Modes of extinguishment Flashcards
Obligations are extinguished through
- by payment or performance
- by the loss of the thing due
- by the condonation or remission of the debt
- by the confusion or merger of the rights of creditor and debtor
- by compensation
- by novation
refers only to the deleivery of money. As a mode of extinguishing an obligation, it has a much wider meaning
payment
may consist of not only in the delivery of money but also the giving of a thing (other than money), the doing of an act
payment
By law, payment and performance are
synonymous
general rule: should be complete in performance
payment
exceptions:substantial compliance, acceptance despite incompleteness without objection (estoppel)
payment
susbtantial compliance, acceptance despite incompleteness without objection
estoppel
is the conveyance of ownership of a thing as an accepted equivalent of performance
dation in payment
it is a special form of payment because it is not only payment of money, but also the alienation of property
dation in payment
other special forms of payment
-payment by cession
-tender of payment and consignation
-application of payments
it is the assignment or abandonment of all the properties of the debtor for the benefit of his creditors in order that the latter may sell and apply the proceeds thereof to the satisfaction of their credits
payment by cession
requisites
-there must be two or more creditors
-the debtor must be partially insolvent
-the cession must be accepted by the creditors
payment by cession
there is usually only one creditor
dation in payment
does not presuppose insolvency of the debtor
dation in payment
does not involve all the property of the debtor
dation inpayment
creditor becomes the owner of the things given by the debtor
dation in payment
is really an act of novation
dation in payment
is not an act of novation
payment by cession
the creditors only acquire the right to sell the thing and apply the proceeds to their credit proportionately
payment by cession
extend to all the property of the debtor subject to execution
payment by cession
the debtor is insolvent at the time of the assignment
payment by cession
there are sevral creditors
payment by cession