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

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Practice question

The answer raises an alleged release. The court conducts the paragraph(d) summary hearing. Counsel starts the paragraph(d) resolution period from a date before that hearing ended. What event governs?
  1. The date the parties first met
  2. The release’s execution date
  3. The original loan’s maturity date
  4. The plaintiff’s first consultation
  5. Termination of the summary hearing

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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