TITLE VI SALES CHAPTER 1 Nature and Form of the Contract Article 1458. By the contract of sale one of the contracting parties obligates himself to transfer the ownership and to deliver a determinate thing, and the other to pay therefor a price certain in money or its equivalent. A contract of sale may be…
TITLE V TRUSTS (n) CHAPTER 1 General Provisions Article 1440. A person who establishes a trust is called the trustor; one in whom confidence is reposed as regards property for the benefit of another person is known as the trustee; and the person for whose benefit the trust has been created is referred to as…
TITLE IV ESTOPPEL (n) Article 1431. Through estoppel an admission or representation is rendered conclusive upon the person making it, and cannot be denied or disproved as against the person relying thereon. Article 1432. The principles of estoppel are hereby adopted insofar as they are not in conflict with the provisions of this Code, the…
TITLE III NATURAL OBLIGATIONS Article 1423. Obligations are civil or natural. Civil obligations give a right of action to compel their performance. Natural obligations, not being based on positive law but on equity and natural law, do not grant a right of action to enforce their performance, but after voluntary fulfillment by the obligor, they…
TITLE II CONTRACTS CHAPTER 1 General Provisions Article 1305. A contract is a meeting of minds between two persons whereby one binds himself, with respect to the other, to give something or to render some service. (1254a) Article 1306. The contracting parties may establish such stipulations, clauses, terms and conditions as they may deem convenient,…
BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts TITLE I Obligations CHAPTER 1 General Provisions Article 1156. An obligation is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do. (n) Article 1157. Obligations arise from: (1) Law; (2) Contracts; (3) Quasi-contracts; (4) Acts or omissions punished by law; and (5) Quasi-delicts. (1089a) Article 1158. Obligations derived…
Art. 254. Titles III, IV, V, VI, VIII, IX, XI, and XV of Book 1 of Republic Act No. 386, otherwise known as the Civil Code of the Philippines, as amended, and Articles 17, 18, 19, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 39, 40, 41, and 42 of Presidential Decree No. 603, otherwise known as the…
Table of Contents Chapter 1. Prefatory Provisions Chapter 2. Separation in Fact Chapter 3. Incidents Involving Parental Authority Chapter 4. Other Matters Subject to Summary Proceedings Chapter 1. Prefatory Provisions Art. 238. Until modified by the Supreme Court, the procedural rules provided for in this Title shall apply as regards separation in fact between husband…
Art. 234. Emancipation takes place by the attainment of majority. Unless otherwise provided, majority commences at the age of eighteen years. (As amended by R.A. 6809) [Art. 235 has been repealed by Section 2, R.A. 6809.] Art. 236. Emancipation shall terminate parental authority over the person and property of the child who shall then be…
Table of Contents Chapter 1. General Provisions Chapter 2. Substitute and Special Parental Authority Chapter 3. Effect of Parental Authority Upon the Persons of the Children Chapter 4. Effect of Parental Authority Upon the Property of the Children Chapter 5. Suspension or Termination of Parental Authority Chapter 1. General Provisions Art. 209. Pursuant to the…