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Practice question: Eminent Domain

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

According to Masikip, the necessity for a delegated local taking must be of what character?
  1. Public
  2. Exclusively private convenience
  3. Purely partisan
  4. Only the mayor’s personal preference
  5. Entirely unrelated to the proposed project

Legal references

  • RA7160 Local Government Code: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1991/ra_7160_1991.html Section19 provisional-possession deposit.
  • Masikip v. City of Pasig, GR136349, January23 2006, main decision: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2006/jan2006/gr_136349_2006.html Genuine necessity and public-use holdings.

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