Rule 27 – Production or Inspection of Documents or Things

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Rule 27 – Production or Inspection of Documents or Things is a procedural rule in Philippine civil litigation that governs how parties may compel the disclosure, production, and examination of documents, papers, and tangible evidence relevant to a case.

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf discovery procedure ⓘ
procedural rule ⓘ
rule of court ⓘ
aimsToProtect right to due process of parties ⓘ
appliesTo civil actions ⓘ
condition documents or things must be described with reasonable particularity ⓘ
time, place, and manner of inspection must be specified in the motion or order ⓘ
consequenceOfNonCompliance party may be subject to sanctions under the Rules of Court ⓘ
enforcedBy trial court ⓘ
governs copying of documents ⓘ
inspection of documents ⓘ
inspection of tangible things ⓘ
photographing of documents ⓘ
production of documents ⓘ
production of tangible things ⓘ
implementedBy order of the court ⓘ
jurisdiction Philippines ⓘ
legalBasisFor motion for inspection of documents ⓘ
motion for inspection of tangible things ⓘ
motion for production of documents ⓘ
legalNature procedural and not substantive ⓘ
legalSystem Philippine civil procedure ⓘ
objective to assist in the just, speedy, and inexpensive disposition of cases ⓘ
to compel disclosure of relevant evidence ⓘ
partOf Rules of Court of the Philippines ⓘ
purpose to enable parties to obtain relevant documents and things ⓘ
to facilitate discovery of evidence ⓘ
to narrow issues for trial ⓘ
to prevent surprise at trial ⓘ
relatedTo Rule 23 – Depositions Pending Action ⓘ
Rule 24 – Depositions Before Action or Pending Appeal ⓘ
Rule 25 – Interrogatories to Parties ⓘ
Rule 26 – Admission by Adverse Party ⓘ
Rule 28 – Physical and Mental Examination of Persons ⓘ
requires motion with notice to all parties ⓘ
showing that documents or things are in possession, custody, or control of a party ⓘ
showing that documents or things are material to the action ⓘ
showing that documents or things are not privileged ⓘ
stageOfProceeding pre-trial discovery ⓘ
trial preparation ⓘ
standard non-privileged character of requested materials ⓘ
relevance to the issues in the case ⓘ
subjectMatter documents ⓘ
papers ⓘ
tangible things ⓘ
usedBy defendant ⓘ
plaintiff ⓘ

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