EVALUATION 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
PRACTICE SOLUTION GRADED A+
◉ What is 'tacking' in property law? Answer: Tacking allows
possession to be transferred from one party to another, combining
the possession periods as long as there is no interruption.
◉ What is the difference between predial and personal servitudes?
Answer: A predial servitude benefits a dominant estate and runs
with the land, while a personal servitude benefits an individual and
does not necessarily run with the land.
◉ What is a common scenario involving servitudes in property law?
Answer: A servitude may be granted by a landowner to a company
for laying and maintaining a pipeline, often involving irrigation.
◉ What is the typical question format regarding servitudes in
property exams? Answer: Questions often ask what kind of
servitude was granted and what rights the parties have regarding it.
◉ What rights does a dominant estate have in relation to a servient
estate? Answer: The dominant estate has the right to use the
servient estate as specified by the servitude.
,◉ What is a personal servitude of right of use? Answer: It confers a
specified use of an estate established in favor of a natural or juridical
person.
◉ How can one determine whether a servitude is predial or
personal? Answer: By examining the agreement itself.
◉ What indicates that a servitude might be predial? Answer: If the
act grants a right to a company that owns adjacent land, suggesting a
dominant estate benefiting from a servient estate.
◉ What happens if a servitude is classified as a predial servitude?
Answer: The rights under that agreement will run with the land and
bind future owners of both the dominant and servient estates.
◉ What is the implication of classifying a servitude as a personal
servitude of right of use? Answer: It will not run with the land, and
rights will not transfer unless specifically transferred.
◉ What is a servitude by destination? Answer: It occurs when two
estates owned by the same person would have formed a servitude
had they been owned by different people.
,◉ What is the significance of pre-existing roads in relation to
servitudes? Answer: If a pre-existing road exists before the sale, it
may lead to a servitude by destination; if not, it may result in an
enclosed estate situation.
◉ What must be provided to a landlocked owner under legal
servitudes? Answer: The neighboring estate must furnish the closest
route to a public road, with the least injury to the servient estate.
◉ What is required of the owner of an enclosed estate regarding
passage? Answer: The owner must typically pay for the road and any
damages caused to the servient estate.
◉ What is the rule regarding gratuitous passage after voluntary
alienation? Answer: If property becomes enclosed, passage must be
furnished gratuitously by the owner of the land where passage was
previously exercised.
◉ What is the classification of property as movable or immovable
based on? Answer: It usually involves determining whether
something is a building or an other construction permanently
attached to the ground.
◉ How are buildings classified in terms of property? Answer:
Buildings are always classified as immovable.
, ◉ What determines if an OCPA is classified as immovable? Answer:
An OCPA is immovable only if there is unity of ownership between
the OCPA owner and the landowner.
◉ What happens if there is no unity of ownership regarding an
OCPA? Answer: The OCPA will be classified as a movable.
◉ What is the legal significance of an enclosed estate? Answer: It
refers to a situation where an estate has no suitable passage to a
public road, necessitating a legal servitude.
◉ What is the role of the bar examiner regarding servitudes?
Answer: The bar examiner often tests knowledge on servitudes by
destination and legal servitudes related to enclosed estates.
◉ What must be analyzed when discussing servitudes? Answer: The
specific legal relationships and obligations between the dominant
and servient estates.
◉ What is the relationship between servitudes and the transfer of
rights? Answer: Rights of use are transferable, but personal
servitudes do not run with the land unless specified.