Republic Act No. 386

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Philippine statute

Republic Act No. 386 is the Civil Code of the Philippines, a fundamental law that codifies the country’s rules on persons, family relations, property, obligations, and contracts.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Republic Act No. 386 canonical	2
R.A. No. 386	1
Republic Act No. 386 as amended	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9295264 — 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: Republic Act No. 386
Context triple: [Republic Acts of the Philippines, includes, Republic Act No. 386]

A. Republic Act No. 1425
Republic Act No. 1425, commonly known as the Rizal Law, mandates the teaching of the life, works, and writings of national hero José Rizal in all schools in the Philippines to foster nationalism and patriotism.
B. Republic Act No. 6770
Republic Act No. 6770 is a Philippine law that defines the powers, functions, and organizational structure of the Office of the Ombudsman and governs its role in investigating and prosecuting public officials for wrongdoing.
C. Republic Act No. 1125
Republic Act No. 1125 is a Philippine law enacted in 1954 that created the Court of Tax Appeals as a specialized court to review tax-related decisions and disputes.
D. Republic Act No. 7610
Republic Act No. 7610 is a Philippine law that provides special protection to children against abuse, exploitation, and discrimination, prescribing stronger sanctions for offenses committed against them.
E. Republic Act No. 4221
Republic Act No. 4221 is a Philippine law that partitioned the former Samar province into three separate provinces, including Northern Samar.
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: Republic Act No. 386
Target entity description: Republic Act No. 386 is the Civil Code of the Philippines, a fundamental law that codifies the country’s rules on persons, family relations, property, obligations, and contracts.

A. Republic Act No. 1425
Republic Act No. 1425, commonly known as the Rizal Law, mandates the teaching of the life, works, and writings of national hero José Rizal in all schools in the Philippines to foster nationalism and patriotism.
B. Republic Act No. 6770
Republic Act No. 6770 is a Philippine law that defines the powers, functions, and organizational structure of the Office of the Ombudsman and governs its role in investigating and prosecuting public officials for wrongdoing.
C. Republic Act No. 1125
Republic Act No. 1125 is a Philippine law enacted in 1954 that created the Court of Tax Appeals as a specialized court to review tax-related decisions and disputes.
D. Republic Act No. 7610
Republic Act No. 7610 is a Philippine law that provides special protection to children against abuse, exploitation, and discrimination, prescribing stronger sanctions for offenses committed against them.
E. Republic Act No. 4221
Republic Act No. 4221 is a Philippine law that partitioned the former Samar province into three separate provinces, including Northern Samar.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Philippine statute ⓘ
amendedBy	Family Code of the Philippines ⓘ Republic Act No. 10951 ⓘ Republic Act No. 6809 ⓘ Republic Act No. 8533 ⓘ Republic Act No. 9255 ⓘ
appliesTo	juridical persons ⓘ natural persons ⓘ
basedOn	Spanish Civil Code of 1889 ⓘ linked to: Spanish Civil Code
citation	R.A. No. 386 ⓘ linked to: Republic Act No. 386
codifies	general principles of civil law in the Philippines ⓘ
contains	preliminary title ⓘ
country	Philippines ⓘ
effectivityDate	1950-08-30 ⓘ
enactedBy	Congress of the Philippines ⓘ
governs	marriage (prior to Family Code amendments) ⓘ property relations between spouses (prior to Family Code amendments) ⓘ successional rights ⓘ
hasBook	Book I – Persons ⓘ Book II – Property, Ownership, and its Modifications ⓘ Book III – Different Modes of Acquiring Ownership ⓘ Book IV – Obligations and Contracts ⓘ linked to: Book IV: Obligations and Contracts
jurisdiction	Republic of the Philippines ⓘ linked to: Philippines
language	English ⓘ Spanish ⓘ
legalDomain	civil law ⓘ
legalNature	general law ⓘ
legalSystem	Philippine legal system ⓘ
officialName	Civil Code of the Philippines ⓘ linked to: Philippine Civil Code
partOf	Philippine statutory law ⓘ
promulgatedIn	1949 ⓘ
regulates	contracts ⓘ family relations ⓘ obligations ⓘ ownership ⓘ persons ⓘ property ⓘ quasi-contracts ⓘ quasi-delicts ⓘ succession ⓘ
replaced	Spanish Civil Code of 1889 (as in force in the Philippines) ⓘ linked to: Spanish Civil Code
shortName	Civil Code of the Philippines ⓘ linked to: Philippine Civil Code
signedBy	Elpidio Quirino ⓘ
signingDate	1949-06-18 ⓘ
status	in force, as amended ⓘ
subjectMatter	civil rights ⓘ private law ⓘ

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Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Republic Acts of the Philippines → includes → Republic Act No. 386 ⓘ

Republic Acts of the Philippines → includes → Republic Act No. 386 as amended ⓘ

linked to: Republic Act No. 386

Philippine Civil Code → citation → Republic Act No. 386 ⓘ

Republic Act No. 386 → citation → R.A. No. 386 ⓘ