The Civil Code of the Philippines is the product of the codification of private law in the Philippines. It is the general law that governs family and...

code generally also has a code of civil procedure. In some jurisdictions with a civil code, a number of the core areas of private law that would otherwise...

The Family Code of the Philippines codifies family law in the Philippines. In 1987, President Corazon Aquino enacted into law The Family Code of 1987,...

under the Civil Code. Where a non-Filipino is married to a Filipino citizen and a divorce is obtained abroad by the non-Filipino spouse, the Filipino spouse...

Codification of laws is a common practice in the Philippines. Many general areas of substantive law, such as criminal law, civil law and labor law are...

The Philippines does not legally recognize same-sex unions, either in the form of marriage or civil unions. The Family Code of the Philippines defines...

based on the Civil Code of Spain, which was extended to the Philippines on July 31, 1889. A notable feature of this code is the influence of the Catholic...

Family Code of the Philippines, Article 58. Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 97. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public...

Tolentino helped write the Civil Code of the Philippines from 1948 to 1949 and authored the Anti-Graft and Corrupt Practices Act of 1960. Arturo Modesto Tolentino...

of airports in the Philippines, grouped by type. Regulation of airports and aviation in the Philippines lies with the Civil Aviation Authority of the...

City: University of the Philippines College of Law. p. 29. Civil Code of the Philippines, Article 334 Civil Code of the Philippines, Articles 337-344...

country. The official and latest traffic code of the Philippines is Republic Act No. 4136, also known as the "Land Transportation and Traffic Code", which...

Law 59 or the Cuban civil code is the legal body that regulates the main norms in legal matters such as Real Rights, Law of obligations, Contract law...

Retrieved 13 April 2019. An Act To Ordain And Institute the Civil Code of the Philippines (PDF). officialgazette.gov.ph (Report). Retrieved 13 March...

originally stipulated in the Civil Code of the Philippines. The law recognized Sharia as part of the larger legal system of the country – although it only...

Municipalities have some autonomy from the National Government of the Republic of the Philippines under the Local Government Code of 1991. They have been granted...

Act No. 386 "Civil Code of the Philippines", Article 3 In some jurisdictions, there are exceptions to the general rule that ignorance of the law is not...

III v. Civil Registrar-General, 861 Phil. 388 (2019), was a case which arose out of a petition filed by Filipino lawyer Jesus Falcis III before the Supreme...

13 of the Civil Code of the Philippines. After his suspension as governor in 2020, during his State of the Province Address, Cua admits that the province...

Simeon, Paciano, and Luis respectively. Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act 386, Title XIII: Use of Surnames). June 18, 1949. Acosta, Persida...

The ICAO airport code or location indicator is a four-letter code designating aerodromes around the world. These codes, as defined by the International...

In the Philippines, provinces (Filipino: lalawigan or probinsiya) are one of its primary political and administrative divisions. There are 82 provinces...

2007, the Supreme Court of the Philippines exemplified Article 2179 of the Civil Code of the Philippines in the context of jaywalking, ruling that a pedestrian...

Philippines, the Spanish Código Penal was made applicable and extended to the Philippines by Royal Decree of 1870. This was replaced with the old Penal Code which...

Civil Code of the Philippines (RA No. 386, Title IX - Partnership) Retail Trade Liberalization Act of 2000 (RA No. 8762) Foreign Investments Act of 1991...

in the Philippines, depending on the method of classification. Almost all are Malayo-Polynesian languages native to the archipelago. A number of Spanish-influenced...

The Revised Penal Code contains the general penal laws of the Philippines. First enacted in 1930, it remains in effect today, despite several amendments...

legal codes that function as the primary source of law. Today, civil law is the world's most common legal system, practiced in about 150 countries. The civil...

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the Civil Code of the Philippines, which prohibit the change of name or surname of a person, or any correction or change of entry in a civil register without...