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2007-08-14 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| Courts acquire jurisdiction over the plaintiffs upon the filing of the complaint, while jurisdiction over the defendants in a civil case is acquired either through the service of summons upon them in the manner required by law or through their voluntary appearance in court and their submission to its authority. If the defendants have not been summoned, unless they voluntarily appear in court, the court acquires no jurisdiction over their persons and a judgment rendered against them is null and void. To be bound by a decision, a party should first be subjected to the court's jurisdiction.[24] | |||||