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Business Law and Labor Law Updates
CONTRACTS ENTERED BY MINORS
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The minority age in the Philippines is eighteen years old (18 years old).
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As a general rule, contracts entered into by a minor are voidable.
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Where necessaries are sold and delivered to a minor, he must pay a reasonable price therefor.
EXPROPRIATION FOR PUBLIC USE
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The power of eminent domain is the power of the State to take private property for public use.
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No private property shall be taken for public use without just compensation.
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Just compensation should be made at the time of taking, and the amount of payment should be the fair and equivalent value of the property.
WHAT IS OPTION CONTRACT?
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An Option Contract is a contract by which the owner of the property agrees with another person that he shall have the right to buy his property at a fixed price within a certain time.
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An option imposes no binding obligation on the person holding the option aside from the consideration for the offer. Until accepted, it is not treated as a sale.
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An option contract must be supported by a separate consideration that is either clearly specified as such in the contract or duly proven by the offeree/promisee.
MAY AN INHERITANCE BE REPUDIATED?
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A repudiation of the inheritance is an act which is purely voluntary and free
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Repudiation is proper only when a person is certain of the death of a person from whom he is to inherit
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The repudiation shall be made in a public or authentic instrument, or by petition presented to the court
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