Rule 49 – Oral Argument

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Philippine Rules of Court provision procedural rule rule of court

Rule 49 – Oral Argument is a provision in the Philippine Rules of Court that governs when and how oral arguments may be conducted before appellate courts, including procedures, limitations, and the court’s discretion in hearing them.

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Label	Occurrences
Rule 49 – Oral Argument canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Philippine Rules of Court provision ⓘ procedural rule ⓘ rule of court ⓘ
appliesIn	civil appeals ⓘ criminal appeals ⓘ special civil actions on appeal ⓘ
appliesTo	Court of Appeals of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ appellate proceedings ⓘ
authorizes	appellate court to dispense with oral argument ⓘ appellate court to require oral argument motu proprio ⓘ
basedOn	principle that appeals are generally decided on the record and written briefs ⓘ
bindingOn	counsel appearing in appellate proceedings ⓘ litigants before the Court of Appeals ⓘ
category	Philippine appellate procedure rule NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
enforcedBy	Court of Appeals of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ Philippine appellate courts NERFINISHED ⓘ
governs	allocation of time between parties during oral argument ⓘ conduct of oral argument in appellate courts ⓘ court discretion to allow or deny oral argument ⓘ effect of absence of counsel at oral argument ⓘ limitations on raising new issues during oral argument ⓘ notice to parties of oral argument ⓘ presentation of issues during oral argument ⓘ procedure for requesting oral argument ⓘ scheduling of oral argument ⓘ time limits for oral argument ⓘ
grantsPowerTo	appellate court ⓘ
jurisdiction	Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalNature	subordinate legislation under judicial rule-making power ⓘ
legalSystem	Philippine legal system ⓘ
limits	duration of oral argument ⓘ
objective	to avoid unnecessary oral hearings ⓘ to promote efficient disposition of appeals ⓘ
partOf	Rules of Court of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
promulgatedBy	Supreme Court of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ
provides	that oral argument is not a matter of right in all appeals ⓘ that the court may resolve a case on the basis of pleadings and memoranda alone ⓘ
purpose	to assist the court in clarifying issues on appeal ⓘ to regulate the orderly presentation of arguments by counsel ⓘ
regulates	manner of answering questions from the bench during oral argument ⓘ use of time by multiple counsel for the same party ⓘ
relatedTo	Rule 44 – Ordinary Appealed Cases NERFINISHED ⓘ Rule 48 – Preliminary Conference ⓘ
requires	parties to confine discussion to assigned errors and relevant issues ⓘ
sourceOfLawType	procedural law ⓘ

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Rules of Court of the Philippines → contains → Rule 49 – Oral Argument ⓘ