Special Appeal (Recurso Especial)

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An appeal to the Superior Tribunal de Justiça (Brazil’s Superior Court of Justice) in the situations the Constitution authorizes, involving questions of federal law below the constitutional level.

Legal reference: Federal Constitution, art. 105.