Unofficial summary in English. The judgment is published in Portuguese only, and only the Portuguese text is authentic.
The company Angoajisa – Comércio Geral, Lda. lodged an extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality against the Supreme Court judgment declaring its commercial lease void for lack of a notarial deed, invoking the principle of legality and Article 1029(3) of the Civil Code. The Court concluded that the principle of legality had not been breached, since a court may declare that nullity of its own motion and the Supreme Court had applied the Tenancy Law as special law.
Decision
Appeal dismissed
Type of proceedings
Extraordinary appeal on grounds of unconstitutionality (Recurso Extraordinário de Inconstitucionalidade)
Full text
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