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Practice question: Threefold Rule

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

Assume successive fixed terms of twelve, nine, eight and seven months, with no credits or other adjustments. A clerk averages the terms before multiplying by three. What is the correct result?
  1. Twelve years
  2. Twenty-seven months from averaging
  3. One hundred eight months from tripling each
  4. Forty years automatically
  5. Thirty-six months

Legal references

  • Commonwealth Act217 Section2, amended RPC Article70; Section3 Article71 for contrast: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/29/15348

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