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Processes » Trials in General » The Competent Forum
Canon 1404. The First See is judged by no one.

Prima Sedes a nemine iudicatur.
Canon 1405. §1 In the cases mentioned in can. 1401, the Roman Pontiff alone has the right to judge:

1° Heads of State;

2° Cardinals;

3° Legates of the Apostolic See and, in penal cases, Bishops

4° other cases which he has reserved to himself.

§2 A judge cannot review an act or instrument which the RomanPontiff has specifically confirmed, except by his prior mandate.

§3 It is reserved to the Roman Rota to judge:

1° Bishops in contentious cases, without prejudice to can. 1419 §2;

2° the Abbot primate or the Abbot superior of a monastic congregation, and the supreme Moderator of a religious institute of pontifical right;

3° dioceses and other ecclesiastical persons, physical or juridical, which have no
Superior other than the Roman Pontiff.

§1. Ipsius Romani Pontificis dumtaxat ius est iudicandi in causis de quibus in can. 1401:

1° eos qui supremum tenent civitatis magistratum;

2° Patres Cardinales;

3° Legatos Sedis Apostolicae, et in causis poenalibus Episcopos;

4° alias causas quas ipse ad suum advocaverit iudicium.

§2. Iudex de actu vel instrumento a Romano Pontifice in forma specifica confirmato videre non potest, nisi ipsius praecesserit mandatum.

§3. Rotae Romanae reservatur iudicare:

1° Episcopos in contentiosis, firmo praescripto can. 1419, §2;

2° Abbatem primatem, vel Abbatem superiorem congregationis monasticae, et supremum Moderatorem institutorum religiosorum iuris pontificii;

3° dioeceses aliasve personas ecclesiasticas, sive physicas sive iuridicas, quae Superiorem infra Romanum Pontificem non habent.
Canon 1406. §1 If the provision of can. 1404 is violated, the acts and decisions are invalid.

§2 In the cases mentioned in can. 1405, the non-competence of other judges is absolute.

§1. Violato praescripto can. 1404, acta et decisiones pro infectis habentur.

§2. In causis, de quibus in can. 1405, aliorum iudicum incompetentia est absoluta.
Canon 1407. §1 No one can be brought to trial in first instance except before a judge who is competent on the basis of one of the titles determined in can. 1408--1414.

§2 The non-competence of a judge who has none of these titles is described as relative.

§3 The plaintiff follows the forum of the respondent. If the respondent has more than one forum, the plaintiff may opt for any one of them.

§1. Nemo in prima instantia conveniri potest, nisi coram iudice ecclesiastico qui competens sit ob unum ex titulis qui in can. 1408-1414 determinantur.

§2. Incompetentia iudicis, cui nullus ex his titulis suffragatur, dicitur relativa.

§3. Actor sequitur forum partis conventae; quod si pars conventa multiplex forum habet, optio fori actori conceditur.
Canon 1408. Anyone can be brought to trial before the tribunal of domicile or quasi-domicile.

Quilibet conveniri potest coram tribunali domicilii vel quasi-domicilii.
Canon 1409. §1 A person who has not even a quasi-domicile has a forum in the place of actual residence.

§2 A person whose domicile, quasi-domicile or place of actual residence is unknown, can be brought to trial in the forum of the plaintiff, provided no other lawful forum is available.

§1. Vagus forum habet in loco ubi actu commoratur.

§2. Is, cuius neque domicilium aut quasi-domicilium neque locus commorationis nota sint, conveniri potest in foro actoris, dummodo aliud forum legitimum non suppetat.
Canon 1410. Competence by reason of subject matter means that a party can be brought to trial before the tribunal of the place where the subject matter of the litigation is located, whenever the action concerns that subject matter directly, or when it is an action for the recovery of possession.

Ratione rei sitae, pars conveniri potest coram tribunali loci, ubi res litigiosa sita est, quoties actio in rem directa sit, aut de spolio agatur.
Canon 1411. §1 Competence by reason of contract means that a party can be brought to trial before the tribunal of the place in which the contract was made or must be fulfilled, unless the parties mutually agree to choose another tribunal.

§2 If the case concerns obligations which arise from some other title, the party can be brought to trial before the tribunal of the place in which the obligation arose or in which it is to be fulfilled.

§1. Ratione contractus pars conveniri potest coram tribunali loci in quo contractus initus est vel adimpleri debet, nisi partes concorditer aliud tribunal elegerint.

§2. Si causa versetur circa obligationes quae ex alio titulo proveniant, pars conveniri potest coram tribunali loci, in quo obligatio vel orta est vel est adimplenda.
Canon 1412. A person accused in a penal case can, even though absent, be brought to trial before the tribunal of the place in which the offence was committed.

In causis poenalibus accusatus, licet absens, conveniri potest coram tribunali loci, in quo delictum patratum est.
Canon 1413. A party can be brought to trial:

1° in cases concerning administration, before the tribunal of the place in which the administration was exercised;

2° in cases concerning inheritances or pious legacies, before the tribunal of the last domicile or quasi-domicile or residence of the person whose inheritance or pious legacy is at issue, in accordance with the norms of can. 1408-1409. If, however, only the execution of the legacy is involved, the ordinary norms of competence are to be followed.

Pars conveniri potest:

1° in causis quae circa administrationem versantur, coram tribunali loci ubi administratio gesta est;

2° in causis quae respiciunt hereditates vel legata pia, coram tribunali ultimi domicilii vel quasi-domicilii vel commorationis, ad normam can. 1408-1409, illius de cuius hereditate vel legato pio agitur, nisi agatur de mera exsecutione legati, quae videnda est secundum ordinarias competentiae normas.
Canon 1414. Competence by reason of connection means that cases which are inter-connected can be heard by one and the same tribunal and in the same process, unless this is prevented by a provision of the law.

Ratione conexionis, ab uno eodemque tribunali et in eodem processu cognoscendae sunt causae inter se conexae, nisi legis praescriptum obstet.
Canon 1415. Competence by reason of prior summons means that, if two or more tribunals are equally competent, the tribunal which has first lawfully summoned the respondent has the right to hear the case.

Ratione praeventionis, si duo vel plura tribunalia aeque competentia sunt, ei ius est causam cognoscendi, quod prius partem conventam legitime citaverit.
Canon 1416. A conflict of competence between tribunals subject to the same appeal tribunal is to be resolved by the latter tribunal. If they are not subject to the same appeal tribunal, the conflict is to be settled by the Apostolic Signatura.

Conflictus competentiae inter tribunalia eidem tribunali appellationis subiecta, ab hoc tribunali solvuntur; a Signatura Apostolica, si eidem tribunali appellationis non subsunt.

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