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Brazil: the debt research

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C_BR-P01-C002 · captured 2026-10-27

A098. CDC ordinary consumidor final-recipient class includes physical/legal persons; special 54-A overindebtedness class specifically natural-person good-faith consumer. Transaction purpose must be tested.

Conditions and limits: A098. CDC ordinary consumidor final-recipient class includes physical/legal persons; special 54-A overindebtedness class specifically natural-person good-faith consumer. Transaction purpose must be tested. · S002 arts. 2–3, 54-A §1.

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S002 arts. 2–3, 54-A §1.

Source links: planalto.gov.br

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C_BR-P01-C004 · captured 2026-10-27

A097. Civil mandato permits representation to perform acts/administration, depending on real agreement and powers. It is not sector licensure.

Conditions and limits: A097. Civil mandato permits representation to perform acts/administration, depending on real agreement and powers. It is not sector licensure. · S004 arts. 653–660.

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S004 arts. 653–660.

Source links: www.planalto.gov.br

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C_BR-P01-C005 · captured 2026-10-27

A097. General mandate is insufficient to transigir; special express powers needed for compromise.

Conditions and limits: A097. General mandate is insufficient to transigir; special express powers needed for compromise. · S004 art. 661 §1.

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S004 art. 661 §1.

Source links: www.planalto.gov.br

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C_BR-P01-C006 · captured 2026-10-27

A097. Excess acts may not bind principal absent ratification; acting in own name changes liability.

Conditions and limits: A097. Excess acts may not bind principal absent ratification; acting in own name changes liability. · S004 arts. 662–663.

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S004 arts. 662–663.

Source links: www.planalto.gov.br

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C_BR-P01-C007 · captured 2026-10-27

A097. Brazilian consultoria, assessoria e direção jurídicas are reserved advocacy activities; ordinary nonlegal facts are not categorically identical.

Conditions and limits: A097. Brazilian consultoria, assessoria e direção jurídicas are reserved advocacy activities; ordinary nonlegal facts are not categorically identical. · S005 art. 1(II), arts. 3–4; exact script determines application.

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S005 art. 1(II), arts. 3–4; exact script determines application.

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C_BRpass-01

Brazil: provider perimeter and authorization gateways

Inside: Executive determination · A–C. Substantive legal perimeter · A. The controlling distinction is the activity, not the business label

10 tables51 claim records40 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-02

Brazil: bank-correspondent versus debtor-agent rule-body research

Inside: Principal finding · G1. Current rule-body reconciliation · Original regulation, amendment and commencement crosswalk

12 tables26 claim records15 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-03

Brazil: PASS-02 source-access provenance correction

Inside: G1. Exact reusable replacement paragraph · Exact replacement paragraph · A. Source-register introductory paragraph

5 tables10 claim records0 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-04

Brazil: consumer-service fees, contracts, cancellation and refund framework

Inside: Executive determination · G1. Applicability, contract formation and disclosures · 1. Which engagements fall within the CDC?

12 tables49 claim records16 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-05

Brazil: private consumer-debt limitation and prescription

Inside: Executive determination · G1.1 Period-selection matrix · Narrow classification rule

14 tables60 claim records16 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-06

Brazil: negative credit-register entries, notice, duration and correction

Inside: G1.1 Covered data and excluded systems · G1.2 Actors and their distinct duties · G1.3 Consumer and business classifications

13 tables60 claim records20 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-07

Brazil: positive credit history and Cadastro Positivo

Inside: G1.1 Operative law and amendment timeline · G1.2 Actor matrix · G1.3 Natural persons, legal persons and territorial limits

12 tables72 claim records11 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-08

Brazil: LGPD data roles, legal bases and data-subject rights

Inside: G1.1 Currentness and commencement crosswalk · Anonymization boundary · G1.3 Territorial triggers and exclusions

16 tables73 claim records11 source recordsCorrections to readCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-09

Ordinary private civil repayment, consensual settlement, payment allocation, receipt and release gateway

Inside: Ordinary private civil repayment, consensual settlement, payment allocation, receipt and release gateway · G1.1 Current law and narrow currentness · G1.2 Legal classification matrix

10 tables84 claim records5 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-10

Ordinary consumer debt-collection communications and conduct

Inside: Ordinary consumer debt-collection communications and conduct · G1.1 Consumer and supplier nexus · G1.2 Actor matrix

12 tables65 claim records9 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-11

Two bounded corrections to reviewed positive-history research

Inside: Two bounded corrections to reviewed PASS-07 positive-history research · 1.1 Exact operative provision · Correction determination

9 tables15 claim records3 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-12

One bounded provenance-only repair to

Inside: One bounded provenance-only repair to PASS-11 · Final provenance disposition

9 tables6 claim records0 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-13

Ordinary civil assignment, ownership, debtor notice, defenses and creditor/payment-recipient authority

Inside: Ordinary civil assignment, ownership, debtor notice, defenses and creditor/payment-recipient authority · G1.1 Controlling bodies and commencement · G1.2 What ordinary assignment does

13 tables66 claim records8 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-14

Ordinary civil transaction validity, nullity and annulability gateway

Inside: Ordinary civil transaction validity, nullity and annulability gateway · G1.1 Currentness and operative-text crosswalk · G1.2 Current capacity rules

15 tables86 claim records6 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-15

Bounded P13 payment-recipient qualification and source/claim/count traceability repair

Inside: Bounded P13 payment-recipient qualification and source/claim/count traceability repair · R1.1 Replacement for the affected portion of P13 G2.6 · Creditor or rightful representative — art. 308

16 tables8 claim records2 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-16

Ordinary civil surety (fiança) and solidary/joint-obligation gateway

Inside: Ordinary civil surety (fiança) and solidary/joint-obligation gateway · G1.1 Current federal bodies · G1.2 Merely joint/divided versus solidary obligations

11 tables80 claim records13 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-17

Bounded P14 atomic-predicate, commencement-traceability and count-unit repair

Inside: Bounded P14 atomic-predicate, commencement-traceability and count-unit repair · Replacement C_BR-P14-C006 · Replacement C_BR-P14-C027

13 tables5 claim records1 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-18

Ordinary civil commencement and service-of-process gateway

Inside: Ordinary civil commencement and service-of-process gateway · Principal findings · 1.1 Amendment and commencement crosswalk

14 tables80 claim records27 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-19

Ordinary civil revelia and ensuing merits-judgment gateway

Inside: Ordinary civil revelia and ensuing merits-judgment gateway · 1.1 Current CPC and temporal boundaries · 1.2 Preconditions, not a service rerun

13 tables77 claim records12 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-20

Ordinary civil apelação from a first-instance sentence

Inside: Ordinary civil apelação from a first-instance sentence · 1.1 Principal operative body · 1.2 Material amendment crosswalk

16 tables85 claim records20 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-21

Ordinary civil embargos de declaração: clarification, correction and limited modifying effects

Inside: Ordinary civil embargos de declaração: clarification, correction and limited modifying effects · 1.1 Operative text and commencement · 1.2 Material currentness checks

15 tables74 claim records20 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-22

Ordinary civil agravo de instrumento and interlocutory-review gateway

Inside: Ordinary civil agravo de instrumento and interlocutory-review gateway · 1.1 Statute and commencement · 1.2 Material amendment/status crosswalk

15 tables80 claim records17 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
C_BRpass-23

Ordinary civil agravo interno against a relator’s monocratic decision

Inside: Ordinary civil agravo interno against a relator’s monocratic decision · Principal determination · Material source limitations

18 tables70 claim records28 source recordsScoped review · limits applyCaptured 2026-10-27
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