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Practice question: Doctrine of Renvoi

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Under Article 16, which law ordinarily governs the intrinsic validity of testamentary provisions and the amount of successional rights?
  1. The law of every heir’s workplace
  2. Only the law chosen by a witness
  3. The national law of the decedent
  4. Only the law of the executor’s office
  5. The law of the newspaper publishing notice

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, Article 16
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1963/jan1963/gr_l-16749_1963.html — Aznar v. Garcia, G.R. No. L-16749, January 31, 1963
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1967/jun1967/gr_l-23678_1967.html — Bellis v. Bellis, G.R. No. L-23678, June 6, 1967

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