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

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Is the summary hearing in Section12(d) expressed as something the court may conduct?
  1. Only a party may conduct it privately
  2. No, the paragraph says every defense always requires it
  3. Yes
  4. The clerk must conduct it without a judge’s authority
  5. The statute requires a jury

Legal references

  • 2019 Rules of Civil Procedure, AM19-10-20-SC, Rules6–9: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html

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