Republic Act No. 386
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Republic Act No. 386 is the Civil Code of the Philippines, a fundamental law that codifies the country’s rules on persons, family relations, property, obligations, and contracts.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Republic Act No. 386 canonical | 1 |
| Republic Act No. 386 as amended | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9295264 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Republic Act No. 386 Context triple: [Republic Acts of the Philippines, includes, Republic Act No. 386]
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A.
Republic Act No. 1425
Republic Act No. 1425, commonly known as the Rizal Law, mandates the teaching of the life, works, and writings of national hero José Rizal in all schools in the Philippines to foster nationalism and patriotism.
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B.
Republic Act No. 6770
Republic Act No. 6770 is a Philippine law that defines the powers, functions, and organizational structure of the Office of the Ombudsman and governs its role in investigating and prosecuting public officials for wrongdoing.
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C.
Republic Act No. 1125
Republic Act No. 1125 is a Philippine law enacted in 1954 that created the Court of Tax Appeals as a specialized court to review tax-related decisions and disputes.
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D.
Republic Act No. 7610
Republic Act No. 7610 is a Philippine law that provides special protection to children against abuse, exploitation, and discrimination, prescribing stronger sanctions for offenses committed against them.
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E.
Republic Act No. 4221
Republic Act No. 4221 is a Philippine law that partitioned the former Samar province into three separate provinces, including Northern Samar.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Republic Act No. 386 Target entity description: Republic Act No. 386 is the Civil Code of the Philippines, a fundamental law that codifies the country’s rules on persons, family relations, property, obligations, and contracts.
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A.
Republic Act No. 1425
Republic Act No. 1425, commonly known as the Rizal Law, mandates the teaching of the life, works, and writings of national hero José Rizal in all schools in the Philippines to foster nationalism and patriotism.
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B.
Republic Act No. 6770
Republic Act No. 6770 is a Philippine law that defines the powers, functions, and organizational structure of the Office of the Ombudsman and governs its role in investigating and prosecuting public officials for wrongdoing.
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C.
Republic Act No. 1125
Republic Act No. 1125 is a Philippine law enacted in 1954 that created the Court of Tax Appeals as a specialized court to review tax-related decisions and disputes.
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D.
Republic Act No. 7610
Republic Act No. 7610 is a Philippine law that provides special protection to children against abuse, exploitation, and discrimination, prescribing stronger sanctions for offenses committed against them.
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E.
Republic Act No. 4221
Republic Act No. 4221 is a Philippine law that partitioned the former Samar province into three separate provinces, including Northern Samar.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | Philippine statute ⓘ |
| amendedBy |
Family Code of the Philippines
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Republic Act No. 10951 NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic Act No. 6809 NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic Act No. 8533 NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic Act No. 9255 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
juridical persons
ⓘ
natural persons ⓘ |
| basedOn | Spanish Civil Code of 1889 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citation | R.A. No. 386 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| codifies | general principles of civil law in the Philippines ⓘ |
| contains | preliminary title ⓘ |
| country | Philippines ⓘ |
| effectivityDate | 1950-08-30 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | Congress of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
marriage (prior to Family Code amendments)
ⓘ
property relations between spouses (prior to Family Code amendments) ⓘ successional rights ⓘ |
| hasBook |
Book I – Persons
ⓘ
Book II – Property, Ownership, and its Modifications ⓘ Book III – Different Modes of Acquiring Ownership ⓘ Book IV – Obligations and Contracts NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Republic of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language |
English
ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ |
| legalDomain | civil law ⓘ |
| legalNature | general law ⓘ |
| legalSystem | Philippine legal system ⓘ |
| officialName | Civil Code of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Philippine statutory law ⓘ |
| promulgatedIn | 1949 ⓘ |
| regulates |
contracts
ⓘ
family relations ⓘ obligations ⓘ ownership ⓘ persons ⓘ property ⓘ quasi-contracts ⓘ quasi-delicts ⓘ succession ⓘ |
| replaced | Spanish Civil Code of 1889 (as in force in the Philippines) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| shortName | Civil Code of the Philippines NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signedBy | Elpidio Quirino NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| signingDate | 1949-06-18 ⓘ |
| status | in force, as amended ⓘ |
| subjectMatter |
civil rights
ⓘ
private law ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Republic Act No. 386 Description of subject: Republic Act No. 386 is the Civil Code of the Philippines, a fundamental law that codifies the country’s rules on persons, family relations, property, obligations, and contracts.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Republic Act No. 386 as amended