PRELIMINARY TITLE
CHAPTER I: EFFECT AND APPLICATION OF LAWS
Article 1. This Act shall be known as the “Civil Code of the Philippines.” (n)
Art. 2. Laws shall take effect after fifteen days following the completion of their publication in the Official Gazette, unless it is otherwise provided. This Code shall take effect one year after such publication. (1a)
BOOK II: Articles 414 to 711
PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
Title I. – CLASSIFICATION OF PROPERTY
PRELIMINARY PROVISIONS
Art. 414. All things which are or may be the object of appropriation are considered either:
(1) Immovable or real property; or
(2) Movable or personal property. (333)
BOOK III: Articles 712 to 1155
DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP
PRELIMINARY PROVISION
Art. 712. Ownership is acquired by occupation and by intellectual creation.
Ownership and other real rights over property are acquired and transmitted by law, by donation, by estate and intestate succession, and in consequence of certain contracts, by tradition.
BOOK IV [Articles 1156 to 2270]
OBLIGATIONS AND CONTRACTS
Title. I. – OBLIGATIONS
CHAPTER 1
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Art. 1156. An obligation is a juridical necessity to give, to do or not to do. (n)
Art. 1157. Obligations arise from:
(1) Law;
(2) Contracts;
(3) Quasi-contracts;
RULES 1-71, RULES OF COURT
EFFECTIVE JULY 1, 1997
Per Resolution of the Supreme Court in Bar Matter No. 803 Adopted in Baguio City on April 8, 1997
RULES OF COURT
Pursuant to the provisions of section 5 (5) of Article VIII of the Constitution, the Supreme Court hereby adopts and promulgates the following rules concerning the protection and enforcement of constitutional rights, pleading, practice and procedure in all courts, the admission to the practice of law, the Integrated Bar, and legal assistance to the underprivileged:
