Classes of Documents

This topic has no further subtopics. Explore its practice questions below.

1. For presentation in evidence, how does Rule 132 classify documents?
2. Which duly acknowledged document is expressly excepted from the public-document category in Section 19(b)?
3. What is the classification of a writing that does not fall within any public-document category in Section 19?
4. A Philippine court issues a written official order in the exercise of its functions. Under Section 19(a), what class do…
5. An ordinary private loan note is kept in a government office merely for a pending investigation; no acknowledgment, tre…
6. A party presents a duly acknowledged deed and an unacknowledged personal letter. Counsel argues both are public documen…
7. A litigant offers an authenticated document as public solely under a treaty-based category. The relevant treaty is in f…
8. Identify the public-document categories under the 2019 Rule and explain the residual class.
9. Does notarization make a last will a public document under Section 19(b) and dispense with the applicable proof of a wi…
10. Why is a private writing’s presence in a public office insufficient by itself to settle its documentary classification?
11. A public officer writes a purely personal, unacknowledged holiday letter unrelated to official duty. Does the writer’s …
12. A Philippine public register contains a private instrument that law requires to be entered there. Which Section 19 cate…