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  2. List of Philippine legal terms - Wikipedia

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    Definition and use A.C., [1] administrative case [2] N/A: English A case brought under administrative law in the form of a quasi-judicial proceeding by an agency of a non-judicial branch of government, or, the Office of the Court Administrator. Normally, such cases are internal disciplinary matters—court cases criminal and civil can be ...

  3. Judiciary of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court (SC) is the highest court of the land and is the court of last resort. [ 1 ] : 6 It is led by the Chief Justice , who is joined by 14 Associate Justices . [ 1 ] : 39 The court has expansive powers and a constitutional responsibility to oversee other branches of government, able even to overrule the discretion of political and ...

  4. Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth - Wikipedia

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    A Statement of Assets, Liabilities, and Net Worth (SALN) [1] [2] is an annual document that all de jure government workers in the Philippines, whether regular or temporary, must complete and submit attesting under oath to their total assets and liabilities, including businesses and financial interests, that make up their net worth. [3]

  5. Department of Justice (Philippines) - Wikipedia

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    Soon, the Supreme Court under the then 1973 Constitution took over the administrative supervision of all lower courts from the DOJ. The succeeding 1987 Constitution upheld it. It became the Ministry of Justice once more in 1973 during Martial Law , continuing in that form until 1987, when the return to a presidential form of government as ...

  6. Caveat (property law) - Wikipedia

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    The caveator can withdraw their caveat at any time. The Land Titles Office cannot register any transactions regarding the estate while a caveat applies. [5] A lapsing notice will require the caveator to commence Supreme Court proceedings and obtain an extension of the caveat within days of the date on which the notice was served. If the ...

  7. Court of Appeals of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    Appointed Supreme Court justice: Florito S. Macalino: Associate justice January 4, 2008 December 7, 2017 Died December 7, 2017 Edgardo Lloren: Associate justice January 4, 2008 August 8, 2021 Ruben C. Ayson: Associate justice May 5, 2008 March 2, 2011 Edgardo L. Delos Santos: Associate justice May 5, 2008 December 3, 2019 Appointed Supreme ...

  8. Supreme Court of the Philippines - Wikipedia

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    The Supreme Court (Filipino: Kataas-taasang Hukuman; [2] colloquially referred to as the Korte Suprema (also used in formal writing), is the highest court in the Philippines. The Supreme Court was established by the Second Philippine Commission on June 11, 1901 through the enactment of its Act No. 136, [3] an Act which abolished the Real ...

  9. Office of the Court Administrator - Wikipedia

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    The Office of the Court Administrator (Tagalog: Tanggapan ng Tagapangasiwa ng Hukuman, [1] abbreviated OCA) is a department of the Supreme Court of the Philippines tasked primarily with investigating judicial misconduct in the lower courts through audits and filing administrative cases against judges whom they find guilty of corrupt practices, gross negligence, and/or ignorance of the law ...