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 Disposition time (Day)
Characteristic Description
Name Disposition time (Day) by District court and Type of proceeding; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Directorate General for Justice Policy
First available period 2015
Last available period 2024
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • District court
  • Type of proceeding
Concepts
  • COURT OF LAW:  Sovereign body empowered to ensure the safeguard of the legally protected rights and interests of citizens, to suppress breaches of legality, and to solve public and private disputes.
  • JUDICIAL COUNTY:  The basic unit of the judicial division in Portugal. It has a court with at least one judge, a public prosecutor and a court secretary. These counties may be 1st, 2nd or 3rd class.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • PROCESS:  Combination of the written statements of the parties, the decisions of the court and documents issued by the public prosecution office, and the more or less detailed report of the acts and measures taken in developing the lawsuit.
Formule [(Number of pending cases/ Number of completed cases in the period)* Number of days in the period (364.8)]
Measure unit (symbol) Day (Day)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 31/10/2025


information presented in 2/11/2025