2.1 The Civil Case's Life (the Map)

The client's arrival → the interview (Unit 5) → the limitation check (the clocks of the limitation law — the first advice's question) → the cause's analysis (the facts matched to the law's elements) → the forum's choice (the jurisdiction: territorial and pecuniary; the court's selection) → the complaint's drafting → the registration and the summons → the reply (the defendant's answer) → the rejoinder (the plaintiff's answer to the answer) → the issues' framing → the evidence → the trial and judgment → the execution (Unit 6's paper). The papers of this unit are the case's first exchange — the pleadings that fix the dispute's shape.