Text of the provision
Art. 1233. A debt shall not be understood to have been paid unless the thing or service in which the obligation consists has been completely delivered or rendered, as the case may be.
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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 debt is not deemed paid until the thing or service is completely delivered or rendered. Partial or defective performance does not, as a rule, extinguish the obligation (subject to the good-faith exceptions that follow).
Related provisions
- Article 1232 — What 'Payment' Means.
- Article 1234 — Substantial Performance in Good Faith.
Cases citing this article
- Standard Chartered Bank, Philippine Branch vs. Philippine Investment Two (SPV-AMC) Inc., Philippine Investment One (SPV-AMC), Inc, G.R. No. 216608, April 26, 2023 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Spouses Rolando and Cynthia Rodriguez vs. Export and Industry Bank, Inc. (formerly, Urban Bank, G.R. No. 214520, June 14, 2021 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Atty. Leonardo Florent O. Bulatao vs. Zenaida C. Estonactoc, G.R. No. 235020, December 10, 2019 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Spouses Juan Chuy Tan and Mary Tan vs. China Banking Corporation, G.R. No. 200299, August 17, 2016 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Republic of the Philippines vs. Mega Pacific eSolutions, Inc., et al, G.R. No. 184666, June 27, 2016 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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