Practice question
An applicant says that a final adjudication unrelated to moral turpitude necessarily falls within the rule’s moral-turpitude phrase solely because it is adverse. Which is sound?
- The nature of the charge and the actual decision must be evaluated rather than treating all adverse rulings as identical.
- Every adverse ruling is moral turpitude by definition.
- A lost civil motion always is a dishonesty conviction.
- The Court may never examine the conduct involved.
- The applicant’s private label conclusively binds the Court.
Legal references
- A.M. No. 24-10-05-SC, August 12, 2025, amended Rule 138, effective November 3, 2025, Sections 2, 11-13 and 16-19 as identified: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_24-10-05-sc_2025.pdf
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