Text of the provision

Art. 692. The title and, in a proper case, the possession of an easement acquired by prescription shall determine the rights of the dominant estate and the obligations of the servient estate. In default thereof, the easement shall be governed by such provisions of this Title as are applicable thereto.

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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

The title — and where the easement was acquired by prescription, the possession — determines the rights of the dominant estate and the obligations of the servient estate. Only if these are lacking do the applicable provisions of this Title supply the rules.

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