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Practice question: Construction of Procedural Rules

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Practice question

Explain why Rule 1, Section 6's policy of liberal construction does not make the rest of the Rules of Court optional.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rule 1, Section 6.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/feb2016/gr_177382_2016.html — Viva Shipping Lines v. Keppel, G.R. 177382, February 17, 2016, main opinion.

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