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Annulment of Judgment (Rule 47)

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  1. Rule47 Section2 expressly identifies which grounds for annulment?
  2. For an extrinsic-fraud Rule47 action, what period does Section3 ordinarily state?
  3. The ordinary remedies must be unavailable through what condition for the Section1 extraordinary remedy?
  4. A petitioner could have raised the same extrinsic fraud in a motion for new trial or petition for relief but did not, w…
  5. A party alleges only that the RTC misinterpreted a contract after a fair trial within its jurisdiction. Ordinary appeal…
  6. A losing party presents a case of alleged lying by a trial witness that it fully contested at trial, then calls any adv…
  7. A person invokes lack of jurisdiction as the Rule47 ground. The opponent says the action must always be filed within fo…
  8. Explain Rule47’s extraordinary character and its no-fault requirement.
  9. Compare the Rule47 filing rules for extrinsic fraud and lack of jurisdiction.
  10. Why does an alleged false statement contested during trial not automatically establish extrinsic fraud?
  11. What character must the Rule47 initiating petition have under Section4?
  12. What does Section5 permit if the annulment petition has no substantial merit?