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Practice question: Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer (Rule 70)

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

What is the principal matter adjudicated in ejectment?
  1. Every issue of ownership against the whole world.
  2. The right to physical or material possession.
  3. Every future inheritance dispute.
  4. Only the defendant's criminal guilt.
  5. The validity of every tax declaration ever issued.

Legal references

  • https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/2019-rules-of-civil-procedure.pdf — Supreme Court current2019 Rules69–71.
  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_1-71_civil.html — Rules69–71, read with current2019 and2022 expedited-procedure amendments.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/feb2024/gr_268216_2024.html — GR268216, February2024, main decision (2022 expedited rules prospective).
  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11576_2021.html — RA11576 current monetary and assessed-value jurisdiction, including ejectment exception.
  • https://sc.judiciary.gov.ph/sc-issues-rules-on-expedited-procedures-in-the-first-level-courts/ — Supreme Court2022 expedited-procedure issuance.

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