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Oct 30, 1998 oral donation land donation civil code article 749 real property co-ownership prescription

Verbal Promises and Real Property: Why Oral Land Donations Fail in the Philippines

Oral donations of land are void under Philippine law. Learn why verbal promises cannot transfer real property ownership.