Practice question
A party seeks a nunc pro tunc entry adding damages never adjudicated. It says this is merely recording what the court ought to have done. Which limit applies?
- The device cannot supply an adjudication never made
- It can add any omitted desired award
- It permits unlimited backdated damages
- It creates appellate jurisdiction by agreement
- The clerk may decide the missing merits
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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