- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 1869
- Topic
- Nature, Form and Kinds of Agency
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
- Title
- TITLE X AGENCY
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 1 Nature, Form and Kinds of Agency
- Formerly
- Art. 1710a of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- A Supreme Court decision
The provision
Agency may be express, or implied from the acts of the principal, from his silence or lack of action, or his failure to repudiate the agency, knowing that another person is acting on his behalf without authority. Agency may be oral, unless the law requires a specific form. (1710a)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Agency may be created expressly or inferred from the principal's conduct, including staying silent or failing to disown someone who is knowingly acting on their behalf without authority. It may generally be established orally, unless a law requires a specific form for that transaction.
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Cases applying this article
- Calubad v. Ricarcen Development G.R. No. 202364
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