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Practice question: Prescription

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

What does Article 1150 generally identify as the beginning of prescription when no special rule provides otherwise?
  1. The plaintiff’s birth.
  2. The date a defendant privately wishes to stop liability.
  3. Every date mentioned in a pleading.
  4. The earliest historical event in all cases.
  5. The day the action may be instituted.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html — Civil Code, articles 1144,1146,1148 and1150–1155.
  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/rc_110-127_crim.html — Rules of Court, Rule 111 sections 2–3: tolling and independent civil actions.

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