Practice question
What is the status of a voidable contract under Article 1390 before proper judicial annulment?
- It is automatically inexistent for every purpose.
- It can never be ratified.
- It requires proof of damage in every case before a consent defect matters.
- It is binding unless annulled through a proper court action and is susceptible of ratification.
- It binds only strangers and never the parties.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 1390–1399.
- https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1989/ra_6809_1989.html — RA 6809, sections1 and3: majority at eighteen, subject to special-law exceptions.
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