Practice question
A court is asked to apply Tijam as though it means every litigant who once sought relief can never question subject-matter jurisdiction. What is the proper response?
- That is the unqualified modern general rule
- Every private action creates a new court
- Jurisdiction need not have a legal source
- Figueroa eliminated all possible estoppel
- Figueroa rejects that blanket reading and preserves Tijam as exceptional
Legal references
- Figueroa, G.R.147406: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jul2008/gr_147406_2008.html
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