Practice question
An offended party intervenes to recover civil liability in a criminal case. May the accused file a counterclaim inside that criminal case under Rule111 Section1?
- No; that cause may instead be litigated in a separate civil action
- Yes; every counterclaim is mandatory there
- Yes; the accused must implead all third parties there
- Only if labeled a third-party complaint
- Only if it replaces the criminal information
Legal references
- Rules of Court, Rule110 Sections2–5,14,16 and Rule111 Sections1–3: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
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