INDEX

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ACADEMICS CHAIR: LESTER JAY ALAN E. FLORES II
VICE CHAIRS FOR ACADEMICS: KAREN JOY G. SABUGO & JOHN HENRY C. MENDOZA
VICE CHAIR FOR MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE: JEANELLE C. LEE
VICE CHAIRS FOR LAY-OUT AND DESIGN: EARL LOUIE M. MASACAYAN & THEENA C. MARTINEZ


U N I V E R S I T Y O F S A N T O T O M A S
Fac ul t a d de De r e c ho Ci vi l
I. General Principles

Constitutional court 2
Court 2
Courts of appellate jurisdiction 2
Courts of general jurisdiction 2
Courts of law 2
Courts of original jurisdiction 2
Courts of record 3
Doctrine of Non-Interference 3
Equity 2
Judge 2
Judicial Hierarchy 3
Procedural rule 1
Remedial law 1
Special jurisdiction 2
Statutory court 2
Substantive law 1


II. Jurisdiction

Court of Appeals 10
Court of Tax Appeals 11
Doctrine of adherence to jurisdiction 5
Doctrine of ancillary jurisdiction 5
Doctrine of primary jurisdiction 5
Error of judgment 5
Error of jurisdiction 5
Exercise of jurisdiction 5
Family court 14
Jurisdiction 4, 5
Jurisdiction over the defendant 4
Jurisdiction over the issues 7
Jurisdiction over the plaintiff 4
Jurisdiction over the res 7
Jurisdiction over the subject matter 6
Katarungang Pambarangay 16
Municipal Trial Courts 14
Regional Trial Court 13
Rules on Summary Procedure 16
Sandiganbayan 12
Small claims cases 12
Supreme Court 8
Totality rule 18


III. Civil Procedure

Absolute denial 34
Accion Interdictal 152
Accion Publiciana 152
Accion Reinvindicatoria 152
Action 19
Action In personam 20
Actionable document 34
Actions in rem 20
Affirmative defense 27
Alternative dispute resolution 49
Amended pleading 39
Amendment 39
Annulment of judgment 98
Answer 27
Arbitration 51
Attachment 104
Bill of particulars 43, 61
Caption 30
Cause of action 21
Certiorari 143
Class suit 24
Complaint 26
Compulsory counterclaim 27
Compulsory joinder of parties 24
Conciliation 51
Condition precedent 33
Counterclaim 27
Cross-claim 28
Declaratory relief 133
Default 35
Deficiency judgment 152
Deposition 55
Disavowal of knowledge 34
Discretionary execution 101
Early neutral evaluation 51
Execution 99
Expropriation 147
Extrajudicial foreclosure 152
Final judgment 99
Forcible entry 155
Foreclosure sale 151
Foreign judgment 112
Garnishment 104, 118
Indigent party 23
Indispensable party 22
Injunction 122
Interpleader 132
Interrogatories 61
Intervention 52
Joinder of causes of action 22
Lack of cause of action 21
Litigated motion 42
Mediation 51
Mini-trial 51
Motion 41
Motion to dismiss 44
Necessary party 22
Negative defenses 27
Negative pregnant 27
Omnibus motion rule 42
Partial denial 34
Partition 153
Permissive counterclaim 27
Permissive joinder of parties 24
Pleadings 26
Preliminary Attachment 119
Preliminary injunction 122
UST GOLDEN NOTES 2011



REMEDIAL LAW TEAM:
ADVISER: JUDGE MYRA B. QUIAMBAO, JUSTICE OSCAR C. HERRERA, JR., JUSTICE JAIME M. LANTIN, JUDGE CESAR D. STAMARIA, SR.;
SUBJECT HEAD: ANGELI P. ALBAA; ASST. SUBJECT HEADS: DARRELL L. BAGANG, DIANE CAMILLA R. BORJA, YRIZ TAMIE A. MARIANO,
MA. KATRINA NADINE G. JUANENGO; MEMBERS: AKEMI B. AIDA, TERESE RAY-ANNE O. AQUINO, GRETCHEN C. SY, RHONDEE E. DUMLAO,
KRISTINE P. MIJARES, DONNA GRAGASIN, EDELISE D. PINEDA, SHERY PAIGE A. LIM, MARA KHRISNA CHARMINA F. MENDOZA, UNICA AMOR
R. MANANQUIL, MICHAEL ANGELO V. FLORES; CONTRIBUTORS: VICENTE JAN O. PLATON III, RONN ROBBY D. ROSALES


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Prohibition 122, 138
Provisional remedies 117
Quasi in rem 20
Quo warranto 141
Real party in interest 22
Reply 29
Right of action 21
Service 36
Specific denial 34
Splitting a cause of action 22
Subpoena 54
Summons 54
Terceria 108
Third (fourth, etc.) Party complaint 29
Ultimate facts 33
Venue 25
Verification 30


