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Art. 5 of the Civil Code classifies certain rules as mandatory or prohibitory. A privately drafted deed purporting to...

Art. 5 of the Civil Code classifies certain rules as mandatory or prohibitory. A privately drafted deed purporting to convey a parcel of land from A to B is executed, but the law requires that transfers of immovable prop...

Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 5 (on mandatory and prohibitory laws); Civil Code provisions on the formal requirements for transfers of immovable property (public instrument).

Gerson, owner of Lot 9, signs a written "Waiver of Right to Contest Title" attached to the deed of sale to Yuna, stat...

Gerson, owner of Lot 9, signs a written "Waiver of Right to Contest Title" attached to the deed of sale to Yuna, stating: "I renounce any future claim to reconvey Lot 9’s title based on latent defects known to me as of t...

Rosa owns Lot 12 in a barangay. She signs a private deed of sale transferring the lot to Ben. The deed is not in a pu...

Rosa owns Lot 12 in a barangay. She signs a private deed of sale transferring the lot to Ben. The deed is not in a public instrument and is not registered; Ben has not taken possession. Later, Rosa sells the same lot to...

Citations: Civil Code, Art. 5 (mandatory/prohibitory framework), Civil Code provisions on the need for a public instrument and registration for transfers of immovable property (public-instrument rule and its binding effect on third parties)