Report on Legal Research Civil Procedure is the study of the basic principles of JURISDICTION & PROCEDURE in CIVIL CASES.

. The Rules of Court Civil Procedure 1. Ordinary Civil Actions (Rules 1 to 56) One by which a party sues another for the enforcement or protection of a right, or the prevention or redress of a wrong. 2. Provisional Remedies (Rules 57-61) a generic term for any temporary order of a court to protect a party from irreparable damage while a lawsuit or petition is pending. 3. Special Civil Actions (Rules 62-71) Generally follow the rules on ordinary civil actions, but there are some special rules only for it sometimes. Thats why its called special. Types of Special Civil Actions : 1. Mandamus A writ or order that is issued from a court of superior jurisdiction that commands an inferior tribunal, corporation, Municipal Corporation, or individual to perform, or refrain from performing, a particular act, the performance or omission of which is required by law as an obligation. 2. Interpleader An equitable proceeding brought by a third person to have a court determine the ownership rights of rival claimants to the same money or property that is held by that third person. 3. Certiorari an order by a higher court directing a lower court, tribunal, or public authority to send the record in a given case for review. 4. Contempt a willful disregard of the authority of a court of justice or legislative body or disobedience to its lawful orders. 5. Prohibition 6. Eminent Domain 7. Declaratory Relief 8. Quo warranto 9. Partition of real estate 10. Foreclosure of mortgage 11. Unlawful detainer A Civil Actions may be: a) ORDINARY or SPECIAL both are governed by the rules for ordinary civil actions, subject to specific rules prescribed for a special civil action.

b) IN PERSONAM brought against a person based on personal liability to the person bringing the action c) IN REM it is directed against the thing itself rather than the person d) QUASI IN REM names a person as a defendant but its object is to subject the persons interest in property to a corresponding lien or obligation Distinguishing Civil Actions from other kinds of actions: A. CRIMINAL one by which the state prosecutes a person for an act or omission punishable by law. B. SPECIAL PROCEEDING remedy by which a party seeks to establish a status, right or a particular fact. DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN A CIVIL ACTION AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS CIVIL ACTION Adversarial between plaintiff and defendant formal demand of a right by one against the other SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS not necessarily as it may involve only 1 party declaration of a status, right or a particular fact Civil actions versus Special proceedings Special proceedings establish a status, a right, or a particular fact. They are not there for the enforcement or protection of a right, or the prevention or redress of a wrong like civil actions. Features: 1. The State is interested in the proceeding 2. Proceedings are in rem 3. Rules are for expediency 4. Usually not adversarial in the traditional sense of 2 contending private parties. Special proceedings: 1. Settlement of estate of deceased persons Extrajudicial Settlement 2. Escheat - power of a state to acquire title to property for which there is no owner 3. Guardianship and custody of children 4. Trustees - person in whom confidence is reposed as regards property for the benefit of another person 5. Adoption 6. Rescission and revocation of adoption 7. Hospitalization of insane patient 8. Habeas corpus - A writ (court order) that commands an individual or a government official who
has restrained another to produce the prisoner at a designated time and place so that the court can determine the legality of custody and decide whether to order the prisoner's release .

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