Université de Montréal - Thèse sous forme numérique

188Translation:The judges decided that: The judges of the 3rd Section of the Supreme Court agreed not togrant the present appeal due to an impeding circumstance as no decision based on thematter was reached by lower courts.[3] Nos termos expostos acordam conceder parcialmente a revista do Autor e negar arevista da Ré. (STJ-jul2009-20)Translation:For these reasons, we agree to partially grant the authors‘ appeal and deny the defendant‘sappeal.[4] Os AA. e a R. acordaram que as portas da moradia seriam em castanho maciço,apresentando a porta de entrada da moradia fendas e algumas portas dos armários estãoempenadas. (STJ-nov2009-15)Translation:AA. and R. agreed that the doors of the house would be in solid brown, as the entrancedoor had slits and some cupboard doors are warped.[5] Por virtude dessa demora, o Autor e a Ré haviam acordado remeter aos segurados,logo que as propostas eram recebidas nas instalações da Ré, uma carta acusando arecepção das propostas e a sua aceitação. (STJ-jul2009-22)Translation:By virtue of this delay, the Author and the Defendant had agreed to refer to the insured assoon as the proposals were received on the premises of the Defendant, a letteracknowledging receipt of proposal and acceptance.When used at the beginning [1] of the corpus texts, acordar is used to express thefact that the group of judges agree with the factual description that is about the follow, i.e.with the Relatório section of the judgment. When used at the end [2] [3] of the corpus texts,acordar refers to the decision reached by a group of judges, i.e. the last section of thejudgments called Decisão. This is no ordinary decision, but one which has a performativecharacter, because judges are not only expressing their agreement on the decision but theyare also giving a verdict that will have legal consequences for the parties in the case.However, in the contexts [4] and [5], acordar refers to an oral agreement that the parties inthe suit made with each other. For this reason, acordar seems to have the meaning of