Rule 2.1. Giving Priority to Judicial Duties in General

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The judicial duties of judges take precedence over all their other activities.

Their judicial duties include all the duties of their offices prescribed by law.

But primarily, judges serve as the arbiters of facts and law for the resolution of

disputes.

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