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Practice question: Collateral Attack on Judgments

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Practice question

What distinguishes a collateral attack from a direct action whose principal object is to annul a judgment?
  1. A collateral attack is always a criminal trial
  2. It challenges the judgment incidentally in another proceeding
  3. It means any ordinary appeal
  4. It is only a typo correction
  5. It always requires a new Constitution

Legal references

  • G.R.229395, November10 2021, main decision, collateral-attack discussion: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/nov2021/gr_229395_2021.html

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