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Practice question: Parts and Contents (Rule 7)

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Practice question

A party is preparing a pleading stating a claim or defense. Explain current Rule 7 section 6’s witness and evidence requirements and the limited path for admitting an additional witness.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — current Rule 7 sections 3–6, signature certification, verification, forum-shopping certification and required witness and evidence contents.
  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 7 unchanged sections 1–2, caption and body, read with the 2019 amendments.

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