Practice question
Under Civil Code Article 1409, can a contract whose unlawful object makes it inexistent and void from the beginning be ratified as though merely voidable?
- Yes, by any private letter
- Yes, after an election
- No; Article 1409 expressly states that those contracts cannot be ratified
- Yes, by changing its title
- Yes, by keeping it secret
Legal references
- Civil Code, Articles 5, 7 and 1409: https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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