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Practice question: Deed of Extrajudicial Settlement of Estate

Multiple Choice Hard

Practice question

A drafter uses the two-year presumption of no debts to knowingly deny an identified unpaid estate debt. Which is correct?
  1. A procedural presumption is not authority to insert a knowingly false recital.
  2. The presumption permits deliberate falsehood in every deed.
  3. The creditor’s known claim automatically ceases to exist merely by drafting.
  4. A notarized recital replaces actual facts conclusively.
  5. The lawyer may omit all known contrary information.

Legal references

  • Rules of Court, Rule 74 Section 1 and its publication cross-reference to Section 2: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/rc/rc_72-109_proceedings.html

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