Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
WEEK
1
Art.
414.
All
things
which
are
or
may
be
the
object
of
appropriation
are
considered
either
1. Immovable
or
real
property;
or
2. Movable
or
personal
property
Concept
of
things
and
property
Thing
Any
object
that
exists
and
is
capable
of
satisfying
some
human
needs
Includes
both
object
that
are
already
possessed
or
owned
&
those
that
are
susceptible
of
appropriation
Property
Any
thing
which
is
already
the
object
of
appropriation
or
is
found
in
the
possession
of
man
Requisites
of
Property
Property
under
civil
law
comprehends
every
species
of
title,
inchoate
or
complete,
legal
or
equitable
1. Utility
a. Capacity
to
satisfy
some
human
wants
(food,
shelter,
clothing,
knowledge)
b. Generally
economic
endows
property
with
value
susceptible
of
pecuniary
estimation
2. Substantivity
or
individuality
a. The
quality
of
having
existence
apart
from
any
other
thing
b. Become
property
only
when
separated
fro
the
body
of
the
person
to
whom
they
belong
3. Appropriability
a. Susceptibility
of
being
possessed
by
men
b. Common
things
are
not
capable
of
appropriation
in
their
entirety
i. May
be
appropriated
under
certain
conditions
in
a
limited
way
and
thereby
become
property
in
law
c. A
thing
may
have
no
owner
because
it
has
not
yet
been
appropriated
d. Things
cannot
be
considered
as
property
when
they
are
not
susceptible
of
appropriation
because
of
physical
impossibility
Rights
as
property
Sometimes
used
to
denote
the
thing
with
respect
to
which
legal
relations
between
persons
exist
the
res
over
which
rights
may
be
exercised
and
sometimes
to
the
rights
with
respect
to
the
thing
Real
rights
Right
or
interest
belonging
to
a
person
over
a
specific
thing
without
a
definite
passive
subject
against
whom
such
right
may
be
personally
enforced
Sometimes
called
jus
in
re
o Cases:
ownership
or
dominion,
surface
right,
possession,
usufruct,
easement
or
servitude
o Subject
matter:
may
be
personal
property,
as
in
pledge
and
chattel
mortgage;
real
property
as
in
easement,
lease
record,
real
mortgage
and
antichresis
or
either
personal
or
real
property
o Kind
as
property:
If
the
res
of
a
real
right
is
real
property,
the
right
itself
is
real
property
Otherwise,
it
is
personal
property
Classification
of
real
rights
upon
dominion
1. Dominion
pleno
(the
powers
to
enjoy
and
to
dispose
are
united)
a. Dominion
b. (Civil)
Possession;
and
c. Hereditary
right
2. Domino
menos
pleno
(The
powers
to
enjoy
and
to
dispose
are
separated)
a. Surface
right;
and
b. Usufract
3. Domino
limitado
(though
united,
limited)
IMMOVABLE
PROPERTY
The
following
are
immovable
properties:
1. Land,
buildings,
roads
and
constructions
of
all
kinds
adhered
to
the
soil;
a. Buildings:
immovable
provided
it
is
more
or
less
of
a
permanent
structure
independent
of
and
regardless
of
ownership
of
the
land
on
which
it
is
erected
since
the
law
makes
no
distinction
(GR)
b. A
building
or
house
which
is
sold
to
be
demolished
immediately
is
to
be
regarded
as
movable
c. Roads
whether
public
or
private
are
immovable.
They
are
considered
integral
parts
of
the
land.
