Practice question
A judge arranges the prohibited acquisition to rescue a litigant from financial distress. Does benevolent motive alone create an exception?
- Yes; sympathy automatically repeals the rule.
- Yes; the seller’s need licenses every judicial purchase.
- Yes; a charitable label changes the acquirer.
- No.
- Yes; an oral assurance of fairness is sufficient.
Legal references
- 2025 CJCA, AM 25-04-04-SC, November 11, 2025, specific Canon and section identified: https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocs/11/100836
- Civil Code, Article 1491(5): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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