Civil Procedure - Rule 1 , Sec. 1 - 6

Active Recall Questions: Section 1: What is the official title of these procedural rules? Section 2: To what courts do the Rules of Court generally apply? Section 3(a): What is a civil action? Section 3(a): What are the two kinds of civil actions? Section 3(a): What rules generally govern special civil actions? Section 3(b): What is a criminal action? Section 3(c): What is a special proceeding? Section 4: What proceedings are generally not covered by the Rules of Court?(E-L-C-I-N) Section 4: How may the Rules of Court still apply to excluded proceedings? Section 5: When is a civil action commenced? Section 5: When is an action deemed commenced against an additional defendant? Section 5: Does the denial of a motion to admit a later pleading affect the date of commencement against an additional defendant? Section 6: How should the Rules of Court be construed? Section 6: What are the three objectives of the Rules of Court?(J- S-I) ------------------------------------------------------- Frequently Tested Bar Concepts: Civil Action vs. Criminal Action vs. Special Proceeding - Sec. 3 Ordinary vs. Special Civil Action - Sec. 3(a) Commencement of a Civil Action - Sec. 5 Liberal Construction Rule - Sec. 6 Suppletory Application of the Rules - Sec. 4 --------------------------------------------------------- One-Minute Challenge: Misjoinder of Causes of Action - Sec. ___ Cause of Action - Sec. ___ Different Venues or Jurisdictions - Sec. ___ One Suit for a Single Cause of Action - Sec. ___ Effect of Splitting a Cause of Action - Sec. ___ Joinder of Causes of Action - Sec. ___ Ordinary Civil Action, Basis of - Sec. ___ Aggregate Amount of Money Claims - Sec. ___ Splitting a Single Cause of Action - Sec. ___ Effect of Misjoinder - Sec. ___ Requisites for Joinder of Causes of Action - Sec. ___ Severance of Misjoined Cause of Action - Sec. ___