Practice question
Summons is returned unserved. The court orders the plaintiff to cause service by other means available under the Rules. The plaintiff ignores the order, but no false claim of completed service is made. Which consequence does Rule14 §3 specify?
- Dismissal of the initiatory pleading without prejudice for failure to comply.
- Dismissal with prejudice in every case, identical to proved false-service misrepresentation.
- Automatic personal jurisdiction over the unserved defendant.
- Automatic judgment for the plaintiff.
- No consequence because service is entirely optional.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html — AM19-10-20-SC, 2019 amendments, Rule14 §§1–5,13,20–23.
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