IV. Special Proceeding

Administrator 176
Adoption 192
Best interest standard 196, 199
Child legally available for adoption 192
Domestic adoption 192
Escheat 189
Executor 176
Extralegal killings 200
Guardianship 189
Inter-country adoption 192
Letters of administration 176
Letters testamentary 176
Omnibus waiver rule 202
Principle of preferential jurisdiction 167
Probate 173
Statute of non-claims 180
Substantial compliance rule 175
Trust 188
Writ of amparo 205
Writ of habeas corpus 205
Writ of habeas data 205


V. Criminal Procedure

Allow departure order 254
Amendment 225
Amnesty 266
Arraignment 261
Bail 245
Buy-bust operation 241
Complaint 220
Continuous trial system 276
Custodial investigation 260
Demurrer to evidence 267
Double jeopardy 268
Duplicity of offenses 223
Duplicity rule 223
Equipoise rule 256
General warrant 288
Hold departure order 253
Hot pursuit arrest 241
Information 220
Inquest 239
Mittimus 279
Motion to quash 267
New trial 282
Nolleprosequi 266
Pardon 266
Plea bargaining 263
Prejudicial question 229
Preliminary examination 237
Preliminary investigation 233
Pre-trial 270
Principle of absorption 224
Principle of adherence 215
Probable cause 235
Probation 281
Provisional remedies 292
Recantation 283, 284
Reconsideration 282
Reverse trial 256
Search warrant 288
Searching inquiry 264
Seizure 288
State witness 277
Time bar rule 270
Trial 275
Trial in absentia 277
Warrant of arrest 240, 289
Warrantless arrest 240
Watch list order 254


VI. Evidence

Admissibility of evidence 295
Alibi 304
Best evidence rule 316
Burden of evidence 297
Burden of proof 297
Child witness 355
Circumstantial evidence 296
Common knowledge 308
Competency of a witness 329
Competent evidence 296
Conclusive presumption 299
Continuing objections 362
Credibility of a witness 329
Credible evidence 296
Dead mans statute 331
Declaration against interest 344
Demonstrative evidence 313
Direct evidence 296
Disputable presumptions 299
INDEX



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ACADEMICS CHAIR: LESTER JAY ALAN E. FLORES II
VICE CHAIRS FOR ACADEMICS: KAREN JOY G. SABUGO & JOHN HENRY C. MENDOZA
VICE CHAIR FOR MANAGEMENT AND FINANCE: JEANELLE C. LEE
VICE CHAIRS FOR LAY-OUT AND DESIGN: EARL LOUIE M. MASACAYAN & THEENA C. MARTINEZ


U N I V E R S I T Y O F S A N T O T O M A S
Fac ul t a d de De r e c ho Ci vi l
DNA evidence 313
Doctrine of incomplete testimony 340
Documentary evidence 316
Dying declaration 349
Electronic data message 321
Electronic evidence 321
Electronic signature 322
English exchequer rule 364
Ephemeral electronic communication 323
Equipoise doctrine 303
Examination of a child witness 355
Expert witness 354
Extrajudicial admission 309
Fruit of the poisonous tree 295
Harmless error rule 364
Hearsay evidence 347
Hostile witness 340
Immunity statutes 337
Independently relevant statements 348
Judicial admission 309
Judicial notice 308
Laying the predicate 341, 342
Leading question 341
Marital disqualification rule 332
Misleading question 341
Negative evidence 296
Object evidence 311
Offer of evidence 361
Offer of proof 363
Opinion evidence 348
Original document 318
Parol evidence rule 323
Positive evidence 296
Preponderance of evidence 307
Principle of adoptive admission 344
Real evidence 311
Relevance of evidence 295
Res gestae 351
Res inter alios acta alteri nocere non debet 343
Secondary evidence 318
Self-serving evidence 310
Sexual abuse shield rule 359
Spousal immunity 330
Substantial evidence 307
Sweetheart theory 306
Tender of excluded evidence 363
Weight of evidence 303


VII. Revised Rules on Summary Procedure

Effect of failure of the defendant to answer 372
Effect of the plaintiffs failure to appear 372
Preliminary conference 372




VIII. Katarungang Pambarangay

Amicable settlement 373
Arbitration award 374
Venue 373


IX. Rule of Procedure for Small Claims Cases
(AM No. 08-8-7-SC)

Appearance 376
Prohibited pleadings 376
Rule of Procedure for Small Claims Cases 376


X. Rules of Procedure for Environmental Cases
(AM No. 09-6-78-SC)

Citizen suit 379
Precautionary principle 385
Rule on Environmental Cases 378
Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation 380
Temporary Environmental Protection order 379
Writ of continuing mandamus 381
Writ of Kalikasan 381