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General Provisions

Civil Actions
Ordinary Civil Actions
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Cause of Action
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Parties to Civil Actions
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Venue of Actions
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Uniform Procedure In Trial Courts

Procedure In Regional Trial Courts

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Kinds Of Pleadings
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Parts of a Pleading
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Manner of Making Allegations in Pleadings

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Effect of Failure to Plead
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Amended and Supplemental Pleadings
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When to File Responsive Pleadings
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Bill of Particulars
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Filing and Service of Pleadings, Judgments
and Other Papers
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Summons
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Motions
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Motion to Dismiss
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Dismissal of Actions
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Pre-Trial
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Intervention
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Calendar of Cases
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Subpoena
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Computation of Time
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Depositions Pending Action
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Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal
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Interrogatories to Parties
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Admission by Adverse Party
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Production or Inspection of Documents or
Things
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Physical and Mental Examination of Persons

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Refusal to Comply with Modes of Discovery

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Trial
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Consolidation or Severance
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Trial by Commissioner
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Demurrer to Evidence
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Judgment on the Pleadings
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Summary Judgments
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Judgments, Final Orders and Entry Thereof
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New Trial or Reconsiderations

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Relief from Judgments, Orders, or Other
Proceedings

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Execution, Satisfaction and Effect of Judgments

Appeals
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Appeal From Municipal Trial Courts to the
Regional Trial Courts
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Appeal From The Regional Trial Courts
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Petition for Review From the Regional Trial
Courts to the Court of Appeals
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Appeals From the Court of Tax Appeals and
Quasi-Judicial Agencies to the Court of Appeals

Procedure in the Court of Appeals

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Ordinary Appealed Cases
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Appeal by Certiorari to the Supreme Court

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Original Cases
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Annulment of Judgments of Final Orders
and Resolutions
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Preliminary Conference
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Oral Argument
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Dismissal of Appeal
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Judgment
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Motion for Reconsideration
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New Trial
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Internal Business
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Publications of Judgments and Final
Resolutions

Procedure In The Supreme Court

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A.
B.

Original Cases
Appealed Cases

Provisional Remedies
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Preliminary Attachment
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Preliminary Injunction
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Receivership
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Replevin
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Support Pendente Lite

Special Civil Actions

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Interpleader
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Declaratory Relief and Similar Remedies
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Review of Judgments and Final Orders or
Resolutions of the Commission on Elections
and the Commission on Audit
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Certiorari, Prohibition and Mandamus
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Quo Warranto
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Expropriation
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Foreclosure of Real Estate Mortgage
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Partition
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Forcible Entry and Unlawful Detainer
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Contempt