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162The summary section follows the identification part. In this section the judgesummarizes the key issues of the acórdão (Table 13) and, according to the article 713 ofthe Código de Processo Civil (Eng. Code of Civil Procedure) (2002), it is the duty of thejudge that elaborated the decision to write the summary of the acórdão.Table 13. Example of the summary section of the acórdãosPortuguese(Acórdão: 2799/08.7TBVCD.P1.S1.)Sumário:I-A identidade da causa de pedir que caracteriza arepetição da causa e que está na base daoponibilidade do caso julgado, não se confunde nemse relaciona directamente com a identidade daspalavras, argumentos ou razões tecidas nos petitóriosrespectivos ou a configuração do seudesenvolvimento no seio de cada um destesarticulados.II-A causa de pedir é, como se sabe, «o acto ou factojurídico (contrato, testamento, facto ilícito, etc.)donde o autor pretende ter derivado o direito atutelar: o acto ou facto jurídico que ele aduz comotítulo aquisitivo desse direito» (M. Andrade, NoçõesElementares de Processo Civil, pg. 322). [...]Translation(Judgment: 2799/08.7TBVCD.P1.S1.)Summary:I- The identity of the cause of action thatcharacterizes the repetition of the cause and thatunderlies the enforceability of res judicata shouldnot be mistaken by nor directly related to theidentity of words, of arguments or of the reasonsprovided in the corresponding petitions or eventhe configuration of their development withineach of the enacting terms.II- The cause of action is known to be «the legalact or fact (contract, will, tort law, etc.) fromwhich the author claims to have derived the rightto protect: the act or fact s/he adduces asjustification for acquiring a right» (M. Andrade,Noções Elementares de Processo Civil, pg. 322).[...]The aforementioned article of the Código de Processo Civil (Eng. Code of CivilProcedure) also establishes that the thematic part of the acórdão should be composed ofthree parts: relatório (Eng. introduction, facts and issues) fundamentos (Eng. analysis) anddecisão (Eng. conclusion or decision). These parts are clearly separated and introduced inthe texts by Roman numerals (Table 14) or by headers (Table 15). In either case, thethematic part is always preceded by the sentence ―Acordam no Supremo Tribunal deJustiça‖ meaning that the STJ judges agree with the factual description and history of thecase (Table 14 and Table 15).