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Practice question: Option Contract

Multiple Choice Easy Jurisprudence

Practice question

An option principally gives its holder what?
  1. The right to decide whether to accept the specified offer within the agreed framework
  2. Automatic ownership before exercise in every case
  3. An obligation to buy regardless of exercise
  4. Power to choose any unrelated property
  5. A right to disregard every legal qualification

Legal references

  • Civil Code Articles 1324 and 1479: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
  • PNOC v. Keppel Philippines Holdings, GR 202050, July 25, 2016, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2016/jul2016/gr_202050_2016.html
  • F.F. Cruz & Company v. NMC Container Lines, GR 270449, August 11, 2025, main decision: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/1/70224

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