Practice question
A lawyer participates professionally in litigation over specified rights and seeks to acquire those rights by assignment at a judicial auction. The lawyer claims that assignment and auction format each avoid Article 1491(5). Which assessment is correct?
- Assignments are expressly excluded
- Judicial auctions automatically authorize every lawyer purchase
- Only physical land can be covered
- The article includes acquisition by assignment and public or judicial auction within its stated prohibition
- The auctioneer may privately repeal the prohibition
Legal references
- CPRA Canon III, Section 51, A.M. No. 22-09-01-SC (issued text, PDF page25): https://bir-cdn.bir.gov.ph/local/pdf/RMC%20No.%20123-2023%20Annex%20A.pdf
- Civil Code, Article 1491(5): https://lawphil.net/statutes/repacts/ra1949/ra_386_1949.html
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