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What is Replevin?
Replevin is an action for the recovery of personal property. It is both a principal remedy and a provisional relief. When utilized as a principal remedy, the objective is to recover possession of personal property that may have been wrongfully detained by another. When sought as a provisional relief, it allows a plaintiff to retain the contested property during the pendency of the action.
Wage Distortion
Wage distortion presupposes an increase in the compensation of the lower ranks in an office hierarchy without a corresponding raise for higher-tiered employees in the same region of the country, resulting in the elimination or the severe diminution of the distinction between the two groups. (Prubankers Association v. Prudential Bank and Trust Company, G.R. No. 131247, 1999)
Senate as a Continuing Body
Under Section 123, Rule XLIV of the Rules of the Senate, as cited in the case of Neri v. Senate, G.R. No. 180643, September 4, 2008, unfinished business at the end of the session shall be taken up at the next session in the same status. All pending matters and proceedings shall terminate upon the expiration of one (1) Congress, but may be taken by the succeeding Congress as if present for the first time.