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Practice question: Parties to Civil Actions (Rule 3)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A common-name defendant within Section 15 files an answer listing only its trade label and withholding its constituent persons. What does the rule require?
  1. Only the group’s slogan.
  2. No disclosure of any constituent.
  3. Only the plaintiff’s relatives’ names.
  4. Disclosure of all constituent persons’ names and addresses in the answer.
  5. Only an advertisement.

Legal references

  • Rules of Court, Rule 3 Sections 12-15 and 19, unchanged provisions read with current amendments: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html
  • 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 2-4 and relevant Rule 10 Section 3, current operative provisions: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html

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