Land Titles and Deeds Quizes

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UNITY. EXCELLENCE. EQUALITY.

Subject: Land Titles and Deeds (Quizzes)

Professor: Atty. Jeffrey Coronel

Acadamic Year: 2014

Quiz 1

_________________ 1. True or False. In Dalion vs. CA, a sale of real property may be in a private instrument
but that contract is valid and binding between the parties upon its perfection. And a party may compel the
other party to execute a public instrument embodying their contract affecting real rights once the contract
appearing in a private instrument has been perfected.

Ramon. B. Genato is the owner of two parcels of land located at Paradise Farms, San Jose Del Monte 2.
_________________.

_________________ 3. as defined in Soler and Castillo, means any entry made in the books in the registry
including both registration in its ordinary and strict sense, and cancellation, annotation, and even marginal
notes.

_________________ 4. True or False. Ownership is different from a certificate of title.

_________________ 5. True or False. TCT is the best proof of ownership of a piece of land and is considered as
conclusive evidence of ownership.

_________________ 6. was adopted in this country because it is believed to be the most effective measure to
guarantee the integrity of the land titles and to protect their indefeasibility once the claim of ownership is
established and recognized. Its real purpose is to quiet title to land and put stop forever to any questions as to
legality of the title, except claims that were noted in the certificate at the time of the registration or that may
arise subsequent thereto.

In Legarda v. Saleeby, the land in question has a 7. _________________ erected upon a disputed land.

8. Land Registration Commission is under the executive supervision of the _________________.

9. Qualifications of the Registers of Deed and Deputy Registers of Deeds. No person shall be appointed
Register of Deeds unless he is a _________________.

Answers for Quiz 1
1. True 6. Torren's System
2. Bulacan 7. Stone wall
3. Registration 8. Department of Justice (DOJ)
4. True 9. Lawyer or Member of the PH Bar
5. True
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Quiz 2

_________________ 1. True or False. Under the Regalian Doctrine, all lands not otherwise appearing to be
clearly within private ownership are presumed to belong to the state.

In Cariño vs. Insular Government, Mateo Cariño an 2. _________________ of the Province of 3.
_________________, filed for the registration of a land alleging that he and his ancestors had held the land as
owners, has cultivated the land, and had been in possession thereof for more than 50 years.

4. True or False. All applicants in land registration proceedings have the burden of overcoming the
presumption that the land thus sought to be registered forms part of the public domain.

In public law between the government authority possessed by the state which is appropriately embraced in
the concept of sovereignty, and its capacity to own or acquire property, it is not inappropriate to pursue the
matter further. The former comes under the heading of 5. __________ and the latter of 6. _____________.
The use of this term is appropriate with reference to lands held by the state in its proprietary
character. In such capacity, it may provide for the exploitation and use of lands and other natural resources,
including their disposition, except as limited by the Constitution.

7. True or False. In Lee Hong Kok vs. David, it was stated that "The Government, represented by the Director of
Lands or the Secretary of Agriculture and Natural Resources or any private individual, can bring an action to
cancel a void certificate of title issued pursuant to a void patent.

8. True or False. Forest lands do not have to be on mountains or in out of the way places. The classification is
merely descriptive of its legal nature or status and does not have to be descriptive of what the land actually
looks like,

9. True or False. In Cruz vs. DENR Secretary, the vote of justices were 8-‐7 in favor to declare the law as not
unconstitutional.

____________ 10. is when soil and earth, weeds and other deposits are washed away from other places and
gradually settle down and attach themselves to one's land that used to border on a stream or local body of
water.

Answers for Quiz 2
1. True 6. Dominium
2. Igorot 7. False
3. Benguet 8. True
4. True 9. False
5. Imperium 10.Accretion

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Quiz 3

The 1987 Constitution of the Philippines, the supreme law of the Philippines stipulates that lands of the public
domain are classified into:
1. _________________ 2. _________________
3. _________________ 4. _________________

_________________ 5. True or False. In Meralco v. RP, the registration proceedings did not aim to convert the
public land to private land to allow the private corporation acquisition or ownership of the five parcels of land.
It was a mere confirmation of that such conversion has already effected by operation of law, pursuant to Sec.
48 (b) of CA 141.

_________________ 6. True or False. It is elementary in the law governing natural resources that forest land
cannot be owned by private persons. It is not registrable and possession thereof, no matter how lengthily,
cannot convert it into private property, unless such lands are reclassified and considered disposable and
alienable.

_________________ 7. True or False. Tax receipts which were presented in evidence prove that the ownership
of the parcels and are conclusive proof of ownership in land registration cases.

_________________ 8. True or False. In Victoria vs. Republic, it was stated that to prove that the land subject
of the application for registration is alienable, an applicant must establish the existence of a positive act of the
government such as presidential proclamation or an executive order.

