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Practice question: Absolutory Causes

Multiple Choice Medium

Practice question

A widowed spouse invokes only Article332(2) for property formerly belonging to the deceased spouse that has already passed into another’s possession. No other qualifying relationship applies. What statutory limit matters?
  1. The paragraph has no temporal property limit
  2. Widowhood automatically immunizes every future property act
  3. Every former asset remains exempt forever
  4. The new possessor’s identity is always irrelevant
  5. The paragraph’s protection concerns the period before passage into another’s possession

Legal references

  • Revised Penal Code, Articles14(9)-(10),19-20 and160, as applicable: https://lawphil.net/statutes/acts/act1930/act_3815_1930.html
  • Carungcong v. People, GR181409, February11 2010, main decision, Article332 and affinity: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2010/feb2010/gr_181409_2010.html

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