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Practice question: Conventional and Legal Redemption

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Practice question

A genuine sale with a reserved right to repurchase fixes no express redemption period. No special judicial-extension issue is presented. What ordinary duration does Article 1606 supply?
  1. Four years from the contract date.
  2. One day from registration.
  3. Thirty years in every case.
  4. The seller’s entire lifetime.
  5. No repurchase right can exist without an express number of days.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 1601,1606–1607,1616,1619–1623.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_259662_2025.html — Azurin, Jr. v Chua, GR 259662, April 23 2025, main opinion: written notice and peculiar-circumstances/laches exception.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2021/sep2021/gr_219556_2021.html — Rama v Spouses Nogra, GR 219556, September 14 2021, main opinion: sufficient knowledge plus laches.

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