Practice question
A claimant presents a CENRO document stating only that no patent application is pending, plus tax records and a private plan. The claim concerns public-domain classification under current11573. Which Laudes principle applies?
- Those documents do not themselves supply the required statutory showing that the land is alienable and disposable
- No pending application conclusively means the land was released
- Every tax declaration is a State release
- A private plan binds DENR classification
- The absence of a rival automatically proves private ownership
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles420–422.
- RA11573: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra2021/ra_11573_2021.html Section7.
- Republic v Heirs of Laudes GR256194 January31,2024 MAIN: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2024/jan2024/gr_256194_2024.html MAIN classification evidence.
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