Practice question
An offender steals a movable, retains it for more than eight years and invokes1132’s longer period as personal title. The offense and possession through that crime are established. Which1133 rule applies?
- The offender cannot acquire that movable by prescription through the criminal possession
- Eight years automatically rewards every thief with ownership
- A crime creates the required lawful title
- 1133 governs only immovables
- The owner’s rights are irrelevant because the object is movable
Legal references
- Civil Code RA386: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html Articles1121–1125 and1132–1133; susceptible private property and no unstated special bar assumed.
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