Practice question
An unsigned draft containing the proposed result is found in chambers. A clerk mistakenly describes it as the court's final merits judgment. No judge-signed decision has been filed. What is the correct assessment?
- The clerk's description automatically supplies the missing signature and filing.
- Every chambers draft is a final judgment.
- The parties must treat every leaked document as binding.
- The draft becomes final solely because it contains a result.
- The draft does not satisfy Rule 36's requirements; a clerical label cannot replace the judge's signed, filed decision.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 36, Section 1.
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — Article VIII, Section 14.
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