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Article 1158

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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Obligations derived from law are not presumed.

Official text — RA 386

Obligations derived from law are not presumed. Only those expressly determined in this Code or in special laws are demandable, and shall be regulated by the precepts of the law which establishes them; and as to what has not been foreseen, by the provisions of this Book. (1090)

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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