Kara, owner of Lot 7, signs a 'Waiver of Right to Challenge Title' attached to the deed of sale to Omar, stating: "I renounce any future claim to reconvey Lot 7’s title based on latent defects known to me as of the date...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 6, Property Registration Decree No. 1529 (Land Registration)
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in this land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 3
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in the land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 3
...overning acts performed under a repealed or amended land-registration law. (b) Apply the doctrine to the following facts: On June 2, 1999, D executed a deed of absolute sale of a parcel of land to E under the Land Regist...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 7, P.D. 1529 (Property Registration Decree) (relevant to land registration acts and their repeal)
Ramon owns a parcel of land. He privately sells it to Liza through a private deed (no public instrument) and Liza does not register or take possession. Subsequently, Ramon sells the same parcel to Kai through another pri...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 5, Property Registration Decree (PD 1529)
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in this land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 3
...lds that acts completed under a repealed or amended land registration law vest rights that survive repeal; a deed, possession, and issuance of a title under the old law before repeal create vested title in B that cannot...
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in a land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what re...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 3
...rns the binding effect of judicial decisions applying or interpreting laws. State the controlling doctrine and its scope of binding force. (b) Distinguish how such judicial decisions bind: (i) the parties to the case; an...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 8
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in a land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what re...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 3
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in this land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 3
...rd-party rights and the impact of recordation/notice—central to Civil Law and Land Titles and Deeds. Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 6
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 6
...ssession was delivered on May 12, 2009, and a Transfer Certificate of Title was issued in B's name on June 2, 2009. On January 1, 2014, the Land Registration Act was repealed and replaced by the Land Registration Code. I...
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in a land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what re...
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in a land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what re...
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in this land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 3
...of rights as to title can bind third parties, a core concern in Civil Law and Land Titles. It tests understanding of waiver scope (Art. 6), abuse of rights (Art. 19), and the protection of third-party rights under proper...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 6, Civil Code, Art. 19
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in this land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 3
Under NCC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2012, the Supreme Court held in Santos v. Dizon that a deed of sale of land between A (seller) and B (buyer) is valid and enforc...
...and its scope under the Civil Code. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in the context of a land transaction. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 3, Civil Code of the Philippines, Arts. 19-21 (quasi-delict/damages notion)
...controlling doctrine and its scope. (b) Distinguish ignorance of the law from ignorance of the facts in a land-transaction context. (c) Apply the rule to the facts and state whether the sale is valid or void and what re...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 3, Nemo dat quod non habet doctrine (transfer of property by someone without title is void), General principles on sale of land when seller lacks title or authority (nemo dat rule and reconveyance/damages concepts)
...overning acts performed under a repealed or amended land-registration law. (b) Apply the doctrine to the following facts: On March 9, 2004, D executed a mortgage of Lot No. 45, Block 12, to E to secure a loan, under the...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 7, Commonwealth Act No. 141 (Land Registration Act), Presidential Decree No. 1529 (Property Registration Decree)
...overning acts performed under a repealed or amended land-registration law. (b) Apply the doctrine to the following facts: On March 15, 2008, S executed a deed of absolute sale of a parcel of land to T under the Land Regi...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 7
...of a title—remain valid despite later repeal and replacement by a new law. The repeal cannot retroactively nullify titles that vested before repeal, absent other independent grounds (e.g., fraud, lack of due process). Di...
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