation;
(4)  when he has the right to demand that the plaintiff declare his option between different recourses that he has joined, or that co-plaintiffs disjoin separate actions which they have joined;
(5)  when he wishes to implead a third party whose presence is necessary to permit a complete solution of the question involved in the action, or against whom he claims to have a recourse in warranty;
(6)  when the declaration is affected by some irregularity which he has an interest to have corrected;
(7)  when he has the right to obtain, in respect of any vague or ambiguous allegations of the demand, particulars necessary for the preparation of his defence;
(8)  when he has the right to require that an exhibit the plaintiff intends to refer to at the hearing be communicated to him by the plaintiff.
The defendant may also ask for the striking out of allegations which are immaterial, redundant or libellous.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 168; 1992, c. 57, s. 233; 1994, c. 28, s. 7; 1999, c. 40, s. 56.
168. The defendant may ask that the suit be stayed for the time fixed by law or by the judgment granting his motion:
(1)  when the time allowed him to deliberate and exercise an option in a succession matter has not expired;
(2)  when he has the right to demand the discussion of the property of the principal or original debtor;
(3)  when he has the right to demand the execution by the plaintiff of some precedent obligation;
(4)  when he has the right to demand that the plaintiff declare his option between different recourses that he has joined, or that co-plaintiffs disjoin separate actions which they have joined;
(5)  when he wishes to implead a third party whose presence is necessary to permit a complete solution of the question involved in the action, or against whom he claims to have a recourse in warranty;
(6)  when the writ or the declaration is affected by some irregularity which he has an interest to have corrected;
(7)  when he has the right to obtain, in respect of any vague or ambiguous allegations of the demand, particulars necessary for the preparation of his defence;
(8)  when he has the right to require that an exhibit the plaintiff intends to refer to at the hearing be communicated to him by the plaintiff.
The defendant may also ask for the striking out of allegations which are immaterial, redundant or libellous.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 168; 1992, c. 57, s. 233; 1994, c. 28, s. 7.
168. The defendant may ask that the suit be stayed for the time fixed by law or by the judgment granting his motion:
(1)  when the time allowed him to deliberate and exercise an option in a succession matter has not expired;
(2)  when he has the right to demand the discussion of the property of the principal or original debtor;
(3)  when he has the right to demand the execution by the plaintiff of some precedent obligation;
(4)  when he has the right to demand that the plaintiff declare his option between different recourses that he has joined, or that co-plaintiffs disjoin separate actions which they have joined;
(5)  when he wishes to implead a third party whose presence is necessary to permit a complete solution of the question involved in the action, or against whom he claims to have a recourse in warranty;
(6)  when the writ or the declaration is affected by some irregularity which he has an interest to have corrected;
(7)  when he has the right to obtain, in respect of any vague or ambiguous allegations of the demand, particulars necessary for the preparation of his defence;
(8)  when he has the right to require that the plaintiff file a document alleged in support of his pretensions.
The defendant may also ask for the striking out of allegations which are immaterial, redundant or libellous.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 168; 1992, c. 57, s. 233.
168. The defendant may ask that the suit be stayed for the time fixed by law or by the judgment granting his motion:
(1)  when the delay to which he is entitled to make an inventory and to deliberate has not expired;
(2)  when he has the right to demand the discussion of the property of the principal or original debtor;
(3)  when he has the right to demand the execution by the plaintiff of some precedent obligation;
(4)  when he has the right to demand that the plaintiff declare his option between different recourses that he has joined, or that co-plaintiffs disjoin separate actions which they have joined;
(5)  when he wishes to implead a third party whose presence is necessary to permit a complete solution of the question involved in the action, or against whom he claims to have a recourse in warranty;
(6)  when the writ or the declaration is affected by some irregularity which he has an interest to have corrected;
(7)  when he has the right to obtain, in respect of any vague or ambiguous allegations of the demand, particulars necessary for the preparation of his defence;
(8)  when he has the right to require that the plaintiff file a document alleged in support of his pretensions.
The defendant may also ask for the striking out of allegations which are immaterial, redundant or libellous.
1965 (1st sess.), c. 80, a. 168.
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