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Practice question: Kinds (Rule 6)

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Practice question

Distinguish a counterclaim, a cross-claim and a third-party complaint by the opposing party and the required relationship to the main controversy.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 6, sections 2–3, 5, 7–8 and 10–11, pleadings, defenses, counterclaims, replies and third-party claims.
  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 6 unchanged sections 1, 4, 6 and 9, read with the 2019 amendments rather than superseded reply text.

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