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image located by Valentin Poposki, 21 February 2006
An upright blue cross on white, overlain by a garland and constellation of stars in gold and white a ribbon bearing the motto and the words TRF 1a REGIÃO.
I note four stars (which stand for the states and
are here shown in the same pattern as in the national flag)
are shown in a different color while all the others are yellow, the stars
standing for Piauí,
Maranhão, Rio
Grande do Norte and Ceará are white. Since
these states are contiguous, I suspect these for the mentioned 1st Judicial
Region of the Federal Court.
Checking http://www.stf.gov.br, one
learns that the activities of the Brazilian Federal Court are indeed divided in
five regions. At http://www.trf5.gov.br, it turns out that the 5th region includes Rio
Grande do Norte and Ceará states, leaving for the 1st region the bulk or
Brazil's territory. So the differently
colored stars in the 1st region flag seem to be due to something else. (Later:
the said page explains that the Libra constellation was added to the stars on
this flag as it symbolizes balance, impartiality and justice. The text on
this page makes me think that the others may not necessarily have a
flag; this seems to have been a spontaneous initiative, not some centrally
issued regulation.
António Martins-Tuválkin, 21 February 2006