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Civil Code, Art. 2098

Pledge · Formerly Art. 1866a of the old Civil Code

Statute
Civil Code
Article
Art. 2098
Topic
Pledge
Status
In force
Book
BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts
Title
TITLE XVI PLEDGE, MORTGAGE AND ANTICHRESIS
Chapter
CHAPTER 2 Pledge
Formerly
Art. 1866a of the old Civil Code
Year
1949
Cited by
1 Supreme Court decision in the Intellegal corpus

The provision

The contract of pledge gives a right to the creditor to retain the thing in his possession or in that of a third person to whom it has been delivered, until the debt is paid. (1866a)

Cases applying this article

Civil Code, Art. 2098 is found in CHAPTER 2 Pledge of TITLE XVI PLEDGE, MORTGAGE AND ANTICHRESIS of BOOK IV Obligations and Contracts of the Civil Code of the Philippines (Republic Act No. 386).

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