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Practice question

Which action falls under Article 1144’s ordinary ten-year period rather than becoming a four-year quasi-delict action merely because injury once occurred?
  1. Every action for forcible entry.
  2. Every defamation action.
  3. Every oral agreement without distinction.
  4. An action upon a judgment.
  5. Every tort label regardless of its legal source.

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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