Law Pre-Board Exam Review Flashcards

Flashcards covering Public Land Laws, Land Registration, Agrarian Reform, Property, Natural Resources, Obligations, Ethics, and Land Surveying Regulations based on the pre-board exam transcript.

The mode of disposition through which a corporation could acquire land, though for a 60% Filipino-owned corporation, it is generally limited to a lease for a period not exceeding $25$ years.

Sales Patent

Foreign Investment Act

The law regulating the acquisition of land by a naturalized American citizen (former natural-born Filipino), allowing a maximum area of $30,000$ sqm in rural areas for business purposes.

RA 11573

The law that updated the required period of possession for administrative legalization of untitled agricultural land to at least $20$ years immediately preceding the filing of the application.

Regional Executive Director (RED)

The official authorized in the executive hierarchy to sign and approve a homestead patent for a $7$-hectare parcel of land.

Regalian Doctrine

The legal principle stating that any parcel of land that has not been officially classified by the State is presumed to belong to the State as part of the public domain.

RA 10023

The Residential Free Patent Act, which allows an applicant in a first-class municipality to apply for a maximum land area of $200$ sqm.

RA 11231

The law that lifted the $5$-year prohibition on the encumbrance or alienation of agricultural free patents, allowing farmers to mortgage their land to banks for production loans.

Friar Lands

Patrimonial property of the government governed by Act No. $1120$, which differs from other public lands because it is owned by the State in its private capacity.

Decree of Registration

The document issued by the LRA Administrator following a final court judgment in a judicial land registration proceeding to instruct the Register of Deeds to issue the title.

Paraphernal/Capital Property

The classification of land inherited by a spouse from parents during marriage when no pre-nuptial agreement was signed, making it the exclusive property of that spouse.

Administrative Reconstitution

The remedy under RA $6732$ for the restoration of a Register of Deeds copy of an Original Certificate of Title if it was destroyed by a fire affecting at least $15$ percent of the titles in the registry.

Indefeasibility

The status of a Decree of Registration under the Torrens system where it becomes binding on the whole world after one year from the date of entry of the decree.

Comprehensive Agrarian Reform Law (RA 6657)

The law establishing a retention limit of $5$ hectares for landowners and providing for the distribution of land to landless farmers.

Accretion (Alluvion)

The gradual deposit of soil on a riverbank by the current, whereby the owner of the land adjoining the riverbank acquires ownership of the deposited soil.

Avulsion

The forceful segregation of a known portion of land from one estate by a current and its attachment to another estate; the original owner has $2$ years to remove it.

Right to Self-help

The right of an owner to use reasonable force to prevent a person from entering or encroaching upon their fenced property.

Extraordinary Prescription

The method of acquiring ownership of real property through possession without just title or good faith for a period of $30$ years.

Territorial Sea

Under UNCLOS, the breadth of the sea measured from the baselines extending up to $12$ nautical miles.

Meridional Block

An area in the Philippine Mining Act bounded by $\frac{1}{2}$ minute of latitude and $\frac{1}{2}$ minute of longitude, approximately equivalent to $81$ hectares.

Salvage Zone

The mandatory easement for public use along the banks of a river; for agricultural areas, this distance is $20$ meters.

Prestation

The object of an obligation, such as the specific act of conducting a survey in a contract for professional services.

Suspensive Condition

A condition in an obligation where the acquisition of rights depends upon the happening of the event, such as passing a board exam.

Compensation

A mode of extinguishing an obligation that occurs when two persons, in their own right, are creditors and debtors of each other.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD)

The units required for a Geodetic Engineer for the $3$-year renewal of their license, totaling $45$ units.

PD 957

The law regulating residential subdivisions, stating the maximum saleable area is $70\%$ and the minimum road right-of-way for a minor road in sites below $2.5$ hectares is $8$ meters.

BP 220

The law governing Socialized and Economic Housing, establishing a minimum lot area of $48$ sqm for single detached socialized units.