F auteur d'un ouvrage scientifique CDI E legal writer S - Ill - F auteur principal (FR) E principal CP 302; se distingue du gp-auteur et du çpmpliçe The actual perpetrator of the offence, also called perpetrator, principal offender; the distinction in FR between auteur principal^ co-auteur and complice corresponds roughly to the now obsolete distinction in EN between principal in the first degree, principal in the second degree and accessory: in EN the latter two categories, except for accessories after the fact, are now treated as though they were principal offenders and described as secondary parties; the present distinction in EN is therefore between principal parties and secondary parties (Halsbury vol- 11, 'Criminal Law, Evidence and Procedure', paras. 43-44), which corresponds roughly to that in US between principal and accessories: Archbold chap. 29 S autor auto (BO, CL, CO, ES, MX) V. autos poner los autos de manifiesto separación de autos E order* - document** F ordonnance - arrêt* - acte juridictionnel** auto cabeza de proceso (CO, CL) E initiating order F ordonnance d'ouverture d'une information Clase de resoluciones judiciales: BO CPP 85; CL CPC 158, CPP 43; CO CPC 302, CPP 169; ES LEC 369, LECR 141; MX CPCDF 79, CPPDF 71, CFPP 94; lACEV 3(c) * Also called court order> order of the court; see E order 2. ** lACEV 3(c) * Parfois ** lACEV 3(c) CO CPP 319 Order initiating criminal proceedings; note 1 - 112 - S auto de cesación del procedimiento (CO) E dismissal order F ordonnance de clôture (de l'information) - ordonnance de non-lieu S auto declaratorio de reo (CL) E committal order F ordonnance de renvoi (devant la juridiction de jugement) auto de clausura del sumario (AR) E terminating order F ordonnance de clôture (de l'information) auto de conclusión (ES) 