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XXVI. continued from previous page
...it is not permitted to appeal. Which, however, is not observed in the Imperial Chamber.
XXVII.
What if the appellant has previously professed that he would not appeal? What if he has sought a delay for payment, or has acquiesced to the sentence in another way? The appeal will deservedly be denied.
XXVIII.
Finally, by the customs of Germany, it is not granted to appeal in criminal cases, unless someone strives to show the nullity of the process primarily. However, one rightly appeals against a fine.
XXIX.
Indeed, from a sentence that is handed down regarding the expenses of a lawsuit, and from certain other causes, appeal is forbidden by laws.
XXX.
Furthermore, by common law, the appeal must be interposed before the judge a quo from whom the appeal is taken, unless one is excused by just fear or another probable impediment. The Chamber, however, does not require this notice, provided the appeal from a definitive sentence, or an interlocutory one having the force of a definitive one, is made either by word of mouth immediately, or after an interval within ten days in writing.
XXXI.
For if it is from a simple interlocutory one, the appellant is regularly held to offer it in writing, and in those writings to express specifically the grounds of the grievance.
XXXII.
That ten-day period original: "decendium" should not be extended even by the consent of the parties and the permission of the judge, and it runs from the knowledge of the grievance from moment to moment.
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