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Court held private documents prove only production, not content, and bad faith requires dolus not mere negligence.

Case Number 9640439
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Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
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Outcome Partially Allowed
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The appellate court partially revoked the lower judgment regarding the evidentiary weight of private documents and the characterization of bad faith. The appellant argued that unimpugned private documents automatically prove their content and that the defendant's conduct constituted bad faith litigation. The court ruled that such documents merely demonstrate production, leaving the tribunal free to assess their content, and clarified that bad faith requires manifest dolus rather than grave negligence or temerarious conduct.

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DOCUMENTO PARTICULAR FORÇA PROBATÓRIA LITIGÂNCIA DE MÁ FÉ

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private documents evidentiary weight litigant of bad faith manifest dolus requirement grave negligence distinction temerarious conduct standard

Cited Legislation

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CCIV Art. 396
CPC Art. 655, n.º 1
Art. 456

Cited Case Law

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AC STJ DE 1983/03/04 IN BMJ N325 PAG465

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[Nº CONVENCIONAL] JTRP00019680

[Nº DO DOCUMENTO] RP199611119640439

[PRIVACIDADE] 1

[TEXTO INTEGRAL] N

[URL] https://www.dgsi.pt/jtrp.nsf/56a6e7121657f91e80257cda00381fdf/A9B9CF73F71C5ABF8025686B0066DFBA?OpenDocument

SUMÁRIO

I - Os meros documentos particulares não impugnados apenas demonstram que foram produzidas as declarações neles contidos e não o seu conteúdo, pelo que o tribunal

é livre na apreciação da prova que sobre eles incidiu.

II - Na condenação como litigante de má-fé deve atender-se ao comportamento manifestamente doloso da parte e não a culpa ou negligência grave ainda que roçe a lide temerária.