The expression "delivered in a mere expedient" means that a order that proceeded with a lawsuit. It is a simple decision that proceeds and moves the process.
Thus, it is possible that when consulting the progress of a process, at some moments the information may appear that "an order was issued for a mere expedient".
The order is an act performed in the process, when there is some decision or order to be fulfilled. In this type of order, the judge can make a request, grant (accept) or reject (deny) a request made by one of the parties, among other decisions. Thus, the order can be a manifestation or an order of progress within a process.
When is mere expedient dispatch used?
Most of the time, the order of mere expedient is a decision called interlocutory, that is, it is a decision given during the process, but that does not refer to the final decision (verdict).
For example: when one of the parties attaches a document to the case, then the judge makes a mere expedient order to inform the other party about the attachment of the documentation. In this same order, he can give a period for the party to manifest itself on the respective document.
Comply or summon
It is common that after a mere expedient decision, two expressions are used: "fulfillment" or "intimate".
"Fulfillment" is an order from the judge for the decision or movement ordered by him to be carried out. The expression "intimate yourself" means that the parties and their lawyers must be summoned (communicated) about the progress given to the process.
Dispatch of mere office of the civil servant of Justice
In addition to being made by the judge, an order of mere expedient can also be made by a civil servant, when referring to a simple act of procedural progress.
In the Code of Civil Procedure these acts are called ordinary acts, that is, they are common acts that do not have decision characteristics. The attachment of a petition submitted by one of the parties to the process is an example of an ordinary act.
Does a mere expedient dispatch have a deadline?
First of all, it is important to know that not all acts within a process need the manifestation of the parties. Therefore, it is not mandatory that there is a deadline for all of them.
However, if it is necessary to subpoena one of the parties, the deadline will be determined by the judge in the order of mere expedient, in accordance with the rules of procedural deadlines provided for by law.
Process completed for dispatch
The move from "conclusion to order" means that a certain process is with a judge, which means that soon a decision or progress will be given to the process.
Therefore, the movement from "conclusion to dispatch" may appear in the procedural information system at a time prior to the dispatch of a mere expedient.
See also the meanings of dispatch and Dispatch Conclusions.