Immutability of Final Judgments; Exceptions

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1. What is the general effect of a judgment becoming final and executory?
2. Which is a recognized immutability exception?
3. What qualification accompanies the recognized exception for nunc pro tunc entries?
4. The judgment’s record clearly establishes the correct party identity, but a typographical transposition appears in the …
5. A new judge believes a final civil judgment misapplied the law and proposes increasing the award solely to correct that…
6. After finality, the judgment debtor fully satisfies the adjudged obligation, and the creditor acknowledges payment. The…
7. Years after a valid final judgment, a losing agency appoints a new head who says the earlier officials misplaced the de…
8. Explain the purpose and ordinary operation of immutability of final judgments. Why is an asserted factual or legal erro…
9. Identify the established exceptions summarized in DOST Officials and Personnel v. COA and explain why invoking an excep…
10. Compare a request to correct a harmless transcription error in a final judgment with a request to add a substantive awa…
11. May a nunc pro tunc entry create a judicial order the court never actually made?
12. Does the void-judgment exception mean every arguably incorrect legal interpretation is void?