Open -‐-‐ visible;
Continuous -‐-‐ 9. _________________;
Exclusive -‐-‐ possession to the exclusion of others
Notorious -‐-‐ 10. _________________

Answers for Quiz 3
1. Agricultural lands
2. Forest lands
3. Mineral lands
4. National parks
5. False
6. True
7. False
8. True
9. Uninterrupted
10. Known to the public

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Quiz 4

1. _________________ True or False. The application for land registration shall be in writing, signed by the
application or the person duly authorized in his behalf, and sworn to before any officer authorized to
administer oaths for the province or city where application was actually signed.

2. _________________ True or False. The application for land registration shall be filed with only in the Court
of First Instance of the province or city where the land is situated.

3. _________________ True or False. Amendments which shall consist in a substantial change in the
boundaries or an increase in area of the land applied for or which involve inclusion of an additional land shall
be subject to the same requirements of publication and notice as in original application.

The public shall be given notice of the initial hearing of the application for land registration by means of 4.
_________________; 5. _________________; and 6. _________________.

7. An action _________________ is directed against the thing or property or status of a person and seeks
judgments with respect thereto as against the whole world.

8. _________________ is a jurisdictional requirement whose purposes are (1) to confer jurisdiction over the
land applied for upon the court (2) to charge the whole world with knowledge of the application of the land
involved.

9. _________________ True or False. The certification of the Commissioner of Land Registration and of the
sheriff concerned to the effect that the notice of initial hearing, as required by law, has been complied with
shall be filed in the case before the date of initial hearing, and shall be a disputable presumption of such fact.

10. _________________ True or False. The description "To all whom it may concern", presupposes that all the
world are made parties defendant and shall be concluded by the default order.

Answers for Quiz 4
1. True
2. True
3. True
4. Publication
5. Mailing
6. Posting
7. In rem
8. Publication
9. False
10. True

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Quiz 5

1. _________________ True or False. As provided for in Sec. 27, the trial court shall see to it that all
registration proceedings are disposed or within ninety days from the date the case is submitted for decision.
Said period is mandatory in nature.

2. Who can acquire land in the Philippines?
a. Filipino citizens
b. Filipino corporations and associations as defined in Section 2, Article XII of the Constitution and by
exception;
c. Aliens, but only by hereditary succession
d. Natural born citizen of the Philippines who has lost his citizenship under the terms of Sec. 8
e. All of the above
f. OnlyA&C
g. None of the above

3. _________________, the citizenship of Alexander A. Krivenko.

4. The remedy for aliens as to ownership of land, as stated by Krivenko v. ROD, viz: "Should foreigners desire
to remain here forever and share our fortunes and misfortunes, _________________ is not impossible to
acquire."

5. _________________ is a special form of corporation usually associated with the clergy. Conceived and
introduced into the common law by sheer necessity, this legal creation which was referred to as "that
unhappy freak of English Law" was designed to facilitate the exercise of the functions of ownership carried on
by the clerics for and on behalf of the church which was regarded as the property own. It consists of one
person only, and his successors (who will always be one at a time), in some particular station, who are
incorporated by law in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particulary that of perpetuity,
which in their natural persons they could not have had. In this sense, the King is a sole corporation; so is a
bishop, or deans distinct from their several chapters.

6. In Roman Catholic Administrator of Davao Diocese, Inc. v. LRC, Roman Catholic Apostolic Administrator of
Davao Inc., was headed by _________________, a Canadian citizen.

7. _________________ True or False. A deed of absolute sale of a parcel of land owned by a foreigner to a
Filipino is void.

8. _________________ True or False. A deed of absolute sale of a parcel of land owned by a Filipino to a
Foreigner is void.

9. _________________ True or False. A deed of absolute sale of a parcel of land owned by a foreigner to a
Filipino is void even if the foreigner later on acquires Filipino citizenship by naturalization. The reckoning point
is acquisition of the property.

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10. As provided for in BP 185 and as amended by RA 8179, any natural-‐born citizen who has lost his Philippine
citizenship and who has the legal capacity to enter into a contract under Philippine laws may be a transferee
of a private land up to a maximum area of _________________ square meters in the cade of urban land or 3
hectares in the case of rural land to be used by him for business and other purposes.

Answers for Quiz 5
1. False
2. E
3. Russian
4. Filipino citizenship
5. Corporation sole
6. Clovis Thibault
7. False
8. True
9. False
10. 5,000

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Quiz 6

1. _________________ What are the specific evidences that must be proven during the hearing?
A. Proof of ownership
B. Land must be A&D
C. Survey plan
D. Possession & Occupation
E. All of the above
F. OnlyA&D
G. None of the above

2. _________________ is a special form of corporation usually associated with the clergy. Conceived and
introduced into the common law by sheer necessity, this legal creation which was referred to as "that
unhappy freak of English Law" was designed to facilitate the exercise of the functions of ownership carried on
by the clerics for and on behalf of the church which was regarded as the property own. It consists of one
person only, and his successors (who will always be one at a time), in some particular station, who are
incorporated by law in order to give them some legal capacities and advantages, particulary that of perpetuity,
which in their natural persons they could not have had. In this sense, the King is a sole corporation; so is a
bishop, or deans distinct from their several chapters.

