Practice question
No timely appeal or proper reconsideration motion is filed. The judgment becomes final on DateX, but the clerk physically writes the book entry on DateY. Counsel insists the legal entry date must always be the later handwriting date. Which is correct?
- The handwriting date invariably overrides finality
- Section2 deems the date of finality the date of entry
- No entry is ever required
- The losing party chooses the date
- The date is always the judge’s birthday
Legal references
- Continuing Rules35 Section5;36 Sections2–6;37 Sections5,9;38 Sections4–7;41 Section2;22 Section1: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
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