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Art. 712. Ownership is acquired by occupation and by intellectual creation. Ownership and other real rights over property are acquired and transmitted by law, by donation, by estate and intestate succession, and in consequence of certain contracts, by tradition. They may also be acquired by means of prescription. (609a) Title I. - OCCUPATION.
When a person, claiming to be injured by a criminal offense, charges another with the same, for which no independent civil action is granted in this Code or any special law, but the justice of the peace finds no reasonable grounds to believe that a crime has been committed, or the prosecuting attorney refuses or fails to institute criminal ...
The Succession Law that will govern when a Filipino Citizen dies is the Philippine Law or the National Law of the decedent at the time of his death. The basis for this are Articles 16 and 1039 of the New Civil Code of the Philippines, which provide that:
CIVIL CODE OF THE PHILIPPINES 1 Title IV. — SUCCESSION ‘Succession’ in General Defi ned In its generic or general sense, succession (from the Latin “sub” and “cedere,” meaning the placing of one person in the place of an-other) is defi ned as the transmission of rights and properties from one person to another.
The process by which property transfers from a decedent to a qualified person is governed by the Philippine Civil Law on Succession. The process of succession may be further classified into three distinct classes.
Full text of the Civil Code of the Philippines [Republic Act No. 386]. Featured on the World Wide Web by The Law Firm of Chan Robles & Associates - Philippines.
Apr 28, 2024 · Under the Philippine Civil Code, the rules of intestate succession dictate how property is distributed among heirs when no valid will exists. The estate is divided among the surviving legal heirs in accordance with their legal entitlements.
