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[Judicial Institution] Federal Regional Courts ( Tribunal Regional Federal – TRF) [Composition] The Federal Regional Courts are composed by at least seven judges, usually from the region of the court, chosen by the President, and with at least 30 years and not more than 65. One-fifth of the court must be lawyers or members of the Federal Public Prosecution with at least ten years of practice. The other members are judges from lower federal courts, after at least five years of career based on seniority or merit, alternatively. [55] [Jurisdiction] 
Article 108, CF/88: The Court has original jurisdiction especially over ordinary and malversation criminal cases against federal judges on their area of jurisdiction; writ of mandamus and habeas corpus against acts of the TRF or lower federal judges; habeas corpus against decisions lower federal judges; conflict of jurisdiction among judges under the jurisdiction of the TRF. The Court has appellate jurisdiction decisions taken by lower federal judges or state judges exercising federal jurisdiction.
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