Philippine Civil Code
E604643
The Philippine Civil Code is the principal body of private law in the Philippines, governing areas such as obligations and contracts, property, family relations, and succession.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Philippine Civil Code canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6552671 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philippine Civil Code Context triple: [Law of Obligations, codifiedIn, Philippine Civil Code]
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A.
Rules of Court of the Philippines
The Rules of Court of the Philippines is the primary body of procedural law that prescribes how civil, criminal, and special cases are filed, tried, and decided in Philippine courts.
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B.
Republic Acts of the Philippines
The Republic Acts of the Philippines are national statutes enacted by the Philippine Congress that provide the primary legal framework governing state institutions, public policy, and citizens’ rights and obligations.
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C.
Republic Act No. 4166
Republic Act No. 4166 is a Philippine law that officially transferred the country’s Independence Day from July 4 to June 12, recognizing the 1898 declaration of independence from Spain.
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D.
Japanese Civil Code
The Japanese Civil Code is Japan’s core body of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and inheritance, and was heavily shaped by European—especially German—legal traditions.
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E.
Spanish Civil Code
The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Philippine Civil Code Target entity description: The Philippine Civil Code is the principal body of private law in the Philippines, governing areas such as obligations and contracts, property, family relations, and succession.
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A.
Rules of Court of the Philippines
The Rules of Court of the Philippines is the primary body of procedural law that prescribes how civil, criminal, and special cases are filed, tried, and decided in Philippine courts.
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B.
Republic Acts of the Philippines
The Republic Acts of the Philippines are national statutes enacted by the Philippine Congress that provide the primary legal framework governing state institutions, public policy, and citizens’ rights and obligations.
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C.
Republic Act No. 4166
Republic Act No. 4166 is a Philippine law that officially transferred the country’s Independence Day from July 4 to June 12, recognizing the 1898 declaration of independence from Spain.
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D.
Japanese Civil Code
The Japanese Civil Code is Japan’s core body of private law, governing areas such as contracts, property, family, and inheritance, and was heavily shaped by European—especially German—legal traditions.
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E.
Spanish Civil Code
The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | civil code ⓘ |
| administeredBy | Philippine courts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | RA 386 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
juridical persons
ⓘ
natural persons ⓘ |
| bookTitle |
Book I: Persons
ⓘ
Book II: Property, Ownership, and its Modifications NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III: Different Modes of Acquiring Ownership NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IV: Obligations and Contracts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citation | Republic Act No. 386 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| composedOf |
Book I
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Book II NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IV NERFINISHED ⓘ preliminary title ⓘ |
| contains | provisions on marriage (later largely superseded) ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| dateSigned | 1950-06-18 ⓘ |
| effectiveDate | 1950-08-30 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Congress of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
contracts
ⓘ
damages ⓘ family relations ⓘ human relations ⓘ obligations ⓘ ownership ⓘ prescription ⓘ property ⓘ quasi-contracts ⓘ succession ⓘ torts ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
American common law principles
ⓘ
Code of Obligations and Contracts (Philippines) NERFINISHED ⓘ Spanish Civil Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Republic of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Filipino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalStatus | in force ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law ⓘ |
| partiallySupersededBy | Family Code of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| precededBy | Spanish Civil Code (Philippine application) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalBodyOf | private law in the Philippines ⓘ |
| shortName | Civil Code of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedBy | Elpidio Quirino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signingPresident | Elpidio Quirino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil law
ⓘ
private relations among persons ⓘ |
| tookEffectOn | 1950-08-30 ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Philippine Civil Code Description of subject: The Philippine Civil Code is the principal body of private law in the Philippines, governing areas such as obligations and contracts, property, family relations, and succession.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.