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Practice question: Definition and Essential Elements

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A valid covenant requires a business owner to refrain from installing a noisy generator in a specified shared courtyard. Which kind of prestation is expressly involved?
  1. To give the entire business away.
  2. Not to do the prohibited installation.
  3. To pay a tax solely because a covenant exists.
  4. To transfer title to the courtyard automatically.
  5. To obtain a criminal conviction.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 1156–1159 and1423.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2015/jan2015/gr_167519_2015.html — Wellex Group v U-Land Airlines, GR 167519, January 14 2015, main opinion: prestation as required conduct.

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