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[205] Jus utendi, jus fruendi.
[206] Jus abutendi.
[207] Jus disponendi.
[208] Jus vindicandi.
Please see Tolentino, Civil Code, vol. II, pp. 45-46 [1992]; see
also Tolentino, vol. I, pp. 12-14.
[209] Sec. 55, IPRA provides:
"Sec. 55. Communal rights.-- Subject to Section 56 hereof, areas within the
ancestral domains, whether delineated or not, shall be presumed to be communally
held: provided, That communal rights under this Act shall not be construed as coownership as provided in Republic Act No. 386, otherwise known as the New Civil
Code."
[210] Ibid.
[211] Article 494, Civil Code.
[212] Antonio M. La Vina, Arguments for Communal Title, Part II, 2 Phil. Nat. Res. L.
J. 23 [Dec. 1989].
[213] Section 11, Corporation Code.
[214] Sections 60-72, Corporation Code.
[215] Section 117, Corporation Code.
Please see also La Vina, Arguments for
Communal Title, Part II, supra, at 23.
[216] Section 5, par. 2, Article XII, 1987 Constitution.
[217] Customary law is recognized by the Local Government Code of 1991 in solving
disputes among members of the indigenous communities, viz:
"Sec. 412 (c) Conciliation among members of indigenous cultural
communities.-- The customs and traditions of indigenous cultural communities shall
be applied in settling disputes between members of the cultural communities."
[218] Law writes custom into contract-Hongkong & Shanghai Bank v. Peters, 16 Phil.
284 [1910].
The Civil Code provides:
"Art. 11. Customs which are contrary to law, public order or public policy
shall not be countenanced."
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