Classification Of Contracts

Question 1

According to their relation to other Contracts

Answer 1

1. Preparatory
2. Principal
3. Accessory

Question 2

those which have for their object the establishment of a condition in law which is necessary as a preliminary step towards the celebration of another subsequent contract. Example: partnership, agency, common carrier, insurance. (Relation to other contracts)

Answer 2

Preparatory

Question 3

or those which can subsist independently from other contracts and whose purpose can be fulfilled by themselves.

Example: sale, lease, common carrier, insurance

(Relation to other contracts)

Answer 3

Principal

Question 4

those which can exist only as a consequence of, or in relation with another prior contract. Examples: pledge, mortgage.

(Relation to other contracts)

Answer 4

Accessory

Question 5

Contracts according to perfection

Answer 5

1. Consensual
2. Real

Question 6

or those which are perfected by the mere agreement of the parties. Examples: sale, lease.

(According to perfection)

Answer 6

Consensual

Question 7

or those which require not only the consent of the parties for their perfection, but also the delivery of the object by one party to the other. Examples: commodatum, deposit, pledge.

(According to perfection)

Answer 7

Real

Question 8

according to their form

Answer 8

1. Common or informal
2. Special or formal

Question 9

or those which require no particular form. Example: loan.

(According to their form)

Answer 9

Common or informal

Question 10

those which require some particular form. Examples: donation, chattel mortgage.

(According to their form)

Answer 10

Special of formal

Question 11

According to their purpose:

Answer 11

1. Transfer of ownership
2. Conveyance of use
3. Rendition of service

Question 12

Example: sale

( According to purpose)

Answer 12

Transfer of ownership

Question 13

Example: commodatum

( According to purpose)

Answer 13

Conveyance of use

Question 14

Example: agency, lease of services, labor

(According to their purpose)

Answer 14

Rendition of service

Question 15

According to their subject matter

Answer 15

1. Things
2. Services

Question 16

Examples: sale, deposit, pledge

(According to their subject matter)

Answer 16

Things

Question 17

Examples: agency, lease of services, labor.

(According to their subject matter)

Answer 17

Services

Question 18

According to the nature of the vinculum which they produce:

Answer 18

1. Unilateral
2. Bilateral

Question 19

obligation is for one party only. Example: commodatum, gratuitous
deposit

(According to the nature of the vinculum which they produce:)

Answer 19

Unilateral

Question 20

or those which give rise to reciprocal obligations to both parties.
Examples: sale, lease

(According to the nature of the vinculum which they produce:)

Answer 20

Bilateral

Question 21

According to their cause

Answer 21

1. Onerous
2. Gratuitious

Question 22

each of the parties aspires to get a benefit through the giving of an equivalent or compensation. Examples: sale, insurance, common carrier.

(According to their cause)

Answer 22

Onerous

Question 23

or those in which one of the parties proposes to give the other a benefit without any equivalent or compensation. Example: commodatum

(according to their cause)

Answer 23

Gratuitous

Question 24

According to the risks involved:

Answer 24

1. Aleatory
2. Commutative

Question 25

those in which what is done, given or promised by one party is considered same as the other or in consideration of what is done, given or promised by the other. Example: lease (According to the risks involved)

Answer 25

Commutative

Question 26

where performance of the promise is dependent on the occurrence of a fortuitous event. The full consideration of this act is the other party's promise to perform an act if a fortuitous event occurs. Example: insurance (According to the risks involved)

Answer 26

Aleatory

Question 27

According to their names or norms regulating them:

Answer 27

1. Nominate 2. Innominate

Question 28

those which have their own individuality and are regulated by special provisions of law. Examples: sale, lease, common carrier, insurance, deposit agency. (According to their names or norms regulating them)

Answer 28

Nominate

Question 29

those which lack individuality and are not regulated by law. (According to their names or norms regulating them)

Answer 29

Innominate

Question 30

Classification of Innominate contract in the Roman Law:

Answer 30

I give and you give; I give and you do, I do and you do.