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Timestamp: 2019-04-18 14:26:06+00:00

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Can. 1628 A party who considers himself or herself aggrieved by any sentence as well as the promoter of justice and the defender of the bond in cases which require their presence have the right to appeal the sentence to a higher judge, without prejudice to the prescript of ⇒ can. 1629.
5/ from a sentence or a decree in a case where the law requires the matter to be decided as promptly as possible (expeditissime).
Can. 1630 §1. An appeal must be introduced before the judge who rendered the sentence within the peremptory period of fifteen useful days from the notice of the publication of the sentence.
Can. 1631 If a question arises about the right to appeal, the appellate tribunal deals with it as promptly as possible (expeditissime) according to the norms of the oral contentious process.
Can. 1632 §1. If the appeal does not indicate the tribunal to which it is directed, it is presumed to be made to the tribunal mentioned in cann. ⇒ 1438 and ⇒ 1439.
§2. If the other party has appealed to another appellate tribunal, the tribunal of higher grade deals with the case, without prejudice to ⇒ can. 1415.
Can. 1633 An appeal must be pursued before the appellate judge within a month from its introduction unless the judge from whom appeal is made has established a longer period for a party to pursue it.
Can. 1634 §1. To pursue an appeal it is required and suffices that a party calls upon the services of a higher judge for an emendation of the challenged sentence, attaches a copy of this sentence, and indicates the reasons for the appeal.
§3. Meanwhile the judge from whom appeal is made must transmit the acts to the appellate judge according to the norm of ⇒ can. 1474.
Can. 1635 Once the deadline for appeal has passed without action either before the judge from whom the appeal is made or before the appellate judge, the appeal is considered abandoned.
Can. 1636 §1. The appellant can renounce the appeal with the effects mentioned in ⇒ can. 1525.
Can. 1637 §1. An appeal made by the petitioner also benefits the respondent and vice versa.
Can. 1638 An appeal suspends the execution of the sentence.
Can. 1639 §1. Without prejudice to the prescript of ⇒ can. 1683, a new cause for petitioning cannot be admitted at the appellate grade, not even by way of useful accumulation; consequently, the joinder of the issue can only address whether the prior sentence is to be con-firmed or revised either totally or partially.
§2. New proofs, however, are admitted only according to the norm of ⇒ can. 1600.
Can. 1640 The appellate grade must proceed in the same manner as first instance with appropriate adjustments; immediately after the issue has been joined according to the norm of ⇒ can. 1513, §1 and ⇒ can. 1639, §1 and unless the proofs possibly must be completed, the discussion of the case is to take place and the sentence rendered.

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