Practice question
In Tijam, was laches treated merely as a mathematical count of years?
- No; its central inquiry concerned the inequity of permitting the belated assertion.
- Yes; every case automatically ends after a fixed identical number of years.
- Yes; reasons for delay are always irrelevant.
- Yes; only a calendar is required.
- Yes; conduct and fairness are expressly excluded.
Legal references
- Figueroa v. People, G.R. No. 147406, July 14, 2008, main decision, law at institution and narrow estoppel doctrine: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2008/jul2008/gr_147406_2008.html
- Tijam v. Sibonghanoy, G.R. No. L-21450, April 15, 1968, main decision, surety and exceptional inequitable conduct: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1968/apr1968/gr_l-21450_1968.html
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