Practice question
An ordinary proprietary-right issue concerns a movable item situated in Country X. No succession issue or special exception applies. Under Article 16’s first paragraph, what basic connector is relevant?
- Always the plaintiff’s citizenship
- Always Philippine law because the parties speak Filipino
- The law of Country X as the property’s situs
- Only the seller’s favorite law
- The witness’s residence
Legal references
- Civil Code Article 16, first paragraph: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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