• Data reference period
• Geographic localization (Portugal)
• Type of action (civil case)

• TERMINATED PROCEEDING:  The proceeding in which a final judgement, ruling or decision is delivered, in the respective law-suit, regardless of res judicata.
• PRISON SENTENCE:  Main criminal sanction corresponding to the deprivation of liberty for a limited period of time with the aim of preventing future crimes and reintegrating the offender into society.
• PROCESS:  Combination of the written statements of the parties, the decisions of the court and documents issued by the public prosecution office, and the more or less detailed report of the acts and measures taken in developing the lawsuit.
• COURT OF LAW:  Sovereign body empowered to ensure the safeguard of the legally protected rights and interests of citizens, to suppress breaches of legality, and to solve public and private disputes.
• REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).

Total duration of civil completed proceedings/ Number of civil completed proceedings