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2008-07-28 |
CHICO-NAZARIO, J. |
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| Well-settled is the rule that once a judgment becomes final and executory, it can no longer be disturbed, altered or modified in any respect except to correct clerical errors or to make nunc pro tunc entries.[34] Nothing further can be done to a final judgment except to execute it.[35] No court, not even this Court, has the power to revive, review, or modify a judgment which has become final and executory.[36] This rule is grounded on the fundamental principle of public policy and sound practice that the judgment of the court must become final at some definite date fixed by law.[37] It is essential to an effective administration of justice that once a judgment has become final, the issue or cause therein should be laid to rest.[38] | |||||