Collateral Attack on Judgments

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1. What distinguishes a collateral attack from a direct action whose principal object is to annul a judgment?
2. Is every erroneous judgment necessarily void?
3. For the asserted collateral nullity theory, what must be established beyond mere mistaken judgment?
4. In a separate proceeding, a party attacks a prior judgment solely because it disagrees with the competent court’s contr…
5. A litigant uses the word void repeatedly but identifies no missing jurisdiction or other legally sufficient fundamental…
6. A court with jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter reaches a disputed evidentiary conclusion without any est…
7. In another proceeding where a prior judgment’s validity matters, a party establishes a jurisdictional defect apparent o…
8. Distinguish direct and collateral attacks on a judgment.
9. Why is a wrong judgment not necessarily a void judgment?
10. What showing must accompany an incidental assertion that a prior judgment is utterly void?
11. Can a court use nunc pro tunc merely to invent a judicial act it never previously performed?
12. Does a genuinely void judgment create valid rights merely because someone relies on its finality?