The

Tribunal de Justiça A tribunal, generally, is any person or institution with authority to judge, adjudicate on, or determine claims or disputes—whether or not it is called a tribunal in its title. For example, an advocate who appears before a court with a single ...

do Estado do

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(

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of Rio Grande do Norte State or simply ''TJRN'') is the maximum

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of the

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of the Rio Grande do Norte State,

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. Part of ''Brazilian Judicial Power'', his headquarters is located in the capital

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. Its history begins in 1892.

Jurisdiction

The court is the ''judicial instance'' to sue

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s against decisions pronounced by the judges of the counties of the State. Its functions are defined in the ''State Constitution'', in the chapter VI, starting by the article 70, besides other statements. The

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of laws contested in opposition to the State Constitution, the

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s against authorities like judges and mayors are other examples of cases of jurisdiction of the ''Tribunal de Justiça''.

Composition

Nowadays, it has fifteen chief judges (''

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es''): * Judite de Miranda Monte Nunes * Caio Otávio Regalado de Alencar * Amaury de Souza Moura Sobrinho * Osvaldo Soares Cruz * Rafael Godeiro Sobrinho * Aderson Silvino * Cláudio Santos * Expedito Ferreira de Souza * João Rebouças * Vivaldo Otávio Pinheiro * Saraiva Sobrinho * Amilcar Maia * Dilermando Mota * Virgílio Fernandes * Zeneide Bezerra

History

The Court was born in the early

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an regime, as consequence of the Law nº 12, of 9 June 1892, ''sanctioned'' by

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Pedro Velho. The ''Superior Tribunal de Justiça'' as was named, had five ''

es''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Tribunal de Justica do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte Judiciary of Brazil Subnational supreme courts 1892 establishments in Brazil Courts and tribunals established in 1892

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Composition

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