Ice Breaker

StatCon

100

What does “ratio legis” mean?

Reason of the Law

200

True or False

“verba legis” means verbal laws.

FALSE

“verba legis” means the literal words of the law.

300

TRUE OR FALSE

Special Laws prevail over General Laws.

TRUE

400

Penal Laws must be construed liberally _________ of the accused.

Penal Laws must be construed liberally in favor of the accused.

500

Statutory Construction is the art or process of discovering and __________ the meaning and intention of the authors of the law with respect to its application to a given case, where that intention is rendered doubtful.

Statutory Construction is the art or process of discovering and expounding the meaning and intention of the authors of the law with respect to its application to a given case, where that intention is rendered doubtful.

CrimLaw

100

A felony is _________ when when all the elements necessary for its execution and accomplishment are present.

A felony is consummated when all the elements necessary for its execution and accomplishment are present.

200

TRUE or FALSE

An insane or imbecile person is exempted from criminal liability, even though he acted during lucid interval.

FALSE

An insane or imbecile person is exempted from criminal liability, unless he acted during lucid interval.

300

A penalty of twenty years and one day to forty years.

A. Reclusion Temporal

B. Prision Correctional

C. Reclusion Perpetua

C. Reclusion Perpetua

400

Provide the missing requisite for Self-defense:

1. Unlawful Aggression;

2. Reasonable necessity of the means employed to prevent or repel it; and

3. _______________________________________

3. Lack of sufficient provocation in the part of the person defending himself.

500

Who are the 3 persons criminally liable for felonies?

1. Principal

2. Accomplice

3. Accessories

CivPro

100

What does GADALEJ mean?

Grave Abuse of Discretion Amounting to Lack or Excess of Jurisdiction.

200

TRUE or FALSE

RULE 45 of the Rules of Court is about Appeal by Certiorari to the Supreme Court.

TRUE

300

What is a pleading that alleges the plaintiff’s or claiming party’s cause or causes of action?

Complaint

400

What are the 2 kinds of subpoena?

1. Subpoena duces tecum;

2. Subpoena Ad Testificandum

500

An appeal to the Supreme Court may be taken only by a _________ for __________ on certiorari, except in criminal cases where the penalty imposed is death, reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment.

An appeal to the Supreme Court may be taken only by a petition for review on certiorari, except in criminal cases where the penalty imposed is death, reclusion perpetua or life imprisonment.