Practice question
Which statement correctly reflects the Regalian doctrine's evidentiary consequence in an ordinary public-land title claim?
- Occupation always proves a private title.
- A private claim needs no recognized mode of acquisition.
- A tax receipt conclusively overrides State ownership.
- Every surveyed lot is already private.
- A claimant must establish the legal basis for private acquisition rather than rely solely on an unsupported assertion.
Legal references
- 1987 Constitution, Article XII, sections 2–3, https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html
- Republic v. Spouses Tan, G.R. No. 232778, August 23, 2023, https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2023/aug2023/gr_232778_2023.html
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