Practice question
In an ordinary civil action governed by the applicable waiver rules, what is the effect of failing to raise improper venue at the required earliest opportunity?
- It necessarily creates a new court.
- The venue objection may be waived.
- Every judgment becomes automatically criminal.
- The defendant necessarily wins.
- It supplies jurisdiction over a subject expressly withheld by law.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 19-10-20-SC, Rules 4 and 8 Section 12, civil venue and affirmative defenses: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-10-20-sc_2019.html
- Rules of Criminal Procedure, Rule 110 Sections 10 and 15, criminal place of commission: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html
- Galang v Wallis, G.R. No. 223434, July 3, 2019, main decision, general and special jurisdiction (not historical monetary thresholds): https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/jul2019/gr_223434_2019.html
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