Supreme Court of Justice

E461566

court judicial body supreme court

The Supreme Court of Justice is Portugal’s highest court for civil and criminal matters, responsible for ensuring the uniform interpretation and application of the law across the country.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Supreme Court of Justice canonical	2
Supremo Tribunal de Justiça	1

Statements (42)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	court ⓘ judicial body ⓘ supreme court ⓘ
abbreviation	STJ NERFINISHED ⓘ
appliesTo	entire territory of Portugal ⓘ
branchOfGovernment	judicial branch ⓘ
country	Portugal ⓘ
decisionType	final judgments on points of law ⓘ
ensures	uniform interpretation of civil law in Portugal ⓘ uniform interpretation of criminal law in Portugal ⓘ
governs	civil procedure at the highest level ⓘ criminal procedure at the highest level ⓘ
hasAuthorityOver	Court of Appeal decisions in Portugal ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	does not normally re-examine facts ⓘ focuses on legal issues and interpretation ⓘ
hasFunction	ensures consistency of judicial decisions ⓘ interprets national legislation ⓘ issues rulings to harmonize case law ⓘ reviews decisions of lower courts ⓘ
hasLanguage	Portuguese ⓘ
jurisdiction	Portugal NERFINISHED ⓘ civil law matters ⓘ criminal law matters ⓘ
legalArea	civil law ⓘ criminal law ⓘ
legalSystem	Portuguese legal system ⓘ
level	court of last resort ⓘ
locatedIn	Lisbon ⓘ Portugal ⓘ
nativeName	Supremo Tribunal de Justiça NERFINISHED ⓘ
oversees	appeals from courts of second instance ⓘ
partOf	judicial system of Portugal ⓘ
responsibleFor	ensuring legal certainty in Portugal ⓘ promoting coherence of jurisprudence in Portugal ⓘ
role	ensures uniform application of the law ⓘ ensures uniform interpretation of the law ⓘ highest court of appeal in Portugal for civil matters ⓘ highest court of appeal in Portugal for criminal matters ⓘ
scope	national ⓘ
system	continental European civil law tradition ⓘ
typeOfLaw	case law ⓘ statutory law ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

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

Portuguese judicial system → hasBranch → Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ

Portuguese judicial system → hasHighestCourt → Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ

Supreme Court of Justice of Portugal → nativeName → Supreme Court of Justice ⓘ

this entity surface form: Supremo Tribunal de Justiça