State Act

Portuguese Civil Code, 1867

Article 3 – Scope of civil law – If the rights and duties are confined to mutual relations amongst the citizens themselves as private persons or between citizens and the State in matters of property or of purely individual rights, these rights, and obligations constitute the civil capacity of citizens, they are known as civil rights and obligations and are regulated by the private law contained in the Civil Code with the exception of matters which are regulated by special law.