Text of the provision
Art. 1184. The condition that some event happen at a determinate time shall extinguish the obligation as soon as the time expires or if it has become indubitable that the event will not take place.
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Civil Code of the Philippines, Republic Act No. 386, approved June 18, 1949, effective August 30, 1950. Reproduced in full; verified verbatim against the LawPhil and ChanRobles official-text renderings.
What this article means
A condition that an event happen at a set time extinguishes the obligation once that time expires without the event, or once it becomes indubitable the event will not occur.
Related provisions
- Article 1183 — Impossible and Unlawful Conditions.
- Article 1185 — Negative Condition.
Cases citing this article
- Planters Development Bank (Now China Bank Savings, Inc.) vs. Fatima D.G. Fuerte, G.R. No. 259965, October 7, 2024 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Privatization And Management Office vs. Firestone Ceramic, Inc, G.R. No. 214741, January 22, 2024 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Socorro T. Clemente, as substituted by Salvador T. Clemente vs. Republic of the Philippines, G.R. No. 220008, February 20, 2019 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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