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Practice question: Conventional and Legal Redemption

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Practice question

What does legal redemption under Article 1619 entail?
  1. Cancellation of every sale without payment.
  2. A perpetual right for every neighbor to take any property.
  3. A donation that transfers without consideration in every case.
  4. Subrogation on the same terms and conditions in the place of an acquirer through the specified onerous transactions.
  5. Automatic ownership by the State.

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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