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Constitutional appeal dismissed as execution ended and debt acknowledged by the creditor.

Case Number TC_19960480
Court / Authority
Jurisdiction Portugal (PT)
Outcome Dismissed
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The Constitutional Court declared the appeal inadmissible because the underlying executive litigation had concluded with the creditor acknowledging receipt of the debt. The applicant sought to challenge the constitutionality of specific articles in the Enforcement Law, but the lower court had already determined the dispute was extinguished. Consequently, the court ruled the constitutional question moot and the appeal useless.

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Art. 27.º, n.º 2 da CRP; Art. 27.º, n.º 3 da CRP: A question of constitutionality is inadmissible when the underlying executive litigation has been concluded and the debt acknowledged, rendering the constitutional review superveniently useless.

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constitutional appeal inadmissibility supervenient uselessness extinguished executive litigation acknowledged debt moot constitutional question

Cited Legislation

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Art. 27.º, n.º 2 da CRP
Art. 27.º, n.º 3 da CRP
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6959/15.6T8PRT-A.P1
Portuguese court dismisses executed debtor's objections as execution was already extinguished by prior adjudication.
963/10.8TBPRG-B.G1
Court allows partial execution of loan contract, barring premature interest claims upon early repayment demand.
5344/2007-5
Portuguese court holds defendant pays civil costs if their act causes procedural impossibility in criminal case.
1893/15.2T8BRG-A.G1
Appeal dismissed; written proof of interest waiver required to stop interest calculation in enforcement proceedings.
1662/19.0T8LLE-A.L1-2
Tenant's suspension of rent upheld for uninhabitable property; bad faith claim dismissed due to lack of factual basis.

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Acórdão 480/96

ACÓRDÃO Nº 480/96

Procº nº 371/94

Rel. Cons. Alves Correia

Acordam na 2ª Secção do Tribunal Constitucional:

Nos presentes autos, vindos do 1º Juízo do Tribunal Cível da Comarca do Porto, em que figuram como recorrente A e como recorrida B, tendo como objecto a questão da constitucionalidade das normas constantes dos artigos 1º, nº 1, e 10º, nº 1 da Lei nº 110/91, de 29 de Agosto, considerando o despacho do Mmº Juiz daquele tribunal de 12 de Fevereiro de 1996, nos termos do qual "se mostra findo o litígio executivo e consequentemente os embargos", o que oportunamente se declarará, dado que a exequente declarou haver recebido a quantia exequenda, decide‑se julgar extinto o recurso, por inutilidade superveniente.

Lisboa, 18 de Março de 1996

Fernando Alves Correia

Guilherme da Fonseca

José de Sousa e Brito

Bravo Serra

Luis Nunes de Almeida

Messias Bento

José Manuel Cardoso da Costa