Philippine Civil Code

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The Philippine Civil Code is the principal body of private law in the Philippines, governing areas such as obligations and contracts, property, family relations, and succession.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Civil Code of the Philippines 3
Philippine Civil Code canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf civil code ⓘ
administeredBy Philippine courts ⓘ
alsoKnownAs RA 386 ⓘ
appliesTo juridical persons ⓘ
natural persons ⓘ
bookTitle Book I: Persons ⓘ
Book II: Property, Ownership, and its Modifications ⓘ
Book III: Different Modes of Acquiring Ownership ⓘ
Book IV: Obligations and Contracts ⓘ
citation Republic Act No. 386 ⓘ
composedOf Book I ⓘ
Book II ⓘ
Book III ⓘ
Book IV ⓘ
preliminary title ⓘ
contains provisions on marriage (later largely superseded) ⓘ
country Philippines ⓘ
dateSigned 1950-06-18 ⓘ
effectiveDate 1950-08-30 ⓘ
enactedBy Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
governs contracts ⓘ
damages ⓘ
family relations ⓘ
human relations ⓘ
obligations ⓘ
ownership ⓘ
prescription ⓘ
property ⓘ
quasi-contracts ⓘ
succession ⓘ
torts ⓘ
influencedBy American common law principles ⓘ
Code of Obligations and Contracts (Philippines) ⓘ
Spanish Civil Code ⓘ
jurisdiction Republic of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Philippines
language English ⓘ
Filipino ⓘ
linked to: Tagalog
legalStatus in force ⓘ
legalSystem civil law ⓘ
partiallySupersededBy Family Code of the Philippines ⓘ
precededBy Spanish Civil Code (Philippine application) ⓘ
linked to: Spanish Civil Code
principalBodyOf private law in the Philippines ⓘ
shortName Civil Code of the Philippines ⓘ
signedBy Elpidio Quirino ⓘ
signingPresident Elpidio Quirino ⓘ
subjectMatter civil law ⓘ
private relations among persons ⓘ
tookEffectOn 1950-08-30 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Law of Obligations → codifiedIn → Philippine Civil Code ⓘ
Philippine Civil Code → shortName → Civil Code of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Civil Code
Republic Act No. 386 → officialName → Civil Code of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Civil Code
Republic Act No. 386 → shortName → Civil Code of the Philippines ⓘ
linked to: Philippine Civil Code