Code of Organization and Civil Procedure (Cap. 12), article 198

198. Before the hearing of a cause commences, the proper officer shall, outside the entrance of the court room, announce the hearing, calling out aloud three times the names and surnames o f the contendi ng parties: Provided that when there are sev eral plaintiffs or defendants h e shall call out the name and surname of the party first mentione d in the title of the record, and shall refer to the others by the g eneral nomenclature of "others". CODE OF ORGANIZATION AND CIVIL PROCEDURE [CAP. 12. 69 Default of appearance of contending parties at trial. Amended by: IX.1886.30; XXXI.1934.33; II.1940.4; XXIV .1995.101; VIII.2007.28.