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Classification of Obligations under the Civil Code

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Pure obligations
Conditional obligations
Obligations with a period
Alternative obligations
Joint obligations
Solidary obligations
Divisible obligations
Indivisible obligations
Obligations with a penal clause

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Article 1179. Every obligation whose performance does not depend upon a future or uncertain event, or upon a past event unknown to the parties, is demandable at once.
Every obligation which contains a resolutory condition shall also be demandable, without prejudice to the effects of the happening of the event.

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Pure and Conditional Obligations

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When the obligation contains no term whatever upon which depends the fulfilment of the obligation, it is considered pure

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PURE OBLIGATIONS

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A ___ is one which is subject to a condition.

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CONDITIONAL OBLIGATIONS

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It is a future AND uncertain event — upon which the acquisition or resolution of rights is made to depend by those who execute the juridical act

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condition

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A ___ is a certain length of time which determines the effectivity or the extinguishment of obligations.

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period

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A period has reference to a ___ which is understood to be that which must necessarily come, although it may not be known when.

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“day certain”

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KINDS OF OBLIGATIONS BASED ON THE PLURALITY OF OBJECTS

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Conjunctive
Alternative
Facultative

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one where the debtor has to perform several prestations. This is extinguished only by the performance of all of them

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Conjunctive

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one where out of the two or more prestations which may be given, only one is due

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Alternative

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one where only one prestation has been agreed upon but the obligor may render another in substitution

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Facultative

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one in which each of the debtors is liable only for a proportionate part of the debt, and each creditor is entitled only to a proportionate part of the credit.

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Joint obligation

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Each creditor can only recover his share of the obligation and each debtor can only be made to pay his part.

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Joint obligation

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one in which each debtor is liable for the entire obligation, and each creditor is entitled to demand the whole obligation.

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Solidary obligation

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Each creditor may enforce the entire obligation, and each debtor may be obliged to pay it in full.

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Solidary obligation

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if there are multiple creditors who are bound solidarily

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Active solidarity

17
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if there are multiple debtors who are bound solidarily

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Passive solidarity

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one which is susceptible of partial performance, that is, the debtor can legally perform the obligation by parts and the creditor cannot demand a single performance of the entire obligation.

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Divisible obligations

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when the obligation cannot be validly performed in parts, whatever may be the nature of the thing (divisible or indivisible) that is the object thereof

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Indivisible obligations

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It is a coercive means to obtain from the debtor compliance from the debtor.

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penal clause

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A ___ is an accessory undertaking to assume greater liability in case of breach. It is attached to obligations in order to insure their performance

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penal clause

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Its principal purpose is to ___ and also to substitute for damages and the payment of interest in case of non-compliance

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insure the performance of an obligation