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Practice question: Error of Jurisdiction vs. Error of Judgment

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A tribunal acts on a subject matter over which governing law gives it no authority. The aggrieved party invokes the jurisdictional defect through the proper remedy and satisfies its other requirements. Which classification fits?
  1. An ordinary disagreement about witness weight only
  2. A private contractual interpretation only
  3. No legal defect can ever exist
  4. A harmless caption error necessarily
  5. An error of jurisdiction rather than merely an error in deciding a matter within lawful power

Legal references

  • Rule65 Section1; G.R.169649/185594: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html

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