...gistration. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on retroactivity of laws under the Civil Code and state the effect of Article 4 on this statute. (b) Decide whether RPTA’s retroactivity clauses apply to pending applicat...
...zed in Philippine jurisprudence regarding repeal of land registration laws)
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 7, Operative Fact Doctrine (principle recognized in Philippine jurisprudence regarding repeal of land registration laws)
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)
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Maria’s January 25, 2024 filing is governed by the old law or by the LTMA. (c) If Maria had filed the applicat...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 2
...gistration. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on retroactivity of laws under the Civil Code and state the effect of Article 4 on this statute. (b) Decide whether the RLTA's retroactivity clauses apply to pending appl...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 4
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Liza’s April 15, 2026 filing is governed by the old law or by DPLRA. (c) If Liza had filed the application on...
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Jose’s September 10, 2024 filing is governed by the old law or by the Regulation. (c) If Jose had filed the ap...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 2
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Andrea’s August 14, 2024 filing is governed by the old law or by LTMA. (c) If Andrea had filed the application...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 2
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Elena’s April 20, 2025 filing is governed by the old law or by the NLTM A. (c) If Elena had filed the applicat...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 2
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Maria’s January 25, 2026 filing is governed by the old law or by PRMA. (c) If Maria had filed the application...
...gistration. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on retroactivity of laws under the Civil Code and state the effect of Article 4 on this statute. (b) Decide whether the RTR Act’s retroactivity clauses apply to pending a...
Citations: Civil Code, Article 4
...erative Fact Doctrine preserves completed transactions under repealed laws, focusing on land titles, and tests the student’s ability to apply the doctrine to a concrete scenario without conflating adjacent topics. Civil...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 7, P.D. 1529 (Property Registration Decree) (relevant to land registration acts and their repeal)
...ne? This flashcard tests the core doctrine that mandatory/prohibitory laws cannot be contracted away and that the formalities for real-property transfers are a central, non-waivable rule. The scenario with private instru...
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).
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Elias’s January 25, 2026 filing is governed by the old law or by NLRMA. (c) If Elias had filed the application...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 2
...gistration. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on retroactivity of laws under the Civil Code and state the effect of Article 4 on this statute. (b) Decide whether RLTA’s retroactivity clauses apply to pending applicat...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 4
...olling doctrine. This flashcard isolates the central doctrine of when laws take effect and tests application to concrete timing scenarios for transactions involving land titles, aligning with civil law and land titles co...
Citations: Civil Code, Art. 13, Revised Administrative Code of 1987, Book I, Chapter VIII, Sec. 31
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Lina’s October 20, 2028 filing is governed by the old law or by CLRMA. (c) If Lina had filed the application o...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 2
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Mateo’s July 25, 2025 filing is governed by the old law or by the DLRMA. (c) If Mateo had filed the applicatio...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 2
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Carla’s August 20, 2026 filing is governed by the old law or by DPTRA. (c) If Carla had filed the application...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 2
...the controlling rule under Article 2 of the Civil Code regarding when laws take effect. (b) Determine whether Mario’s December 3, 2023 filing is governed by the old law or by the RPRMA. (c) If Mario had filed the applica...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Art. 2
...gistration. (a) Identify the controlling doctrine on retroactivity of laws under the Civil Code and state the effect of Article 4 on RPRA. (b) Decide whether RPRA's retroactivity clauses apply to pending applications and...
Citations: Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 4
Under NCC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2010, the Supreme Court held that a deed of partition among co-owners A and B is valid and enforceable even if not annotated on...
Under NCC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2011, the Supreme Court decided in a mortgage case that a mortgage between A (mortgagor) and B (mortgagee) is valid and enforcea...
Under NCC Art. 8, judicial decisions interpreting or applying laws form part of the law. In 2012, the Supreme Court decided in a case involving a 25-year lease of agricultural land between Lessor X and Lessee Y that the...
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