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Civil costs dismissed when defendant acquitted due to declassification of facts under new law.

Case Number 9840960
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Decision Date
Outcome Dismissed
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The court dismissed the claim for civil costs against the defendant because they were acquitted solely on the grounds that the facts ceased to constitute a crime under the new legislation. The plaintiff argued for liability, but the court held that since the criminal liability was extinguished by legal change rather than factual innocence, no civil responsibility for costs arose. Consequently, the request for cost reimbursement was rejected as the defendant did not cause the costs through a wrongful act.

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CHEQUE SEM PROVISÃO ACÇÃO CÍVEL CONEXA COM A ACÇÃO PENAL DESCRIMINALIZAÇÃO PARTE CIVIL PEDIDO CÍVEL ABSOLVIÇÃO DO PEDIDO CUSTAS

Keywords

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declassification of crime civil costs liability new legislation effect acquittal grounds civil incidental action

Cited Legislation

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Art. 14 C. CPP87
Art. 520 A. CPC67
Art. 1 CCJ96
Art. 2 CCJ96
Art. 446 N2 CPC67

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[DATA DEC. RECORRIDA] 07/02/1998

[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00024766

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199901069840960

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[PROCESSO NO TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 816/93-3

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[TRIBUNAL RECORRIDO] 2 J CR PORTO

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/04AC9DBB5FF9D87F8025686B006720D3?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Tendo o demandado civil sido absolvido do pedido apenas com o fundamento de que os factos deixaram de ser crime em face da lei nova, a demandante não deu causa a custas e por elas não pode ser responsabilizada.