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Practice question: Preliminary Injunction vs. Temporary Restraining Order vs. Status Quo Ante Order

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Practice question

An extreme-urgency TRO issues ex parte for seventy-two hours under Section5. Does a later extension permit twenty additional days beyond those seventy-two hours?
  1. Yes, twenty days are always added
  2. Yes, the initial order is excluded from computation
  3. No, because extension is never possible even after summary hearing
  4. It lasts sixty days because it was urgent
  5. No; the total trial-court TRO period includes the original seventy-two hours and cannot exceed twenty days

Legal references

  • Rule58 Section5: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html

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