- Statute
- Philippine Civil Code
- Article
- Art. 525
- Topic
- Possession and the Kinds Thereof
- Status
- In force
- Book
- BOOK II PROPERTY, OWNERSHIP, AND ITS MODIFICATIONS
- Title
- TITLE V POSSESSION
- Chapter
- CHAPTER 1 Possession and the Kinds Thereof
- Formerly
- Art. 432 of the old Civil Code
- Year
- 1949
- Cited by
- Multiple Supreme Court decisions
The provision
The possession of things or rights may be had in one of two concepts: either in the concept of owner, or in that of the holder of the thing or right to keep or enjoy it, the ownership pertaining to another person. (432)
Intellegal Wiki · In plain terms
Possession is held in one of two concepts: in the concept of owner, where the possessor holds the thing as his own, or in the concept of holder, where he keeps or enjoys it while ownership pertains to another — a lessee, depositary or usufructuary. The distinction decides whether possession can ripen into ownership. Article 540 provides that only possession acquired and enjoyed in the concept of owner can serve as a title for acquiring dominion, and Article 1118 requires possession in the concept of owner before acquisitive prescription can run.
An editorially maintained plain-language explanation of this provision — not legal advice.
Cases applying this article
- Mariano Alonso y de Mesa v. Vicente E. Reyes G.R. No. 31994
- Bukidnon Doctors' Hospital v. Metropolitan Bank & Trust Co. G.R. No. 161882