The Federal Military Justice is the oldest justice in Brazil, instituted on April first, 1808. Formed by a Superior Military Court, Audits and military judges, it is retaining absolute jurisdiction over the national territory. The States members Justice, in turn, are formed by the Audits and the Appellation Courts and have jurisdiction only over the federation states in which they are instituted: São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio Grande do Sul. They try military police officers and firefights who commit military crimes defined by law and disciplinary infractions, unlike the Federal Court which has competence to try militaries of the Armed Forces and civilians who perpetrate only military crimes.