Civil Code: Persons and Family Relations

Question 1

Laws take effect after ______ days following the completion of their publication either in the Official Gazette or in a newspaper of general circulation in the Philippines.

Answer 1

15

Question 2

Ignorance of the _____ excuses no one from compliance therewith.

Answer 2

law

Question 3

Laws shall have no _____________ effect, unless the contrary is provided

Answer 3

retroactive

Question 4

Acts executed against the provisions of mandatory or prohibitory laws shall be ______, except when the law itself authorizes their validity.

Answer 4

void

Question 5

__________ may be waived, unless the waiver is contrary to law, public order, public policy, morals, or good customs, or prejudicial to a third person with a right recognized by law.

Answer 5

Rights

Question 6

Laws are repealed only by ________________ ones, and their violation or non-observance shall not be excused by disuse, or custom or practice to the contrary.

Answer 6

subsequent

Question 7

When the courts declared a law to be inconsistent with the Constitution, which one is void and which one will govern?

Answer 7

Void: Law
To follow: Constitution

Question 8

________________________ acts, orders and regulations shall be valid only when they are not contrary to the laws or the Constitution

Answer 8

Administrative or executive

Question 9

__________ decisions applying or interpreting the laws or the Constitution shall form a part of the legal system of the Philippines.

Answer 9

Judicial

Question 10

No judge or court shall decline to render judgment by reason of the ____________, ____________, or ______________ (SOI) of the laws.

Answer 10

silence, obscurity or insufficiency

Question 11

In case of doubt in the interpretation or application of laws, it is presumed that the lawmaking body intended ____________________ to prevail.

Answer 11

right and justice

Question 12

Customs which are contrary to law, public order or public policy shall not be _______________.

Answer 12

countenanced (permitted to follow)

Question 13

A custom must be proved as a _________, according to the rules of evidence.

Answer 13

fact

Question 14

When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that years are of __________ days each

Answer 14

365

Question 15

When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that months are of ______ days

Answer 15

30

Question 16

When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that days are of ____ hours

Answer 16

24

Question 17

When the laws speak of years, months, days or nights, it shall be understood that nights are from ____________ to ______________

Answer 17

sunset to sunrise

Question 18

If months are designated by their name, they shall be computed by ______________________

Answer 18

number of days which they respectively have

Question 19

In computing a period, the first day shall be _____________, and the last day ________________.

Answer 19

excluded; included

Question 20

Penal laws and those of public security and safety shall be _____________ upon all who live or sojourn in the Philippine territory, subject to the principles of public international law and to treaty stipulations.

Answer 20

obligatory

Question 21

Laws relating to family rights and duties, or to the status, condition and legal capacity of persons are _________ upon citizens of the Philippines, even though living abroad.

Answer 21

binding

Question 22

Real property as well as personal property is subject to the law of the _______________________.

Answer 22

country where it is situated

Question 23

Intestate and testamentary successions shall be regulated by the ___________________ of the person whose succession is under consideration

Answer 23

national law

Question 24

The forms and solemnities of contracts, wills, and other public instruments shall be governed by the laws of the __________________________.

Answer 24

country in which they are executed

Question 25

If contracts, wills, and other public instruments are executed before the diplomatic or consular officials of the Republic of the Philippines in a foreign country, the solemnities established by the laws of which country shall be observed in their execution?

Answer 25

Philippine laws

Question 26

Prohibitive laws concerning persons, their acts or property, and those which have for their object public order, public policy and good customs shall not be rendered ______________ by laws or judgments promulgated, or by determinations or conventions agreed upon in a foreign country.

Answer 26

ineffective

Question 27

In matters which are governed by the __________________ and ________________, their deficiency shall be supplied by the provisions of this Code

Answer 27

Code of Commerce; special laws

Question 28

Every person must, in the exercise of his rights and in the performance of his duties, act with (J) give everyone his (D), and observe (H) and (GF).

Answer 28

Justice; due, honesty; good faith

Question 29

Every person who, contrary to law, wilfully or negligently causes damage to another, shall _________ the latter for the same

Answer 29

indemnify

Question 30

Any person who wilfully causes loss or injury to another in manner that is contrary to morals, good customs or public policy shall ___________ the latter for the damage.

Answer 30

compensate

Question 31

Every person who through an act of performance by another, or any other means, acquires or comes into possession of something at the expense of the latter without just or legal ground, shall _________ the same to him.

Answer 31

return

Question 32

Even when an act or event causing damage to another’s property was not due to the fault or negligence of the defendant, the latter shall be _______ for indemnity if through the act or event he was benefited.

Answer 32

liable

Question 33

In all contractual, property or other relations, when one of the parties is at a disadvantage on account of his moral dependence, ignorance, indigence, mental weakness, tender age or other handicap, the courts must be _________ for his protection.

Answer 33

vigilant

Question 34

Thoughtless extravagance in expenses for pleasure or display during a period of acute public want or emergency may be _________ by order of the courts at the instance of any government or private charitable institution

Answer 34

stopped

Question 35

Every person shall respect the D, Pe, Pr, and PeM of his neighbors and other persons.

Answer 35

dignity, personality, privacy and peace of mind

Question 36

The following and similar acts, though they may not constitute a criminal offense, shall produce a cause of action for damages, prevention and other relief:

Answer 36

(1) Prying into the privacy of another’s residence;

(2) Meddling with or disturbing the private life or family relations of another;

(3) Intriguing to cause another to be alienated from his friends;

(4) Vexing or humiliating another on account of his religious beliefs, lowly station in life, place of birth, physical defect, or other personal condition.

Question 37

Any person suffering material or moral loss because a public servant or employee refuses or neglects, without just cause, to perform his official duty may file an ________________ and _________________, without prejudice to any disciplinary administrative action that may be taken.

Answer 37

action for damages; other relief against the latter

Question 38

Unfair competition in agricultural, commercial or industrial enterprises or in labor through the use of force, intimidation, deceit, machination or any other unjust, oppressive or highhanded method shall give rise to a right of action by the person who thereby suffers (d)

Answer 38

damage

Question 39

When the accused in a criminal prosecution is acquitted on the ground that his guilt has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt, a _______________ for the same act or omission may be instituted.

Answer 39

civil action

Question 39

When the accused in a criminal prosecution is acquitted on the ground that his guilt has not been proved beyond reasonable doubt, a civil action for damages for the same act or omission may be instituted. Such action requires only a _______________________

Answer 39

preponderance of evidence

Question 40

When a separate civil action is brought to demand civil liability arising from a criminal offense, and no criminal proceedings are instituted during the pendency of the civil case, a _____________________ shall likewise be sufficient to prove the act complained of.

Answer 40

preponderance of evidence

Question 41

When the civil action is based on an obligation not arising from the act or omission complained of as a felony, such civil action may proceed ______________ of the criminal proceedings and regardless of the result of the latter.

Answer 41

independently