3. In Roman Catholic Administrator of Davao Diocese, Inc. v. LRC, Roman Catholic Apostolic Administrator of
Davao Inc., was headed by _________________, a Canadian citizen.

4. _________________ True or False. Only claimed property or a portion thereof can be adjudicated. If the
applicant asserts ownership to and submits evidence only for a portion of a lot, the inclusion of the portion
not claimed by the applicant is void and of no effect for a land registration court has no jurisdiction to decree a
lot to a person who put no claim to it and who never asserted any right of ownership over it.

5. _________________ True or False. The judgment becomes final upon the lapse of 30 days counted from
receipt of notice of the judgment.

6. _________________ is employed to enforce a judgment to recover the possession of land. It commands the
sheriff to enter the land and give possession to it to the person entitled under the judgment.

7. _________________ is the decree issued by the LRA pursuant to the order of the court. As such, the decree
has been considered as the "condensed form" of the court's judgment.

8. _________________ True or False. In RP vs. Spouses Lapina, A foreign national can apply for registration of
title over a parcel of land which he acquired by purchase while still a citizen of the Philippines, from a vendor
who has complied with the requirements for registration.

9. _________________ An unregistered organization operating through a number of trustees.


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10. _________________ True or False. The duty to issue the decree of registration can be considered as
ministerial only if there is no doubt or dispute.

Answers for Quiz 6
1. E
2. Corporation sole
3. Clovis Thibault
4. True
5. False
6. Writ of possession
7. Decree of Registration
8. True
9. Corporation aggregate
10. True

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Quiz 7

Remedies for aggrieved party in registration proceedings
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

6. _________________ one who buys the property of another and without notice that some other person has
a right to or interest in it, and who pays a full and fair price at the time of the purchase or before receiving any
notice of another person's claim.

7. _________________ refers to any fraudulent act of the successful party in a litigation which is committed
outside the trial of a case against the defeated party, or his agents, attorneys or witnesses, whereby said
defeated party is prevented from presenting fully and fairly his side of the story.

8. _________________ an action seeking to transfer the land from the registered owner to the rightful owner.

9. _________________ are created in equity in order to prevent unjust enrichment. They arise contrary to
intention against one who, by fraud, duress, or abuse of confidence, obtains or holds the legal right to
property which he ought not, in equity and good conscience, to hold.

10. _________________ an action that is brought to remove clouds on the title to real property or any interest
therein, by reason of any instrument, record, claim, encumbrance or proceeding which is apparently valid or
effective but is in truth and in fact invalid, ineffective, voidable or unenforceable, and may be prejudicial to
said title.

Answers for Quiz 7
1-‐5. Motion for reconsideration or new trial; Appeal; Petition for Relief; Petition for Review, Action for
Reconveyance; Action for Damages
6. Innocent Purchaser for Value
7. Extrinsic fraud
8. Action for Reconveyance
9. Constructive Trust
10. Quieting of Title

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Quiz 8

The nature and purpose of 1. _________________ proceedings is to serve the public interest by requiring that
the titles to any unregistered lands be settled and adjudicated.

2. _________________ is a proceeding in rem, initiated by the filing of a petition for registration by the
government, not by the persons claiming ownership of the land subject thereof, and the latter are, on the pain
of losing their claim thereto, in effect compelled to go to court to make known their claim or interest therein,
and to substantiate such claim or interest.

3. _________________ is the transcript of the decree of registration.

4. The original copy of the _________________ shall be filed in the Registry of Deeds. The same shall be
bound in consecutive order together with similar certificates of title and shall constitute the registration book
for titled properties.

5. _________________ is the charge on property usually for the payment of some debt or obligation.

6. _________________ is a burden upon land, depreciative of its value such as lien, easement pr servitude.

7. _________________ True or False. Title to registered land can be acquired by prescription or adverse
possession.

8. _________________ True or False. A certificate of title shall not be subject to collateral attack. It cannot be
altered, modified, or cancelled except in a direct proceeding in accordance with law.

ATTRIBUTES OF A CERTIFICATE OF TITLE:
9. ________________
10. _________________

Answers for Quiz 8
1. Cadastral
2. Cadastral registration
3. Certificate of title
4. Original certificate of title
5. Lien
6. Encumbrance
7. False
8. True
10. Free from liens and encumbrances; Incontrovertibility and indefeasibility; Imprescriptibility; Not
susceptible to collateral attack; Presumption of Validity

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Quiz 9

1. ________________ refers to incidental matters arising after original registration.

