Text of the provision
Art. 1682. The lease of a piece of rural land, when its duration has not been fixed, is understood to have been for all the time necessary for the gathering of the fruits which the whole estate leased may yield in one year, or which it may yield once, although two or more years have to elapse for the purpose.
(1577a)
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 rural-land lease with no fixed duration runs for the time needed to gather the fruits the estate yields in one year (or once, even if it takes more years).
Related provisions
- Article 1681 — No Reduction After Separation of Fruits.
- Article 1683 — Outgoing and Incoming Lessee.
Cases citing this article
- Allan Mañas, joined by wife Lena Isabelle Y. Mañas vs. Rosalina Roca Nicolasora, et, G.R. No. 208845, February 3, 2020 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Oscar L. Rivera vs. Serafin O. Roman, G.R. No. 142402, September 20, 2005 — read the decision on LawPhil →
- Felix L. Gonzales vs. Heirs of Thomas and Paula Cruz, etc. et al, G.R. No. 131784, September 16, 1999 — read the decision on LawPhil →
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