Rule 35 – Summary Judgments

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Rule 35 – Summary Judgments is a provision in Philippine civil procedure that allows courts to promptly resolve cases without a full trial when there is no genuine issue of material fact.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Rule 35 – Summary Judgments canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Philippine civil procedure rule ⓘ
procedural rule ⓘ
rule of court ⓘ
aimsTo minimize litigation costs ⓘ
promote judicial efficiency ⓘ
reduce court congestion ⓘ
appliesTo civil actions ⓘ
bindingOn trial courts in civil cases ⓘ
burdenOfProofOn moving party ⓘ
consequenceOfImproperGrant reversible error on appeal ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
decisionBasis admissions ⓘ
affidavits ⓘ
depositions ⓘ
other supporting documents allowed by the Rules of Court ⓘ
pleadings ⓘ
distinguishedFrom trial on the merits ⓘ
interpretedBy Philippine Supreme Court jurisprudence ⓘ
jurisdiction Philippine courts ⓘ
language English (official text) ⓘ
legalEffect permits rendition of judgment without full-blown trial ⓘ
legalNature remedial law provision ⓘ
legalSystem Philippine legal system ⓘ
motionFiledBy claimant ⓘ
defending party ⓘ
oppositionBy adverse party ⓘ
oppositionRequires showing of genuine issues of material fact ⓘ
partialSummaryJudgmentEffect resolves some but not all issues ⓘ
partOf Rules of Court of the Philippines ⓘ
possibleOutcome full summary judgment ⓘ
partial summary judgment ⓘ
proceduralCharacter summary procedure for disposition of cases ⓘ
protects right to due process through opportunity to oppose motion ⓘ
purpose to allow prompt disposition of cases without full trial ⓘ
to avoid unnecessary trials where there is no genuine issue of material fact ⓘ
relatedConcept judgment on the pleadings ⓘ
summary judgment ⓘ
remedyType dispositive motion ⓘ
requires notice of hearing to the adverse party ⓘ
supporting affidavits or documents for material facts ⓘ
requiresCourtTo determine existence of genuine factual issues ⓘ
view evidence in light most favorable to non-moving party ⓘ
requiresFindingOf absence of genuine issue of material fact ⓘ
entitlement to judgment as a matter of law ⓘ
sourceType court-promulgated rule ⓘ
stageOfProceedings after the answer is filed ⓘ
standard moving party is entitled to judgment as a matter of law ⓘ
no genuine issue as to any material fact ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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