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Practice question: Immutability of Final Judgments; Exceptions

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

What qualification accompanies the recognized exception for nunc pro tunc entries?
  1. They may always prejudice a party without limit
  2. They automatically authorize any new substantive award
  3. They require no judicial basis
  4. They cause no prejudice to any party
  5. They erase every appeal deadline

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/feb2025/gr_253218_2025.html — DOST Officials and Personnel v. COA, G.R. No. 253218, February 4, 2025, main decision on immutability, clerical errors, nonprejudicial nunc pro tunc entries, void judgments and post-finality circumstances.
  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 39, final-judgment enforcement and satisfaction framework, read with the recognized jurisprudential exceptions.

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