Article 3 of Code of Civil Procedure

The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to actions in which a portion of the merits has been adjudicated, actions in which an incidental judgment has been rendered in respect of part of the dispute, and actions in which a decision has been issued adjourning them for pronouncement of judgment, even if the litigants have been permitted to submit memoranda. Law Index 600 Home Page Procedure Law Decree-Law No. 38 of 1980 Promulgating the Code of Civil and Commercial Procedure The plaintiff in a possessory action may not combine it with a claim to the right; otherwise, his claim to possession shall lapse. The defendant may not defend a possessory action by relying on the right. His action asserting the right shall not be admissible before the possessory action is determined and the judgment rendered therein is enforced, unless he has actually relinquished possession to his opponent. Likewise, judgment in a possessory action may not be based on establishing or denying the right. Service of Process