Practice question
Is a permissible motion for reconsideration ordinarily an application for judicial relief rather than a new complaint?
- No; every reconsideration request necessarily commences a new civil action.
- Yes.
- No; it is always a witness affidavit.
- No; it necessarily creates a new defendant.
- No; it is automatically an answer to an unrelated complaint.
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rules 6, 9 Section 1, 15 Sections 1 and 3 and 33, retained provisions read with the current amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 8, 11, 14 Section 23 and 15, as relevant to each stated issue: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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