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Article 1254

RA 386 · Civil Code of the Philippines

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When the payment cannot be applied in accordance with the preceding rules, or if application can not be inferred from other circumstances, the debt which is most onerous to the debtor, among those due, shall be deemed...

Official text — RA 386

When the payment cannot be applied in accordance with the preceding rules, or if application can not be inferred from other circumstances, the debt which is most onerous to the debtor, among those due, shall be deemed to have been satisfied.

If the debts due are of the same nature and burden, the payment shall be applied to all of them proportionately. (1174a)

SUBSECTION 2. Payment by Cession

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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