Contestação
Autor | Helder Martins Leitão |
Cargo do Autor | Advogado |
Páginas | 77-78 |
Page 77
s.f. (lat. contestatione).
s.c.: acto de contestar; resposta que refuta, contradiz ou se opõe a um libelo ou opinião; negação.
Diz-se contestação a peça escrita na qual o réu, chamado a juízo para se defender, responde à petição apresentada pelo autor. Num sentido material (ou substancial), a contestação é o acto (que pode revestir várias formas) pelo qual o demandado responde à pretensão formulada pelo requerente. Com a contestação se consolida, no seu aspecto substancial, o esquema de constituição da relação processual, iniciado com a proposição da acção (geradora da relação de acção) e prosseguido com a citação do réu.
Integrando assim o núcleo fundamental do princípio do contraditório, a contestação tem o grande mérito de completar em regra a versão (geralmente tendenciosa ou incompleta, porque unilateral) dos factos e do direito trazida a juízo pelo autor, facilitando ao tribunal o apuramento da verdade dos factos e a correcta aplicação do direito.
Toda a defesa deve ser deduzida na contestação, exceptuados os incidentes que a lei mande deduzir em separado.
Depois da contestação só podem ser deduzidas as excepções, incidentes e meios de defesa que sejam supervenientes ou que a lei, expressamente, admita passado esse momento, ou de que deva conhecer oficiosamente. Na contestação cabe tanto a defesa por impugnação como por excepção.
Na contestação, pode ainda inserir-se a reconvenção, uma outra forma de defesa, através do contra-ataque.
Page 78
Ao contestar, deve o réu tomar posição definida, perante os factos articulados na petição.
O prazo para contestar é de 30 dias a contar da citação, começando o prazo a correr desde o termo da dilação, quando a esta houver lugar.
No processo sumário o prazo para contestação é de 20 dias, sendo de 15 dias, no processo sumaríssimo.
Remissões:
arts. 486.º a 501.º, 783.º e 794.º/1 C.P.C..
Jurisprudência:
Ac...
Para continuar a ler
PEÇA SUA AVALIAÇÃO- Dicionário de Processo Civil
- C
- Cabeça-de-casal
- Caducidade
- Cancelamento
- Capacidade judiciária
- Cargo social
- Carta
- Caso julgado
- Caução
- Causa
- Causa de pedir
- Causa prejudicial
- Certidão
- Cessionário
- Cheque
- Citação
- Coligação
- Compensação
- Competência
- Comprador
- Compromisso arbitral
- Conciliação
- Conclusão
- Condenação
- Conexão
- Conferência
- Confiança
- Confissão
- Conflito
- Cônjuge
- Conselho de família
- Consentimento
- Consignação
- Contestação
- Continuidade
- Contradita
- Contraditório
- Conversão
- Cooperação
- Cópia
- Cota
- Credor
- Culpa
- Cumulação
- Curador
- Curadoria definitiva
- Curadoria provisória
- Custas
Subscribers can access the reported version of this case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a list of all the cited cases and legislation of a document.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a list of all the documents that have cited the case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Os assinantes podem ver as versões revisadas da legislação com emendas
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see any amendments made to the case.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see a visualisation of a case and its relationships to other cases. An alternative to lists of cases, the Precedent Map makes it easier to establish which ones may be of most relevance to your research and prioritise further reading. You also get a useful overview of how the case was received.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.
Subscribers are able to see the list of results connected to your document through the topics and citations Vincent found.
You can sign up for a trial and make the most of our service including these benefits.
Why Sign-up to vLex?
-
Over 100 Countries
Search over 120 million documents from over 100 countries including primary and secondary collections of legislation, case law, regulations, practical law, news, forms and contracts, books, journals, and more.
-
Thousands of Data Sources
Updated daily, vLex brings together legal information from over 750 publishing partners, providing access to over 2,500 legal and news sources from the world’s leading publishers.
-
Find What You Need, Quickly
Advanced A.I. technology developed exclusively by vLex editorially enriches legal information to make it accessible, with instant translation into 14 languages for enhanced discoverability and comparative research.
-
Over 2 million registered users
Founded over 20 years ago, vLex provides a first-class and comprehensive service for lawyers, law firms, government departments, and law schools around the world.