The apex of the judicial courts, reviewing points of law in civil and criminal cases. Administrative and tax disputes end instead in the Supreme Administrative Court.
How the court is constituted
- Tier
- supreme
- Court type
- Court of cassation
- Jurisdiction
- National — cassation in civil and criminal matters
- Seat
- Lisbon
- Composition
- Conselheiros sitting in civil, criminal and social sections.
- Languages
- Portuguese
Where an appeal goes next
Constitutional appeal to the Tribunal Constitucional on constitutional grounds.
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