LEGAL RESEARCH:

1. LAW a system of rules governing human

conduct, which are just, fair and
reasonable, obligatory, promulgated by
legal authority, and of general observance
and benefit
2. CONSTITUTION a body of rules and
maxims in accordance with which the
powers of the sovereign are habitually
exercised; the fundamental law of the land
to which all other laws must conform
3. TREATIES an agreement between two or
more sovereign states, formally signed by
representatives duly authorized and
usually ratified by the lawmaking body of
the state
4. TREATISES a systematic exposition or
argument in writing including a methodical
discussion of facts, of principles involved
and of conclusions reached
5. STATUTE the written will of the
legislature solemnly expressed in a form
necessary to constitute a law of a state
6. CODE

systematic
collection,
compendium or revision of laws, rules or
regulations; reenactment of a whole body
of positive law
7. CODIFICATION the process of collecting
and arranging systematically, usually by
the subject, of laws, rules or regulations
8. COMPILATION the bringing together of
preexisting statutes in the form in which
they were enacted, with the removal of
sections repealed and the substitution of
amendments in an arrangement designed
to facilitate their use
9. STARE DECISIS to abide by; adherence
to precedents; decisions of the court
should stand as precedents for future
guidance
10. LAW OF THE CASE designates the
principle that if an appellate court has
passed on a legal question and remanded
the cause to a court below for further
proceedings, the legal question thus
determined by the appellate court shall
not be differently determined on a
subsequent appeal in the same case
where the facts remain the same

11. RES JUDICATA an issue that has been

definitely settled in a decision of a court
12. OBITER DICTUM that which is said in
passing; words of an opinion entirely
unnecessary for the decision of the case
13. RATION DECIDENDI the reason for
deciding; the principle or rule of law on
which a courts decision is founded
14. PER CURIAM by the court; a phrase
used to distinguish an opinion of the whole
court from an opinion written by any one
judge
15. PONENCIA disposition of the case or
judgment
16. PONENTE the one who writes the
decision of the court in a particular case
17. ART.8 OF THE CIVIL CODE Judicial
decisions in applying and interpreting the
law, shall form part of the legal system of
the Philippines.
SCRA:
1. Editorial Staff Of The Central Lawbook
Publishing Company compiled and
annotated the cases or reports in the
SCRA
2. First case in Vol. 1 January 20, 1961,
ASARI YOKO CO., LTD., petitioner, vs. KEE
BOC and CELEDONIO AGRAVA, Director of
Patents, respondents.; Last case April 29,
1961,
CALIXTO
DUQUE,
FLORENCIO
SELGA,
ALBERTO
RAMOS,
MANUEL
BUENAFE, CLARO LIZARDO and the
Spouses SUSANA and JOSE COCHINGYAN,,,
SR., petitioners, vs. THE COURT OF FIRST
INSTANCE OF MANILA, Branch I, LORENZO
B.
CAMINS
and
RAMON
SAURA,
respondents.
3.

Central Lawbook Publishing Co. Inc.,

Phoenix Press Building, 315 Quezon Blvd.
Ext., Quezon City publisher of the SCRA

4. Central Book Supply Inc., Alemars

Lawbook Division, 769 Rizal Ave., Manila,
Phil. distributor of the SCRA
5. Incumbent Members of the SC Vol. 1:
Ricardo Paras, Chief Justice
Cezar Bengzon
Sabino Padilla
Felix Bautista Angelo
Alejo Cobrador
Roberto Concepcion

Jose B.L. Reyes

Jesus Barrera
Jose Gutierrez David
Jose Ma. Paredes
Arsemio Dizon

6. Incumbent Solicitor General Edilberto

Barot
7. Clerk of Court Paulino Marquez

5. key words in the heading of the first

syllabus: PRELIMINARY INVESTIGATION;
WAIVER;
EFFECT
OF
DEFENDANT'S
FAILURE TO INVOKE RIGHT BEFORE OR
DURING ENTRY OF PLEA.
6. same in the 2nd syllabus refers to:
preliminary investigation
7. page of the decision summarized in the
first syllabus: page 480

8. 3 deputy clerks of court:

Eustaquio Bumanglag
Bienvenido Ejercito
Jose Capangyarihan

8. main opinion: page 480

9. author of the preface Fred Ruiz Castro

10. how did it reach the SC? Appeal from an

order of the Court of First Instance of
Pangasinan granting a motion to dismiss
of defendant Rosalina Casiano.

10. Castro: the SCRA is a repository of the

latest precedents formulated by the
highest courts of the land; serves the
purpose of keeping lawyers, judges and
law-enforcing agencies duly informed on
the recent accretions to the corpus of our
jurisprudence
11. author of the foreword Jose B.L. Reyes
12. Reyes: SC decisions and SCRA: (1) to
guide to the interpretation and application
of Philippine laws, (2) designed to
complete and supplement official reports,
its aim is to print all decisions handed
down by the Supreme Court
13. the necessity of publishing the SCRA
despite the existence of the Phil. Reports:
because the Phil Reports have been
characterized by a considerable delay in
the appearance to the extent that the
decisions collected in the latest volumes
are nearly 10 years old, thus, there is no
assurance whether the doctrines available
from the official reports are still in force, or
whether they have been circumscribed,
altered or overruled by subsequent rulings
II. page 478, Vol. 1

9. the court where the case originated: Court

of First Instance of Pangasinan

11. Solicitor General for plaintiff-appellant.

12. Lorenzo G. Suyat for defendant-appellee.
13. author of the decision: Concepcion, J.
14. main opinion end: page 500
15. concurring
justices/judges:
Padilla,
Bautista Angelo, Labrador, Reyes, J.B.L.,
Barrera, Paredes and Dizon, JJ.,
16. dissenting opinion: PARAS, C.J.
17. where does the dissenting opinion begin?
After the main decision, below the names
of the concurring judges/justices
18. what page does it end? Page 502
19. final outcome of the case: WHEREFORE,
the order appealed from is hereby
reversed and the case remanded to the
lower court for further proceedings not
inconsistent with this decision, without
special pronouncement as to costs. It is so
ordered.

1. case: THE PEOPLE OF THE PHILIPPINES,

plaintiff-appellant, vs. ROSALINA CASIANO,
defendant-appellee.

20. citation: 1 SCRA 478

2. date of the decision: February 16, 1961

1. listing of the opinion: 2 times

3. docket number: No. L 15309

2. first listing: name

appellee comes first

4. number of syllabi: 12

III. table of the Cases Reported

of

3. second listing: name

appellant comes first

the
of

defendant-

the

plaintiff-