2. Trees,
plants
&
growing
fruits,
while
they
are
attached
to
the
land
or
form
an
integral
part
of
an
immovable
a. Immovable
while
they
are
attached
to
the
land
or
form
an
integral
part
of
an
immovable
i. On
the
theory
that
they
derive
their
existence
or
sustenance
b. Once
trees
or
plants
are
cut
or
uprooted
they
become
movable
3. Everything
attached
to
an
immovable
in
a
fixed
manner,
in
such
a
way
that
it
cannot
be
separated
therefrom
without
breaking
the
material
or
deterioration
of
the
object
4. Statues,
reliefs,
paintings
or
other
objects
for
use
or
ornamentation,
placed
in
buildings
or
on
lands
by
the
owner
of
the
immovable
in
such
a
manner
that
it
reveals
the
intention
to
attach
them
permanently
to
the
tenements
a. Objects
must
be
placed
by
owner
b. Intent
to
attach
permanently
is
essential
5. Machinery,
receptacles,
instruments
or
implements
intended
by
the
owner
of
the
tenement
for
an
industry
or
works
which
may
be
carried
on
in
a
building
or
on
a
piece
of
land,
and
which
tend
directly
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
said
industry
or
works;
Requisites
in
order
machinery
may
be
considered
immovable
a. Machinery
must
have
been
placed
by
the
owner
or
an
agent
of
the
same
b. An
industry
or
works
must
be
carried
on
in
the
building
or
land
c. The
machinery
must
tend
directly
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
industry
or
works
d. The
machinery
must
be
essential
and
principal
to
the
pursuance
of
the
business
of
the
owner,
not
merely
incidental
6. Animal
houses,
pigeon
houses,
beehives,
fish
ponds
or
breeding
places
of
similar
nature,
in
case
their
owner
has
placed
them
or
preserves
them
with
the
intention
to
have
them
permanently
attached
to
the
land,
and
forming
a
permanent
part
of
it;
the
animals
in
these
places
are
included
a. Considered
real
property
in
case
their
owner
has
placed
them
with
the
intention
to
have
them
permanently
attached
to
the
land
and
forming
a
permanent
part
of
it
the
animals
in
these
places
are
included
7. Fertilizer
actually
used
on
a
piece
of
land
a. Immovable
by
nature
if
they
are
actually
used
because
it
is
only
then
when
there
can
be
no
question
that
they
form
part
of
the
land
b. Fertilizers
kept
in
a
barn
are
not
immovable
8. Mines,
quarries,
and
slag
dumps,
while
the
matter
thereof
forms
part
of
the
bed,
and
waters
either
running
or
stagnant
a. Become
movable
once
severed
b. Water
itself
is
plainly
movable
9. Docks
and
structures
which,
though
floating
are
intended
by
their
nature
and
object
to
remain
at
a
fixed
place
on
a
river,
lake,
or
coast;
10. Contracts
of
public
works,
and
servitudes
and
other
real
rights
over
immovable
property
Different
classes
of
immovable
1. By
nature
a. Cannot
be
moved
from
place
to
place
2. By
incorporation
a. Attached
to
an
immovable
in
such
a
manner
as
to
form
an
integral
part
thereof
3. By
destination
a. Which
are
placed
in
an
immovable
for
the
use,
ornamentation,
exploitation
or
perfection
of
such
immovable
4. By
analogy
a. Considered
immovable
by
operation
of
law
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;
a. Ships
or
vessels
2. Real
property
which
by
any
special
provision
of
law
is
considered
as
personalty
a. Growing
crops
are
recognized
as
personal
property
by
the
Chattel
Mortgage
Law
3. Forces
of
nature
which
are
brought
under
control
by
science;
and
a. Electricity,
gas,
rays,
heat,
light,
oxygen,
atomic
energy,
water
power
b. Electricity
is
capable
of
appropriation
by
another
than
the
owner
4. In
general,
all
things
which
can
be
transported
from
place
to
place
without
impairment
of
the
real
property
to
they
are
fixed
a. Three
tests
to
determine
whether
a
property
is
movable
i. Whether
the
property
can
be
transported
or
carried
from
place
to
place
ii. Whether
such
change
of
location
can
be
made
without
injuring
the
immovable
to
which
the
object
may
be
attached
iii. Whether
the
object
does
not
fall
within
any
of
the
10
cases
enumerated
in
Art
15
Art.
417.
The
following
are
also
considered
as
personal
property:
1. Obligations
and
actions
which
have
for
their
object
movables
or
demandable
sums;
and
a. Demandable
sums-
amounts
are
liquidated
or
determined;
both
obligations
and
actions
must
be
legally
demandable
or
enforceable
2. Shares
of
stock
of
agricultural,
commercial
and
industrial
entities,
although
they
may
have
real
estate
a. Entities:
includes
all
juridical
persons,
even
partnerships
b. Stock:
participation
or
interest
c. Other
incorporeal
personal
property:
copyrights,
patents
trademarks,
rights
to
invention
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
others.
Consumable
goods
cannot
be
the
subject
matter
of
a
contract
of
commodatum
unless
the
purpose
of
the
contract
is
not
the
consumption
of
the
object
A
thing
is
fungible
if
it
can
be
substituted
by
another
thing
of
the
same
kind,
quantity
and
quality.
A
non-fungible
thing
is
not
replaceable
in
such
equivalents.