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

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Practice question

Explain why Section 12(b)'s earliest-opportunity waiver provision cannot be read to eliminate Rule 9, Section 1's express exceptions for certain grounds apparent from the record.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — Rule 8, Section 12; Rule 9, Section 1; Rule 15, Section 12.

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