em autoria material

11:15 Feb 27, 2021
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general)
Portuguese term or phrase: em autoria material
Hi! I am translating a judgment and I am not sure how I should translate "em autoria material". What are your suggestions?

The context:

"Absolver o arguido X da prática, em autoria material, de um crime de tráfico de estupefacientes, previsto e punível pelo art. 21º, n.º 1, com referência às Tabelas I-B, I-C e II-A, anexas ao referido diploma."
Ana Alexandre
Portugal
Local time: 18:44


Summary of answers provided
5 +1as a direct perpetrator
Mark Robertson
4material perpetrator / defendant
Oliver Simões
4committing the crime in person (hands-on, red-handed)
Mario Freitas
3committed as the principal offender US Am in the first degree
Adrian MM.


  

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material perpetrator / defendant


Explanation:
Marcilio Moreira de Castro’s “Dictionary of Law, Economics and Accounting” translates “autor de um crime” as “the person who committed a crime”.

There are plenty of references online to “perpetrator of the crime”. See http://google.com/search?q="perpetrator of the crime"

The term “co-autoria material” appears in the KOG translated as “material co-perpetrator” or “material co-defendant”. See https://www.proz.com/kudoz/portuguese-to-english/law-general...

“Material Defendant“ entry in The American and English Encyclopedia of Law: https://books.google.com/books?id=SdgUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA176&lpg=...

Example Sentences

“Except as may be otherwise provided, actions must be commenced in the county in which the defendant or a material defendant resides.” https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&c...

Google Search retrieved over 3,900 results for “material perpetrator of”: http://google.com/search?q"material perpetrator of"

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Sorry about the broken link. Let me try again:
http://google.com/search?q="material perpetrator of"

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A modulation would be required. Something like:

(To) acquit defendant X from the practice, as the material perpetrator, of a crime...


Oliver Simões
United States
Local time: 10:44
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committing the crime in person (hands-on, red-handed)


Explanation:
https://www.google.com.br/search?client=firefox-a&biw=1184&b...

Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 14:44
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committed as the principal offender US Am in the first degree


Explanation:
autoria material del delito: committing the crime > West, Mex. etc ESP / SPA business + law dictionary.

sole principal > main offender vs. joint principal including in English law a get-away driver of a motor car in a robbery and who is often not charged as a mere aider and abettor cf. US Am. a criminal confederate : 'a principal in the first degree is the chief actor or perpetrator of a crime.'

Example sentence(s):
  • IATE: pt autor Council en perpetrator
  • Legal Definition of Principal Whoever commits an offense or aids, abets, counsels, commands, induces or procures its commission, is punishable as a principal.

    Reference: http://www.wikiwords.org/dictionary/term/2948/5890
    Reference: http://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/secondary-liability-cha...
Adrian MM.
Austria
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as a direct perpetrator


Explanation:
Portuguese Penal Code
Art.º 26
Autoria

É punível como autor quem executar o facto, POR SI MESMO, ou por intermédio de outrem, ou tomar parte directa na sua execução, por acordo ou juntamente com outro ou outros, e ainda quem, dolosamente, determinar outra pessoa à prática do facto, desde que haja execução ou começo de execução.

https://dre.pt/legislacao-consolidada/-/lc/107981223/2017082...

Ao autor material refer-se o artigo 26, primeira proposição, do Código Penal: quem pratica o facto por si mesmo.
Trata-se do agente principal que pratica efectivamente o facto descrito no tipo incriminador, tendo, por esse via, o domínio positivo e negativo do facto.

Dicionário Jurídico, Ana Prata e outros, Volume II, pág 63.

Direct perpetration takes place when an individual physically carries out the objective elements of a crime with the mental state required by the crime in question. It is referred to as committing a crime ‘as an individual’ in article 25(3)(a) of the ICC Statute, and it constitutes the most straightforward form of ‘committing’ a crime under articles 7(1) of the ICTY Statute and 6(1) of the ICTR Statute.

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/317692200_Direct_an...

In EN-GB the word offender is used rather than perpetrator.

Mark Robertson
Local time: 18:44
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Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1218

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Charles R. Castleberry: https://www.google.com.br/search?newwindow=1&biw=1349&bih=75...
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