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Practice question: Preference in Payment of Civil Liability

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Practice question

Distinguish Article38's order among listed pecuniary liabilities from Article72's preference among civil liabilities arising from multiple offenses. Why should the severity order for serving prison penalties not simply be substituted?

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html — Revised Penal Code Articles38 and72, order of pecuniary payment and preference among civil liabilities from multiple offenses.

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