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OWNERSHIP IN GENERAL
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RIGHT TO PROPERTY
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OWNERSHIP
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PROPERTY
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RIGHTS AS PROPERTY
REAL RIGHTS
all objects that exist, and can be of some use
to man
all those that can be possessed
more generic and extensive than the idea of
property
in a juridical sense, includes only objects
which can be of utility to man
cannot include any object whatsoever, but
only those that can give some good or utility
to man and which can be the objects of
juridical relations
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Characteristics:
1) a subject and an object connected by a
relation of ownership of the former over the
latter
2) a general obligation or duty of respect for
such relation, there being no particular
passive subject
3) effective actions recognized by law to
protect such relation against anyone who
may want to disturb it
PERSONAL RIGHTS
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Characteristics:
1) two subjects, active and passive, who are
determined and specified; the passive
subject being bound to perform a prestation
incumbent upon him, by reason of a juridical
tie which binds him to the active subject
2) a general obligation on the part of third
persons to respect the relation between the
active and passive subjects
3) effective actions in favor of the active
subject against the passive subject for the
performance of the prestation by the latter
or so that the relation between them may
produce its natural and juridical effects
2) RES NULLIUS
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3) PUBLIC DOMINION
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Principles:
1) they cannot be alienated or leased or
otherwise be the subject of contracts
2) they cannot be acquired by prescription
against the State; even municipalities cannot
acquire them for use as communal lands as
against the State
3) they are not subject to attachment and
execution
4) they cannot be burdened by any voluntary
easement
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PRIVATE PROPERTY
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d) PATRIMONIAL PROPERTY
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1) IMMOVABLE PROPERTY
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2) IMMOVABLE BY INCORPORATION
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3) IMMOVABLES BY DESTINATION
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b) EXTENT OF OWNERSHIP
Art. 437. The owner of a parcel of land is the
owner of its surface and of everything under it,
and he can construct thereon any works or make
any plantations and excavations which he may
deem proper, without detriment to servitudes
and subject to special laws and ordinances. He
cannot
complain
of
the
reasonable
requirements of aerial navigation.
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MOVABLE PROPERTY
personal property
transfer and movement in space is possible,
whether by itself as in the case of animals, or
by some external act
those which can by their nature be moved
from place to place without injury
forces of nature are considered movable
(e.g. electricity, gas, heat, oxygen, light, rays)
semi-movables: now classified as movables;
they include all those which are susceptible
of moving by themselves without assistance
from any outside force, such as animals
intellectual property: the right of the author,
artist, or inventor over his work is personal
property; it consists in the pecuniary benefit
which the owner can get by the reproduction
or manufacture of his work
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a) ENUMERATION OF MOVABLE PROPERTY
Art. 416. The following things are deemed to be
personal property:
1) Those
movables
susceptible
of
appropriation which are not included in the
preceding article;
2) Real property which by any special
provision of law is considered as
personality;
3) Forces of nature which are brought under
control by science, and
4) In general, all things which can be
transported from place to place without
impairment of the real property to which
they are fixed.
Art. 417. The following are also considered as
personal property:
those
movables
susceptible
of
appropriation which are not included in
the preceding article
real property which by any special
provision of law is considered as
personality
forces of nature which are brought
under control by science
in general, all things which can be
transported from place to place without
impairment of the real property to
which they are fixed
obligations and actions which have for
their object movables or demandable
sums
obligations really means credits
includes all kinds of credits
includes
bonds,
which
are
technically obligations of the entity
issuing them
whether the credit is matured or
not, it is personal property
b) CONSUMABLES OR NON-CONSUMABLES
Art. 418. Movable property is either consumable or
non-consumable. To the first class belong those
movables which cannot be used in a manner
appropriate to their nature without their being
consumed; to the second class belong all the others.
Classification according to the nature of the thing
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CONSUMABLES
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NON-CONSUMABLES
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FUNGIBLE OR NON-FUNGIBLE
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FUNGIBLES
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NON-FUNGIBLES
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2) MEANING OF TITLE
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b) INCIDENTS OF OWNERSHIP
1) POSSESSION AND CONTROL
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d) TEST
2) RIGHT TO
INCREASE
ITS
PRODUCT
OR
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4) REPLEVIN
jus disponendi
the right to dispose, is the power of
the owner to alienate, encumber,
transform, and even destroy the
thing owned
the right to dispose includes the
right not to dispose
4) RIGHT TO VINDICATE
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jus vindicandi
the right to exclude from the
possession of the thing owned by
any other person to whom the
owner has not transmitted such
thing, by the proper action for
restitution, with the fruits,
accessions, and indemnification of
damages
3) RIGHT TO TRANSFER
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LIMITATIONS ON OWNERSHIP
3) ACCION REINVINDICATORIA
THE
2) ACCION PUBLICIANA
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FOR
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5) INHERENT
LIMITATIONS
ARISING
FROM CONFLICTS WITH OTHER
SIMILAR RIGHTS
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6) INJURIOUS USE
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7) INTERFERENCE
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PRESUMPTIONS
a) RULE ON ACCESSION
1) ALL WORKS, SOWING, AND PLANTING ARE
PRESUMED MADE BY THE OWNER AT HIS
EXPENSE
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3) RIGHT TO USE
a) Under Article 428 of the Civil Code
Art. 428. The owner has the right to enjoy and
dispose of a thing, without other limitations than
those established by law. The owner has also a right
of action against the holder and possessor of the
thing in order to recover it.
1) The owner has the right to enjoy subject to
limitations established by law
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2) Injurious Use
Art. 431. The owner of the thing cannot make use
thereof in such manner as to injure the rights of a
third person.
4) RIGHT TO TRANSFER
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b) Kinds of Transfers
1) Assignment of ownership
2) Assignment of use only
5) RIGHT TO EXCLUDE
a) The owner or lawful possessor of a thing has
the right to exclude any person from the
enjoyment and disposal of the thing
Art. 429 The owner or lawful possessor of a thing has
the right to exclude any person from the enjoyment
and disposal thereof. For this purpose, he may use
such force as may be reasonably necessary to repel
or prevent an actual or threatened unlawful physical
invasion or usurpation of his property.
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subject to servitudes
right of the owner to enclose his tenement is
limited by the servitudes existing thereon
a person cannot enclose his tenement and
construct a fish pond thereon, as to obstruct
the natural flow of waters from upper
tenements, to the injury of the owners of
such tenements
2) Self-help
Art. 429 The owner or lawful possessor of a thing has
the right to exclude any person from the enjoyment
and disposal thereof. For this purpose, he may use
such force as may be reasonably necessary to repel
or prevent an actual or threatened unlawful physical
invasion or usurpation of his property.
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Self-help
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