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2016-01-12 |
MENDOZA, J. |
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| Jurisdiction is the power and authority of a court to hear, try and decide a case.[40] In order for the court to have authority to dispose of a case on the merits, it must acquire jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties.[41] The Congress has the power to define, prescribe and apportion the jurisdiction of various courts,[42] and courts are without authority to act where jurisdiction has not been conferred by law.[43] Jurisdiction is conferred only by the Constitution or the law. It cannot be acquired through a waiver or enlarged by the omission of the parties or conferred by the acquiescence of the court, and may be raised at any stage of the proceedings, even for the first time on appeal.[44] | |||||
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2007-07-10 |
CARPIO MORALES, J. |
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| Assuming that Guilberto Acosta was not so authorized to receive summons on behalf of the defendants, the summons, together with a copy of the complaint, must have reached respondent; otherwise, he could not have filed an Answer to the Complaint. Respondent in fact participated in all the proceedings of the case. Thus, the purpose of summons, which is to give notice to the defendant or respondent that an action has been commenced against him, was sufficiently met.[13] | |||||