1. The act or an instance of surrendering: The general demanded the unconditional surrender of the fort. 2. Law The yielding of the possession of an estate to a party with a reversion or remainder interest in the estate, or of a lease to a landlord, prior to the term's expiration.
The Chief of State of Portugal is the President of the Republic, elected to a five-year term by direct, universal suffrage. He has essentially supervision and reserve powers. These powers are often compared with the moderator power that was held by the King in the Portuguese Constitutional Monarchy.he Portuguese Restoration War between Portugal and the Spanish Empire, in the aftermath of the 1640 revolt, ended the sixty-year period of the Iberian Union under the House of Habsburg. This was the beginning of the House of Braganza, which reigned in Portugal until 1910.
   Portugal is bordered by Spain on the east and north. The Atlantic  Ocean borders Portugal on the south and west.   Portugal is in southern Europe and it occupies most of the western  side coast of the Iberian Peninsular, which it shares with Spain.  Portugal is right next to Spain (both of these nations are part of  what is known as the Iberian Peninsula) at the western end of  Europe.   Portugal is located in southwestern Europe. Portugal and Spain make  up the Iberian Peninsula. The latitude of the Iberian Peninsula is  40'00 North.