Practice question
Which is required for res judicata as a bar by prior judgment?
- The earlier determination must be merely provisional
- The earlier body must lack jurisdiction
- The parties must never have been heard
- A final merits judgment by a competent authority, with the required identity between the cases
- The earlier matter must be only a rumor
Legal references
- Ligtas v. People, G.R. No. 200751, August 17, 2015, main decision, administrative res judicata and conclusiveness of judgment: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/aug2015/gr_200751_2015.html
- Encinas v. Agustin, G.R. No. 187317, April 11, 2013, main decision, quasi-judicial adjudication distinguished from administrative investigation: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/apr2013/gr_187317_2013.html
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