Art. 1844 Judgment of dismissal; effect

When a court dismisses a case, the judge will say whether the dismissal is "with prejudice" or "without prejudice." This matters a lot for what happens next. If a case is dismissed with prejudice, it's over for good. The person who filed the case cannot bring the same claim to court again. If it's dismissed without prejudice, the person may be able to file the case again later.

This rule says that when courts decide these dismissals, they have to follow the specific guidelines laid out in other parts of the law, Articles 1671 through 1673. Those articles spell out the exact rules for when and how a case can be dismissed, and what each type of dismissal actually means for the people involved.

In short, this rule doesn't create new rules on its own. It points to other articles that control how dismissals work and what rights people keep or lose depending on which type of dismissal they get.