- Statute
- Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1460
- Topic
- Nature and Form of the Contract
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
- Title
- TITLE VI SALES
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 1 Nature and Form of the Contract
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- A Supreme Court decision
The provision
A thing is determinate when it is particularly designated or physical segregated from all others of the same class. The requisite that a thing be determinate is satisfied if at the time the contract is entered into, the thing is capable of being made determinate without the necessity of a new or further agreement between the parties. (n)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
A thing sold is 'determinate' when it is specifically designated or physically set apart from others of its kind. The requirement is still satisfied if, at the time the contract is made, the thing can be made specific later without needing any new or further agreement between the parties.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Pedro Roman v. Andres Grimalt G.R. No. 2412