Rule 21 – Subpoena
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Rule 21 – Subpoena is a provision in the Philippine Rules of Court that governs the issuance, form, service, and enforcement of subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents in legal proceedings.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Rule 21 – Subpoena canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T12964227 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 21 – Subpoena Context triple: [Rules of Court of the Philippines, contains, Rule 21 – Subpoena]
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A.
Rule 21
Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
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B.
Rule 23
Rule 23 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs how and when a criminal defendant’s case is tried by a jury or by a judge alone.
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C.
Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is the rule that governs how and when parties may raise defenses and objections to a civil complaint, including motions to dismiss for various procedural and substantive defects.
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D.
Rule 612
Rule 612 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence that governs how a witness may use writings or other items to refresh their memory while testifying.
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E.
Rule 611
Rule 611 is a provision in the Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the court’s control over the mode and order of examining witnesses and presenting evidence to ensure effective truth-finding and fairness.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rule 21 – Subpoena Target entity description: Rule 21 – Subpoena is a provision in the Philippine Rules of Court that governs the issuance, form, service, and enforcement of subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents in legal proceedings.
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A.
Rule 21
Rule 21 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs the transfer of criminal proceedings from one district court to another to ensure fairness or convenience.
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B.
Rule 23
Rule 23 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure that governs how and when a criminal defendant’s case is tried by a jury or by a judge alone.
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C.
Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure is the rule that governs how and when parties may raise defenses and objections to a civil complaint, including motions to dismiss for various procedural and substantive defects.
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D.
Rule 612
Rule 612 is a provision of the Federal Rules of Evidence that governs how a witness may use writings or other items to refresh their memory while testifying.
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E.
Rule 611
Rule 611 is a provision in the Federal Rules of Evidence that governs the court’s control over the mode and order of examining witnesses and presenting evidence to ensure effective truth-finding and fairness.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
procedural rule
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rule of court ⓘ |
| appliesIn |
civil actions
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criminal actions ⓘ special proceedings ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
subpoena ad testificandum
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subpoena duces tecum ⓘ |
| authorityForIssuance |
courts
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quasi-judicial bodies as authorized by law ⓘ |
| bindingOn |
parties to a case
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witnesses within court jurisdiction ⓘ |
| consequenceOfDisobedience | contempt of court ⓘ |
| distinguishes | subpoena ad testificandum from subpoena duces tecum ⓘ |
| ensures |
compulsory process for obtaining documentary evidence
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compulsory process for obtaining witnesses ⓘ |
| governs |
enforcement of subpoena
ⓘ
form of subpoena ⓘ issuance of subpoena ⓘ service of subpoena ⓘ service of subpoena by other authorized officer ⓘ service of subpoena by sheriff ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalNature | procedural and not substantive ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Philippine legal system ⓘ |
| objective | aid in the ascertainment of truth in judicial proceedings ⓘ |
| partOf | Philippine Rules of Court NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| protects | witnesses from unreasonable or oppressive subpoenas ⓘ |
| providesFor |
disobedience of subpoena
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grounds to quash subpoena ⓘ modification of subpoena ⓘ personal service of subpoena ⓘ quashing of subpoena ⓘ tender of witness fees when required by law ⓘ |
| purpose |
compel attendance of witnesses
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compel production of documents ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Rule 132 – Presentation of Evidence
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Rule 23 – Depositions Pending Action ⓘ |
| requires |
compliance unless lawfully excused
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description of documents or things to be produced ⓘ designation of court or body issuing subpoena ⓘ name of the court or judge ⓘ name of the witness ⓘ place of attendance ⓘ time of attendance ⓘ |
| sourceOfLaw | Rules of Court promulgated by the Supreme Court of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Rule 21 – Subpoena Description of subject: Rule 21 – Subpoena is a provision in the Philippine Rules of Court that governs the issuance, form, service, and enforcement of subpoenas compelling the attendance of witnesses and the production of documents in legal proceedings.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.