RED NOTES 2001-2002 MOST FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS IN CIVIL LAW

SUBJECTS PERSONS
1. Requirements for the validity of Marriage 1989 1990 1992 1993 1994 1996 1997 1998 1999 1989 1990
1989 1992 1994 1995 1998 2000 1989 1994 1996 1997 1989 1994 1989 1996 1996 2000 1989 1990 1995 1999 1990 1991 1991 1991 1991 INCLUSIVE YEARS FREQUENCY TOTAL

2. Effects of Remarriage
1. Property Relations between husband and wife

3 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 2 2 1
2 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 1 1 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 1 1 2 2

14 3

2. Legal Separation (grounds and effects) 3. Family Home 4. Adoption

6 2

5. Legitimacy of a child 6. Paternity and Filiation 7. Publication and Effectivity of Law 8. Constitutional Provision to strengthen the Family 9. Constitutional provision on the policy against Divorce 10. Rights of an unborn child 11. Marriage Settlement (requirements for validity and effects) 12. Annulment (grounds, declaration, and effects)

7 1 5 1 1 1 2 2

1991 1993 1995 1996 1997 1991 1996 1999 1994 1994 1996 1996

2 3 1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 1 1

13. Void and Voidable Marriages (kinds and effects) 14. Article 8, NCC (Judicial Decisions) 15. Parental Authority 16. Juridical Capacity and Capacity to Act 17. Article 3, NCC (Ignorance of the law)

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18. Renvoi doctrine 19. Prejudicial Questions 20. Distribution of Property after the dissolution of marriage 1997 1997 1997 1 3 2 1 3 2

21. Marriage in Articulo Mortis 22. Civil law system against Common law system

1995 1997

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OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACT

1. Contracts in general (concept, kinds, requirements for validity, and remedies) 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1996 1998 1989 1992 1994 1998 2000 1989 1990 1994 2000 1992 1992 1993 1995 1997 2000 1993 2000 1989 1995 1996 1997 1998 1989 1992 2000 1991 1992 1999 2000 1992 1992 1997 1993 1993 1995 1996 2000 1995 1997 1995 1997 1995 1996 1 2 7 1 1 4 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1

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2. Extinguishment of Obligations

3. Statute of Frauds 4. Loss of a thing due 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Solidary Obligation Negotiorum Gestio Quasi-Contract Rate of Exchange Kinds of Obligations

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10. Subrogation of Creditor 11. Laches

PROPERTY
1. Usufruct in general, rights and obligations of the usufructuary, and extinguishment of the usufruct 2. Right of Accession 3. Effects of Possession (Unlawful Deprivation) 4. Builder in Good faith 5. Landowner in Good faith 6. Occupation 7. Rights of Co-owners 8. Easement (concept, kinds, and effects) 9. Hidden Treasure 10. Classification of Property 11. Ownership 12. Possessor in Good faith vs. Possessor in bad faith

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13. Possession in general 14. Landowner in Bad faith 15. Acquisitive Prescription 1997 1999 1992 1989 1996 1989 1999 2000 1990 1993 1996 1997 1999 1990 1994 1999 2000 1991 1993 1996 1998 1996 1997 1999 1997 1997 1999 1997 1999 1997 2000 1997 2000 2000 1989 1997 1992 1993 1995 1998 1994 2000 1991 1991 1991 1993 1994 1994 1996 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

SALES AND LEASE

1. Obligations of Vendor 2. Maceda Law 3. Lease in general and the rights and obligations of the lessor and lessee 4. Sub Lease (concept and effects) 5. Promise to Sell 6. Rights of the real owner in sale by person not the real owner 7. Right of First Refusal 8. Option to Purchase 9. Contract to Sell (nature and effects) 10. Absolute Sale 11. Conditional Sale (concept, rights of the buyer, and effects of retroactivity) 12. Recto Law 13. Pactum Commissorium 14. Conventional Redemption 15. Contract of Sale (nature and effects) 16. Lease of Rural Land 17. Common Carrier
PARTNERSHIP, AGENCY, AND TRUST

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4 1 1

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1. Concept of Partnership 2. Obligations of Partners 3. Dissolution of Partnership 4. Limited and General Partnership 5. Contract of Agency

LAND TITLES AND DEEDS

1. Rules concerning public auction 2. Circumstances when an owner is divested of land in tax sales 3. Effects of a forged deed 4. Process of Registration 5. Steps and Procedure in CONSULTA 6. Reconstitution of land

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7. Reconveyance of land 8. Free Patent 9. Prescription 10. Notice of adverse claim and lien 11. Public Land Act 12. Torrens System 13. Requirements for reopening or review of a decree of registration 14. Co-ownership (effects) 15. Reclamation 1997 1999 1997 1990 1998 2000 1998 1999 2000 1990 1991 1994 1992 1998 2000 1989 1991 1991 1992 1999 1992 1992 1992 1994 1997 1999 1992 1993 1995 1997 1998 1993 1994 1998 1994 1999 1994 1996 1999 1995 1996 1995 1998 1999 1990 1991 1996 1998 1992 2000 1997 1992 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 2 1 1 3 1 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 4 1 1 1 3 1 1 3 1

CREDIT TRANSACTIONS
1. 2. 3. 4. Foreclosure of REM Equitable Mortgage Right of Repurchase Mortgage

5. Suretyship 6. Loan 7. Agency

8. Depositary by force majeure 9. Trust

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10. Commodatum 11. Ejectment 12. Chattel Mortgage 13. Pledge 14. Antichresis 15. Concurrence and Preference of Credit 16. Deposit 17. Equitable Redemption

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TORTS AND DAMAGES

1. Quasi-delict

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4

2. Liability of the employer and the driver in case of accident 3. Defense of diligence in the selection and supervision of employees 4. Defense of diligence of a good father of a family

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5. Residual Parental liability 1993 1989 1993 1995 1996 1998 2000 1989 1993 1999 1990 1991 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2000 1991 2000 1991 1991 1992 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 1993 1996 1997 1998 1999 1999 1993 1999 1991 1990 1990 1991 1993 1991 1992 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1994 1993 1993 1 3 1 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 3 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 6 1 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1

WILLS AND SUCCESSION

1. Wills in general

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2. Disinheritance 3. Donation (requirements for validity and effects)

4. Distribution of Estate 5. When is there death in Succession? 6. Contractual Succession 7. Stipulation pour atrui 8. Intestate Succession

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9. Capacity to Succeed 10. Holographic Will 11. Successional Rights 12. Succession in general 13. Presumptive :Legitime 14. Preterition

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CONFLICTS OF LAW
1. Doctrine of Processual Presumptioon 2. Will by a Filipino 3. Will by a foreigner residing in the Philippines 4. Article 17, NCC 5. Article 1700, NCC 6. Validity, performance, and consideration of contracts 7. Cocnovit (definition) 8. Borrowing Statute (definition) 9. Characterization (definition) 10. Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens (definition) 11. Long Arm Statute (definition) 12. Intrinsic Validity of Contracts 13. Capacity to Contract of foreigners 14. Capacity to Contract of Filipino

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