Jurisdiction — In general — Territorial — Territorial limits of jurisdiction — Foreign company — Plea of lack of jurisdiction — France Switzerland Convention on Judicial Competence and the Execution of Judgments, 1869 — Forum rule requiring trial by natural judges of defendant — Absence of election of domicile before municipal court — The law of France

The individual in international law — Nationality — Of corporations — Subsidiary of foreign corporation — Criteria for determining nationality — Nationality of management — Seat and law of incorporation — Rejection of “control test” — Plea of lack of jurisdiction by foreign corporation — France-Switzerland Convention on Judicial Competence and the Execution of Judgments, 1869 — Forum rule requiring trial by natural judges of defendant — The law of France