Civil Code Art. 1112: General Provisions

Statute: Civil Code
Article: Art. 1112
Topic: General Provisions
Book: BOOK III DIFFERENT MODES OF ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP Preliminary Provision
Title: TITLE V PRESCRIPTION
Chapter: CHAPTER 1 General Provisions
Formerly: Art. 1935 of the old Civil Code
Year: 1949

The provision

Persons with capacity to alienate property may renounce prescription already obtained, but not the right to prescribe in the future. Prescription is deemed to have been tacitly renounced when the renunciation results from acts which imply the abandonment of the right acquired. (1935)

Cases applying this article

Maria Gonzalez v. Simeon Blas G.R. No. 1477

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