TC

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TC is the commonly used abbreviation for Portugal’s Constitutional Court, the supreme body responsible for reviewing the constitutionality of laws and ensuring compliance with the Portuguese Constitution.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
TC canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
abbreviationFor Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Portugal’s Constitutional Court ⓘ
appliesLaw Portuguese Constitution ⓘ
constitutional law ⓘ
branchOfGovernment judicial branch ⓘ
canAnnul unconstitutional legal norms ⓘ
canDeclare unconstitutionality of laws ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
countryCodeContext PT ⓘ
ensures binding force of constitutional norms ⓘ
supremacy of the Constitution ⓘ
function abstract review of constitutionality ⓘ
concrete review of constitutionality ⓘ
control of constitutionality of legislation ⓘ
protection of fundamental rights ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver constitutional matters ⓘ
laws ⓘ
normative acts ⓘ
hasJurisdictionType constitutional jurisdiction ⓘ
hasSupremacyOver ordinary courts in constitutional matters ⓘ
isPartOf Portuguese judiciary ⓘ
jurisdiction Portugal ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Portuguese ⓘ
legalNature court of law ⓘ
legalStatus supreme constitutional court of Portugal ⓘ
legalSystem Portuguese legal system ⓘ
level supreme body for constitutional review ⓘ
locatedIn Lisbon ⓘ
locatedInCountry Portugal ⓘ
nativeLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
nativeName Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
officialName Tribunal Constitucional ⓘ
oversees compliance of legislation with the Constitution ⓘ
role constitutional review ⓘ
ensure compliance with the Portuguese Constitution ⓘ
review constitutionality of laws ⓘ
scope national ⓘ
shortName TC ⓘ
subjectArea constitutional law ⓘ
public law ⓘ
subjectOf Portuguese constitutional jurisprudence ⓘ
typeOfReview preventive constitutional review ⓘ
successive constitutional review ⓘ

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

Constitutional Court (Portugal) → abbreviation → TC ⓘ
subject linked to: Constitutional Court