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Practice question: Personal Property

Multiple Choice Medium Jurisprudence

Practice question

A purported personal-property lease includes an option to buy, and the lessor deprives the lessee of possession or enjoyment. May Article 1485 extend Article 1484 to the stated arrangement?
  1. Yes, Article 1485 expressly provides that extension
  2. No, calling it a lease necessarily defeats the rule
  3. Only if the item is land
  4. Only if no option exists
  5. No law can examine contractual substance

Legal references

  • Civil Code, Article 1485: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/2/53360

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