Supreme Federal Court

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The Supreme Federal Court is Brazil’s highest judicial body and constitutional court, responsible for interpreting the Constitution and serving as the final arbiter of legal disputes in the country.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Supreme Federal Court canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf constitutional court ⓘ
court of last resort ⓘ
federal court ⓘ
appointmentBy President of Brazil ⓘ
authorityOver lower federal courts of Brazil ⓘ
state courts of last resort in Brazil ⓘ
branchOfGovernment Judiciary of Brazil ⓘ
building Supreme Federal Court building in Brasília ⓘ
composition 11 justices ⓘ
confirmationBy Federal Senate of Brazil ⓘ
country Brazil ⓘ
establishedBy Brazilian Constitution of 1891 ⓘ
hasOfficialWebsite http://www.stf.jus.br/ ⓘ
hears allegations of breach of fundamental precept ⓘ
declaratory actions of constitutionality ⓘ
direct actions of unconstitutionality ⓘ
extraordinary appeals on constitutional questions ⓘ
jurisdiction constitutional matters in Brazil ⓘ
federal jurisdiction of Brazil ⓘ
languageOfProceedings Portuguese ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Federative Republic of Brazil ⓘ
location Brasília ⓘ
memberTitle justice ⓘ
linked to: Justice

ministro ⓘ
nativeName Supremo Tribunal Federal ⓘ
originalJurisdictionOver criminal cases involving its own justices ⓘ
criminal cases involving members of the National Congress ⓘ
criminal cases involving the President of Brazil ⓘ
partOf federal government of Brazil ⓘ
power annulment of unconstitutional laws ⓘ
interpretation of constitutional provisions ⓘ
judicial review ⓘ
predecessor Imperial Supreme Court of Brazil ⓘ
role final arbiter of legal disputes in Brazil ⓘ
guardian of the Constitution of Brazil ⓘ
judicial review of constitutionality of laws and acts ⓘ
protection of fundamental rights under the Brazilian Constitution ⓘ
settlement of disputes between branches of the federal government ⓘ
settlement of disputes between the Union and the states ⓘ
trial of certain high authorities in original jurisdiction ⓘ
seat Praça dos Três Poderes ⓘ
shortName STF ⓘ
supervises constitutionality of acts of the Executive Branch ⓘ
constitutionality of acts of the Legislative Branch ⓘ
typeOfCourt constitutional court ⓘ
supreme court ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Federal District (Brazil) → isSeatOf → Supreme Federal Court ⓘ
Constitution of Brazil → establishesJudiciaryBody → Supreme Federal Court ⓘ
Judicial branch of Brazil → hasHighestCourt → Supreme Federal Court ⓘ