Article 2197

RA 386 · Civil Code of the PhilippinesKey provision

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The Civil Code provides six classes of damages: (1) actual or compensatory, (2) moral, (3) nominal, (4) temperate or moderate, (5) liquidated, and (6) exemplary or corrective.

Official text — RA 386

Damages may be:

(1) Actual or compensatory;

(2) Moral;

(3) Nominal;

(4) Temperate or moderate;

(5) Liquidated; or

(6) Exemplary or corrective.

Source: lawphil.net (RA 386 as amended)

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