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Practice question: Disputable Presumptions

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Practice question

How does Rule 131, Section 3 describe disputable presumptions?
  1. They can never be contradicted
  2. They are satisfactory if uncontradicted but may be contradicted and overcome by other evidence
  3. They are judgments of conviction
  4. They apply without any factual basis in every case
  5. They eliminate all evidentiary standards

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.pdf — A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, current Rule 131 §§1–3,5–6; Rule 133 §§1–2.
  • https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — 1987 Constitution, Article III §§2–3,12,14 (exclusionary protections and due process).

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