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Practice question: Conventional and Legal Redemption

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Practice question

What creates conventional redemption under Article 1601?
  1. Every buyer’s unilateral refusal to accept title.
  2. Every sale automatically allowing perpetual repurchase.
  3. The seller’s reservation of the right to repurchase, subject to Article 1616 and agreed stipulations.
  4. A stranger’s unsupported wish to buy the property.
  5. Only a criminal conviction.

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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