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Practice question: Immutability of Final Judgments; Exceptions

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Which is a recognized immutability exception?
  1. Any new preference of counsel
  2. A change in the losing party’s spokesperson
  3. Correction of a clerical error
  4. A repeated argument already rejected
  5. Any unsubstantiated allegation that the judgment was unfair

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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