Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal

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The Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal is the country’s highest court for civil and criminal matters, overseeing the uniform application of law and serving as the final court of appeal within the Portuguese judiciary.

All labels observed (4)

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf court ⓘ
court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ
appliesTo civil law matters ⓘ
criminal law matters ⓘ
belongsToSystem Portuguese ordinary courts system ⓘ
branchOf judicial branch of Portugal ⓘ
buildingLocation Largo do Limoeiro, Lisbon ⓘ
category Courts in Portugal ⓘ
Supreme courts by country ⓘ
constitutionalReviewBy Constitutional Court of Portugal ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
decides cases in final instance except constitutional matters ⓘ
decidesInPanels collegial panels of judges ⓘ
decisionsBindingOn lower ordinary courts in Portugal ⓘ
excludesJurisdictionOver constitutional review ⓘ
function ensure consistency of judicial decisions ⓘ
standardize case law interpretation ⓘ
governedBy Portuguese procedural law ⓘ
handles extraordinary appeals for harmonization of jurisprudence ⓘ
recursos de revista (appeals on points of law) ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver appeals on points of law ⓘ
extraordinary appeals ⓘ
hasLevel top tier of ordinary courts in Portugal ⓘ
hasOfficialLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
hasScope national ⓘ
hasTypeOfJudge justices of the Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ
headedBy President of the Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ
jurisdiction Portugal ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Portuguese Republic ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Lisbon ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
nativeName Supremo Tribunal de Justiça ⓘ
oversees lower civil courts in Portugal ⓘ
lower criminal courts in Portugal ⓘ
partOf Judiciary of Portugal ⓘ
role ensures uniform application of the law ⓘ
final court of appeal in Portugal ⓘ
highest court for civil matters in Portugal ⓘ
highest court for criminal matters in Portugal ⓘ
separateFrom Constitutional Court of Portugal ⓘ
shortName STJ ⓘ
subjectTo Constitution of Portugal ⓘ
subordinateTo no higher ordinary court in Portugal ⓘ
typeOfAppeal appeal on matters of law only ⓘ

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Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Portuguese Third Republic → judicialBranch → Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal ⓘ
Portuguese state → judicialBody → Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal ⓘ
Intellectual Property Court (Portugal) → ultimateAppealTo → Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal (Supremo Tribunal de Justiça) ⓘ
subject linked to: Intellectual Property Court
linked to: Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal
Portuguese law → highestOrdinaryCourt → Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal ⓘ
President of the Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) → headOf → Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal
President of the Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) → positionHeldIn → Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal
President of the Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) → electionBy → plenary of the Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) ⓘ
linked to: Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal
Politics of Portugal → supremeCourt → Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal ⓘ