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Court holds cessation of payments is a legal conclusion, not merely temporary non-payment.

Case Number 088063
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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The court granted the appeal, ruling that 'cessation of payments' constitutes a definitive legal conclusion derived from established facts rather than a temporary lapse. The parties argued whether the defendant's failure to pay represented a permanent insolvency or a transient financial difficulty. The court decided that the term implies a permanent state of inability to pay, distinguishing it from isolated instances of non-payment.

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CESSAÇÃO DE PAGAMENTOS MATÉRIA DE DIREITO

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cessation of payments legal conclusion temporary non-payment insolvency determination civil procedure payment default permanent inability

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Código de Processo Civil, Art. 282

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JSTJ00028986 [Nº DO DOCUMENTO] SJ199602080880632 [PRIVACIDADE] 1 [PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECURSO] 8563/93 [TEXTO INTEGRAL] N [TRIBUNAL RECURSO] T REL LISBOA [URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jstj.nsf/954f0ce6ad9dd8b980256b5f003fa814/CD79F504F4F55220802568FC003B06D2?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO I - "Cessação de pagamentos" é conclusão de direito a extrair dos factos apurados nas instâncias. II - Tal "cessação" não pode confundir-se com uma simples falta de pagamentos temporalmente circunscrita.