Practice question
An opponent permits parol evidence without timely objection, then says it was necessarily a jurisdictional nullity. What principle does Paras recognize?
- Failure to timely object may waive the evidentiary objection.
- Every evidentiary objection is permanently jurisdictional.
- The evidence necessarily proves its own truth conclusively.
- The witness automatically becomes the judge.
- Waiver of objection automatically rewrites the contract.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence, current Rule 130, Sections 10-24 as specified: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
- Spouses Paras v. Kimwa Construction and Development Corp., G.R. No. 171601, April 8, 2015, MAIN decision, relevance and waiver; use current Section 10 verified-pleading requirement rather than historical Section 9 text: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/apr2015/gr_171601_2015.html
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