Practice question
Under current Rule 6, when may a plaintiff file a reply to an answer?
- Whenever the answer contains any denial
- Whenever counsel wants another general pleading
- Only if the defending party attaches an actionable document to the answer
- Only after a final judgment
- Never, even when the specified actionable-document condition exists
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— Rule 6 unchanged sections 1, 4, 6 and 9, read with the 2019 amendments rather than superseded reply text.
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