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Civil Procedure Basics

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  1. How are procedural deadlines counted under Article 219 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
  2. What is the defendant's term to answer (contestação) in the common procedure under Article 335 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
  3. What is the general term for apelação and most other appeals under Article 1003, §5 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
  4. What is the term for embargos de declaração under Article 1023 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
  5. Which parties have double deadlines under Articles 180, 183 and 186 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
  6. Which jurisdiction is absolute (competência absoluta) in civil procedure?
  7. How must relative incompetence be raised under Article 64 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
  8. What is the main effect of default (revelia) under Article 344 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
  9. What does Article 300 of the Code of Civil Procedure require for an urgency injunction (tutela de urgência)?
  10. Under Article 373 of the Code of Civil Procedure, who bears the burden of proof in the ordinary case?
  11. The debtor does not pay a money judgement voluntarily within fifteen days. What does Article 523 of the Code of Civil Procedure add?
  12. What is the range of honorários de sucumbência under Article 85, §2 of the Code of Civil Procedure in the general case?
  13. What is the term to file an ação rescisória under Article 975 of the Code of Civil Procedure?
  14. What is the value limit for cases heard in the Juizado Especial Cível under Article 3 of Law 9.099/1995?
  15. In the Juizado Especial Cível, up to what value is the assistance of a lawyer optional under Article 9 of Law 9.099/1995?
  16. What does the appeal recurso especial challenge, and which court decides it?
  17. Which cases fall within the jurisdiction of federal judges under Article 109, I of the Constitution?
  18. Which principle in Article 2 of the Code of Civil Procedure means the judge cannot start a civil action on his own?
  19. What does material res judicata (coisa julgada material) mean in civil procedure?
  20. What is the purpose of embargos de declaração under Article 1022 of the Code of Civil Procedure?

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