Dealings subsequent to original registration may be
2. ________________
3. ________________

4. The act of registration creates a ________________ to the whole world of such voluntary or involuntary
instrument or court writ or process.

5. ________________ True or False. Physical delivery by vendor is not a legal requisite. Execution of public
document is equivalent to delivery.

6. ________________ is an approach to determining validity of title where forged deeds are involved.

7. ________________ Yes or No. Suppose Bianca owns a piece of land and she has a certificate of title. Bianca
migrates to the US and leaves title to Kim. Kim forges the deed of sale making it appear that Bianca sold the
land to her. Kim presents the forged deed and ODCT to the Register of Deeds. As a result, the ROD cancelled
Bianca's title and issues a new title to Kim. Assuming that Bianca comes back and finds out forgery and
subsequent sale, can Bianca recover the title from Kim?

8. ________________ Yes or No. Bianca has title over a parcel of land. One night, a thief Kim steals Bianca's
title. The thief goes to the province and claims that she is Bianca and sells Bianca's title to Maja. Kim here,
forges the signature of Bianca. Maja registers the property with the forged deed and the genuine title and
successfully obtains a title in her name. Later on, Bianca traces the title and goes after Maja. Can Bianca file an
action for reconveyance against Maja?

9. ________________ is a record of all instruments, including copies of the writs and processes, affecting
registered lands, which are entered by the Register of Deeds in the order of their filing, upon payment of
proper fees.

10. ________________ True or False. A forged or fraudulent deed conveys title where the certificate of title
was already transferred from the name of the true owner to the forger, and whle it remained that way, the
land was subsequently sold to an innocent purchaser.

Answers for Quiz 9
1. Subsequent registration 8. Yes
2. Voluntary 9. Primary entry book
3. Involuntary 10. True
4. Constructive notice
5. True
6. Chain of title theory
7. Yes
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Quiz 10

1. ________________ is a fiduciary relationship with respect to property which involves the existence of
equitable duties imposed upon the holder of the title to the property to deal with it for the benefit of another.

2. ________________ are transactions affecting land in which cooperation of registered owner is not needed.

3. ________________ is the legal process of seizing another’s property in accordance with a writ or judicial
order for the purpose of securing satisfaction of a judgment yet to be rendered.

4. ________________ is a sworn statement that is filed with the Register of Deeds in order to protect the
rights of adverse claimant, and to put the public to notice about the claim. This can be done if the claimant has
a claim of real right on the property itself.

5. ________________ means pending suit.

6. ________________ is the separation, division and assignment of a thing held in common among those to
whom it may belong.

7. ________________ is the ultimate right of sovereign power to appropriate any property within its territory.

8. Any action for compensation against the Assurance Fund by reason of any loss, damage or deprivation of
land or any interest therein shall be instituted within a period of ________________ years from the time the
right to bring such action first occurred.

9. ________________ True or False. There is no need to register tax lien because it is automatically registered
once the tax accrues.

10. ________________ True or False. The order, instrument or process dissolving the attachments or liens no
longer needs to be registered.

Answers for Quiz 10
1. Trust
2. Involuntary Dealings
3. Attachment
4. Adverse Claim
5. Lis Pendens
6. Partition
7. Eminent Domain
8. Six
9. True
10. False

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Quiz 11

Under Section 11 of CA 141, public lands suitable for agricultural purposes can be disposed of only as follows,
and not otherwise:
1.
2.
3.

Any Filipino citizen who is an actual occupant of a residential land may apply for a Free Patent for residential
lands. In highly urbanized cities, the land should not exceed 4. ________________ square meters; in other
cities, it should not exceed five hundred (500) square meters; in first class and second class municipalities, it
should not exceed seven hundred fifty (750) square meters; in all other municipalities, it should not exceed 5.
________________ square meters.

________________ 6. The restoration of the instrument which is supposed to have been lost or destroyed in
its original form and conditions, under the custody of Registry of Deeds.

Judicial reconstitution has the following mandatory and jurisdictional requirements:
7.
8.
9.

10. Where the instrument is denied registration, the Register of Deeds shall notify the interested party in
writing, setting forth the defects of the instrument or legal grounds relied upon, and advising him that if he is
not agreeable to such ruling, he may, without withdrawing the documents from the Registry, elevate the
matter by ________________ within five days from receipt of notice of the denial of registration to the
Commissioner of Land Registration.

Answers for Quiz 11
1-‐3 Sales Patent; Homestead Patent; Free Patent; Confirmation of Imperfect Title
4. 200 sq. m.
5. 1,000 sq. m.
6. Reconstitution
7-‐9 Mailing; Posting; Publish petition
10. consulta

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