The Study Guide on the Law on Property

Property
Property all things which are or may be appropriated. [Art. 414]
Appropriation to appropriate or set apart; to
have dominion over a thing

Classification of Things:
1. Res nullius or belonging to no one these
are things which have yet to be appropriated such
as wild animals (ferae naturae) or abandoned
things (res derelictae)

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

2. Res communes or belonging to everyone

these are things which are owned and enjoyed by
everyone
3. Res alicujus or belonging to someone
these are things which are owned privately by
someone

Things vs
Property
Things include
appropriable and nonappropriable things
Property includes

Classification of Property in General:

a. Mobility can they be transported from place to place
1. Movable
2. Immovable
b. Ownership is it owned by an individual or the
State
1. public dominion
2. private dominion
c. Alienability can it be the subject of contracts
1. within the commerce of man

Attributes of
Dominion:
P-E-D-R-O
P possession
E enjoyment
D disposal

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2. outside the commerce of man
d. Existence is it existing at this moment or in the future
1. present property
2. future property
e. Materiality can they be seen or touched
1. tangible or corporeal
2. intangible or incorporeal
f. Importance
1. principal
2. accessory
g. Capability of Substitution
1. fungible (capable)
2. non-fungible (incapable)
h. Nature
1. generic (referring to a group or class)
2. specific (unique or individual)
i. In the custody of Court
1. Custodia legis (yes)
2. Free
Characteristics of Property
1. U utility for satisfaction of moral or economic wants
2. S susceptibility to appropriation
3. I individuality or substantivity. (can it exist by itself)

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Chapter 1:
Immovable Property
Juridical Classification of Immovable
Properties (NIDA)
1. By Nature

Art. 415. The following

are immovable
property:
1. Land, buildings,
roads, and
constructions of all
kinds adhered on soil;
2. Trees, plants and
growing fruits while
they are attached to
the land or form an
integral part of the
immovable
3. Everything attached
to the 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;

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Art. 415. The following

are immovable
property:
6. Animal houses,
pigeon-houses,
beehives, fish ponds or
breeding places of
similar nature, in case
the owner 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;
7. Fertilizer actual used
on a piece of land;
8. Mines, quarries, and
slag dumps, while the
matter thereof forms
part of the bed, and
waters either running
or stagnant;
9.Docks and structures
which, though floating,
are intended by their
nature or object to
remain at a fixed place
on a river, lake or
coast;
10. Contracts for public