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Annulment of Judgment (Rule 47)
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- Rule47 Section2 expressly identifies which grounds for annulment?
- For an extrinsic-fraud Rule47 action, what period does Section3 ordinarily state?
- The ordinary remedies must be unavailable through what condition for the Section1 extraordinary remedy?
- A petitioner could have raised the same extrinsic fraud in a motion for new trial or petition for relief but did not, w…
- A party alleges only that the RTC misinterpreted a contract after a fair trial within its jurisdiction. Ordinary appeal…
- A losing party presents a case of alleged lying by a trial witness that it fully contested at trial, then calls any adv…
- A person invokes lack of jurisdiction as the Rule47 ground. The opponent says the action must always be filed within fo…
- Explain Rule47’s extraordinary character and its no-fault requirement.
- Compare the Rule47 filing rules for extrinsic fraud and lack of jurisdiction.
- Why does an alleged false statement contested during trial not automatically establish extrinsic fraud?
- What character must the Rule47 initiating petition have under Section4?
- What does Section5 permit if the annulment petition has no substantial merit?