Can. 1729 §1. In the penal trial itself an injured party can bring a contentious action to repair damages incurred personally from the delict, according to the norm of can. 1596.
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Can. 1729 §2. The intervention of the injured party mentioned in §1 is not admitted later if it was not made in the first grade of the penal trial.
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Can. 1729 §3. The appeal in a case for damages is made according to the norm of cann. 1628-1640 even if an appeal cannot be made in the penal trial; if both appeals are proposed, although by different parties, there is to be a single appellate trial, without prejudice to the prescript of can. 1730.
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