Key Civil Code Provisions

exercise

rights

performance

duties

justice

due

honesty

good faith

Q: What is Article 19?

A: Article 19 provides that,

“Every person must, in the ____ of his ___ and in the ___ of his ___, act with ___, give everyone his ___, and observe ___and ___.”

willfully

negligently

indemnify

Q: What is Article 20?

A: Article 20 states that,

“Every person who, contrary to law, ___ or ___ causes damage to another, shall ___ the latter for the same”

willfully

loss or injury

morals

good customs

public policy

compensate

Q: What is Article 21?

A: Article 21 provides that,

“Any person who ___ causes ___ to another in manner that is contrary to ___, ____, or ____ shall ____ the latter for the damage.”

act of performance

possession

just or legal ground

return the same

Q: What is Article 22?

A:

“Every person who through an ___ by another, or any other means,

acquires or comes into ___ of something

at the expense of the latter without ____,

shall ___ to him.”

property

not

indemnity

benefited

Q: What is Article 23?

A:

“Even when an act or event causing damage to another’s ___

was ___ due to the fault or negligence of the defendant,

the latter shall be liable for ___

if through the act or event he was ___.”

contractual, property

disadvantage

moral dependence

ignorance

indigence

mental weakness

tender age

vigilant

Q: What is Article 24?

A:

“In all ___ or other relations,

when one of the parties is at a ___on account of his

___,

___,

___,

___,

___ or other handicap,

the courts must be ___for his protection.”

pleasure or display,

public want or emergency

stopped
government or private charitable institution

Q: What is Article 25?
A:

“Thoughtless extravagance in expenses for ___

during a period of acute ___

may be ___ by order of the courts

at the instance of any ___.”