Practice question
For convenience alone, a judge adjourns a trial for two months in one adjournment without written authorization from the Court Administrator. No special rule supplies another basis. Which is sound?
- Section 2’s ordinary one-month-per-adjournment limit and written-authorization exception must be respected.
- The judge has unlimited adjournment authority for convenience.
- Any party may privately authorize a two-month judicial adjournment.
- The written authorization requirement never matters.
- An adjournment is automatically lawful if the opponent dislikes it.
Legal references
- 2019 Amendments to Civil Procedure, Rules 23-34, particularly the current provisions cited in each explanation: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
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