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Practice question: Affirmative Defenses (Rule 8, Sec. 12)

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A defendant timely raises noncompliance with a condition precedent in the answer. The plaintiff argues that this ground is excluded from Section 12(a)'s express list. Which is correct?
  1. The plaintiff is correct in every case.
  2. The ground is expressly included in Section 12(a)(5), subject to proof of its applicability.
  3. Only a witness can assert it.
  4. The ground automatically wins without examination.
  5. The defense is exclusively criminal.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — Rule 8, Section 12, read with Rule 9, Section 1.

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