Practice question
A party asks another proceeding to recognize a clerical correction that accurately records an act already performed. Its opponent says all final-judgment corrections are forbidden and therefore every corrected judgment is void. Which distinction controls?
- A permissible truthful clerical correction differs from an unauthorized new merits ruling
- Every correction creates nullity
- No record can ever be corrected
- Only a legislature can fix a clerical entry
- A typographical repair automatically reopens all evidence
Legal references
- Atup v People GR229395/252705 November10,2021 MAIN nullity and clerical correction: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/nov2021/gr_229395_2021.html
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