Practice question
A proper petition for mandamus is initiated in the Supreme Court under Article VIII, Section 5(1). How is the Court's jurisdiction classified?
- Original, even though the petition may concern another official's prior action or omission.
- Appellate merely because someone previously refused a request.
- Municipal because mandamus is a writ.
- Administrative because every mandamus petition is nonjudicial.
- Created only by the respondent's agreement.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — Article VIII, Section 5(1).
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