pen. pp. 677, 732-738 In criminal proceedings to the Court of Cassation, for error of fact, as opposed to pourvoi en cassation CPCN 1076 Distinguish from requête, petition CPCN 4, 64; EGLAT incident In FR a demande incidente can be either a d.eman.d.e... recpnven- tionneUe. a demande addition­ nelle or an intervention; NOT cross-suit. See E note to demande en justice; may be a demande reconventionnelle, a demande additionnelle or demande en Inte-rYentlon - 350 - demande initiale (FR) E originating claim S demanda Proc. civ.: étape procé­ durale; CPCN 53-54; syn. acte introdvkctif d'instance CPCN 836, demande introductive d'instance CPCN 4 (et terme de l'ancienne procédure), exploit introdMctji d'instance (en contrefaçon d'un brevet), demande introduc­ tive d'instance BE CJ 731; Guillien demande initiale. 4emfln.de..introductiva d'instance; appelée parfois demande principale FR: formai step whereby conten­ tious or non-contentious civil proceedings are begun and a claim first brought. In the former the step is taken by the plaintiff serving an assignation on the defendant - the demande constitutes the plaintiff's first pleading or by both litigants lodging a requête conjointe; in the latter it is taken by the claimant lodging a requête. In certain cases the claim can be brought orally. ES: formal document whereby contentious civil proceedings are commenced; it is the plain­ tiff's first pleading and is served on the defendant by empia^amiep.tp. The equivalent of FR demande initiale formée par assignation and ES demanda v emplazamiento is as follows: EN High Court: Writ of summons and statement of claim EN County Court: pjajnt, summons and particulars of claim EN magistrates' court: complaint and summons IN, LK. SC: plaint, and summons US: complaint, petition? and suireaons. Note 3. ES LEC 524, 540, 680. 681, 720, MX CPCDF 255; Ossorio, Gómez; a veces llamado demanda principal (ES LEG 744) - 351 -