Page 280 - Important Provisions of The New Civil Code

PRESCRIPTION OF OWNERSHIP AND

OTHER REAL RIGHTS

Article 1117. Acquisitive prescription of

dominion and other real rights may be ordinary

or extraordinary.

Ordinary acquisitive prescription requires

possession of things in good faith and with just

title for the time fixed by law. (1940a)

Article 1118. Possession has to be in the

concept of an owner, public, peaceful and

uninterrupted. (1941)

Article 1119. Acts of possessory character

executed in virtue of license or by mere

tolerance of the owner shall not be available for

the purposes of possession. (1942)