providência cautelar
Published 8 November 2026, 19:36
providência cautelar (interim injunction)
An application asking a court for an urgent temporary decision while the case is heard on its merits: for example, to suspend a government decision. In disputes with the state it is filed together with the main claim or before it.
Where you come across it. Appealing against a removal decision or the cancellation of a residence permit; a dispute with a public body when you cannot wait for a decision on the merits.
Without one, an appeal against removal does not stop the removal going ahead — it is a separate application, and you need to file it straight away, not once the decision has started to be enforced.
Official website: cstaf.pt