"Plea of Procedure" in Iranian and French Legal System Comparative Study

Abstract

Plea as a procedural application is accepted for more than one hundred years in our legal system, notably by the Law of Civil Procedure 1911 and since that time this concept used in our legal writings as that term without any changes. However, the meaning our example of Plea of Procedure have not ever been analyzed our revised and so we cannot find the main difference of Plea from other Defense Means such as substantial defense or non-acceptation means. We believe that historical background of Plea in French legal system which was categorized generally all means of defense as Plea have been imported to our legal system without changes but Plea in French legal system recently have been distinguished from other means of defense very strictly. In our legal system the new law of civil procedure 2000 maintained that old French tradition and have some influences of Islamic Law as well.Plea as a procedural application is accepted for more than one hundred years in our legal system, notably by the Law of Civil Procedure 1911 and since that time this concept used in our legal writings as that term without any changes. However, the meaning our example of Plea of Procedure have not ever been analyzed our revised and so we cannot find the main difference of Plea from other Defense Means such as substantial defense or non-acceptation means. We believe that historical background of Plea in French legal system which was categorized generally all means of defense as Plea have been imported to our legal system without changes but Plea in French legal system recently have been distinguished from other means of defense very strictly.

Keywords

• plea
• l’éxception de la procédure
• acceptation of claim condition
• substantial defense
• fin de non recevoir