POINTERS TO REVIEW FOR CIVIL PROCEDURES (PRELIMINARY EXAM)

1. Doctrine of Hierarchy of Courts

2. Doctrine of Judicial Stability
3. Is an erroneous judgment necessarily void?
4. Jurisdiction over the subject matter
5. Does the amount awarded by the court determine jurisdiction?
6. Doctrine of Exhaustion of Administrative Remedies and Doctrine of Primary Jurisdiction
7. Doctrine of Adherence of Jurisdiction
8. Doctrine of Judicial Stability**
9. Totality Rule
10. Actions Incapable of Pecuniary Estimation
11. Venue in Personal Actions and Real Actions
12. Stipulations in Venue
13. Dismissal Based on Improper Venue
14. The Test on whether or not the complaint states a cause of action
15. Splitting a single cause of action
16. Construction of Pleadings
17. How a Pleading is Verified; Significance of Verification; Effect of Lack of Consideration
18. Certification Against Forum Shopping; Effects of non-compliance with the rule on certification
against forum shopping
19. Effect of Willful and Deliberate forum shopping
20. Payment of Docket Fees and Acquisition of Jurisdiction
21. Effect of Absence of a Specific Denial
22. Affirmative Defenses
23. Nature of Default
24. Requisites before a defending party may be declared in default
25. Remedies of a defending party declared in default
26. Nature of a counter-claim and its kinds
27. The Omnibus Motion Rule
28. Substituted Service of Summons; How substituted service is made
29. Concept, nature and purpose of a pre-trial
30. Demurrer to Evidence; Effect of granting the demurrer to evidence
31. Nature of Summary Judgment
32. Remedy in case the judgment for final order is appealable
33. Rules for Small Claims Cases