STJ

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STJ is the commonly used abbreviation for Portugal’s Supreme Court of Justice, the country’s highest court for most judicial matters.

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Label Occurrences
STJ canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Supreme court ⓘ
court of last resort ⓘ
judicial body ⓘ
abbreviation STJ ⓘ
appliesPrinciple independence of the judiciary ⓘ
rule of law in Portugal ⓘ
separation of powers in Portugal ⓘ
branchOf Judiciary of Portugal ⓘ
country Portugal ⓘ
countryCodeContext PT ⓘ
decides conflicts of jurisdiction between lower courts ⓘ
extraordinary appeals on points of law ⓘ
excludesJurisdictionOver constitutional review (Constitutional Court of Portugal) ⓘ
governingBody judiciary of the Portuguese Republic ⓘ
governsArea ordinary civil jurisdiction ⓘ
ordinary criminal jurisdiction ⓘ
handles appeals on matters of law rather than fact ⓘ
hasAuthorityLevel highest ordinary court in Portugal ⓘ
hasBuildingType courthouse ⓘ
hasFunction ensuring consistency of case law ⓘ
uniform interpretation of Portuguese law ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver civil law cases in Portugal ⓘ
criminal law cases in Portugal ⓘ
higherCourtFor Courts of Appeal of Portugal ⓘ
interprets Portuguese Civil Code ⓘ
Portuguese Penal Code ⓘ
other Portuguese statutes ⓘ
isDistinctFrom Constitutional Court of Portugal ⓘ
Supreme Administrative Court of Portugal ⓘ
jurisdiction Portugal ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Portuguese ⓘ
legalNature court of record ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
locatedIn Lisbon ⓘ
Portugal ⓘ
nativeLanguage Portuguese ⓘ
nativeName Supremo Tribunal de Justiça ⓘ
officialName Supremo Tribunal de Justiça ⓘ
partOf court system of Portugal ⓘ
role court of last appeal in civil matters in Portugal ⓘ
court of last appeal in criminal matters in Portugal ⓘ
highest court for most judicial matters in Portugal ⓘ
seat Palácio da Justiça, Lisbon ⓘ
supervises lower ordinary courts in Portugal ⓘ
typeOfLawApplied Portuguese law ⓘ
usesAbbreviationIn judicial practice in Portugal ⓘ
legal documents in Portugal ⓘ

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

Supreme Court of Justice (Portugal) → abbreviation → STJ ⓘ
subject linked to: Supreme Court of Justice