State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 1218 – Reconciliation of spouses - Whatever may be the manner under which the separation is made, it shall always be lawful for the spouses to reconstitute the conjugal society in terms under which it had been constituted, provided the reconstitution is done by an act of conciliation before the respective Justice of Peace. § Sole paragraph. Such reconciliation shall not in any way defeat the rights of third persons acquired during the subsistence of the separation.