Practice question
A lawyer says a special civil action and a special proceeding are identical because both use special in their names. Which is best?
- Every classification is interchangeable
- Both necessarily involve crimes
- Only the court clerk decides their nature
- A word alone overrides the Rules’ definitions
- The Rules separately define civil actions and special proceedings; shared wording does not erase the distinction
Legal references
- Rule1 Section3(a) and(c): https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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