Practice question
What is the essential preservatory function of a provisional deposit order in the cited jurisprudence?
- Immediate final payment to the claimant regardless of entitlement
- Placing money or property in court custody pending determination of the rightful recipient
- Automatic transfer of every defendant’s assets to counsel
- A substitute for every requirement of attachment
- A final judgment without adjudication
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2022/feb2022/gr_253428_2022.html — Guerrero Estate Development Corp. v. Leviste & Guerrero Realty Corp., G.R. No. 253428, February 16, 2022, main decision; Rule 135 sections 5(g) and 6 quoted and applied to preservatory rental deposits.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/mar2019/gr_175727_2019.html — Lorenzo Shipping Corp. v. Villarin, G.R. Nos. 175727 and 178713, March 6, 2019, main decision, two deposit categories and limits where a juridical link is absent.
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