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Structural division: BOOK IV › CHAPTER 1
Article 216 — Frame of suit
Civil Procedure Code (English)
Article text
(1) Every suit shall as far as practica hie be framed so as to afford ground for final decision upon the subjects in dispute and to pre- vent further litigation concerning them.
2. Every suit shall include the whole of the claim which the plaintiff is entitled to make with respect to the cause of action unless he intentionally relinquishes any portion of his claim so as to bring the suit within the jurisdiction of any court.
(3) A plaintiff who omits to sue in respect of,. or intentionally relin- quishes, any portion of his claim shall not afterwards sue with respect to the portion so omitted or relinquished.
4. A person entitled to more than one relief with respect to the same 72 CIVIL PROCEDUllE roDE cause of action may sue for all or any of such reliefs, but ifbc omits except with the leave of the court, to sue for all such reliefs, he shall not afterwards sue for any relief so omitted.