Art. 658.

The easement of _____ wall shall be governed by the provisions of this Title, by the local ordinances
and _____ insofar as they do not _____ with the same, and by the rules of _____. (571a)

Art. 659. The _____ of an easement of party wall is _____, unless there is a _____, or _____ sign, or _____ to
the contrary:

(1) In dividing walls of adjoining _____ up to the point of _____ elevation;

(2) In dividing walls of _____ or _____ situated in _____, towns, or in _____ communities;

(3) In _____, walls and live _____ dividing _____ lands. (572)

Art. 660. It is _____ that there is an exterior sign, _____ to the easement of party wall:

(1) Whenever in the dividing wall of _____ there is a _____ or _____;

(2) Whenever the dividing wall is, on one side, _____ and _____ on all its _____, and on the other, it has
similar _____ on the upper part, but the lower part _____ or projects _____;

(3) Whenever the _____ wall is built _____ the _____ of one of the estates;

(4) Whenever the dividing wall _____ the _____ of the binding _____, floors and _____ frame of one of the
_____, but not those of the others;

(5) Whenever the dividing wall between _____, gardens, and _____ is _____ in such a way that the _____
sheds the _____ upon only one of the estates;

(6) Whenever the dividing wall, being _____ of _____, has _____ stones, which at certain _____ project from
the _____ on one side only, but not on the other;

(7) Whenever lands _____ by fences or live hedges _____ others which are not inclosed.

In all these cases, the _____ of the walls, fences or hedges shall be deemed to belong _____ to the _____ of
the _____ or tenement which has in its favor the _____ based on any one of these signs. (573)

Art. 661. _____ or _____ opened _____ two estates are also presumed as _____ to both, if there is no _____
or _____ showing the contrary.

There is a sign contrary to the _____ whenever the _____ or _____ removed to open the _____ or to _____ it
is only on one side thereof, in which case the _____ of the ditch shall belong _____ to the owner of the land
having this _____ sign in its _____. (574)

Art. 662. The _____ of repairs and _____ of party walls and the _____ of fences, live hedges, ditches, and
drains owned in _____, shall be _____ by all the owners of the lands or tenements having the party wall in
their _____, in _____ to the _____ of each.

Nevertheless, any owner may _____ himself from _____ to this _____ by renouncing his part-ownership,
except when the party wall _____ a building _____ to him. (575)

Art. 663. If the owner of a _____, supported by a party wall _____ to _____ the building, he may also _____
his part-ownership of the wall, but the _____ of all repairs and work _____ to _____ any _____ which the
demolition may cause to the party wall, on this _____ only, shall be _____ by him. (576)

Art. 664. Every owner may _____ the _____ of the party wall, doing at his own _____ and paying for any
_____ which may be caused by the work, even though such damage be _____.

The _____ of maintaining the wall in the part newly _____ or _____ at its _____ shall also be paid for by him;
and, in addition, the _____ for the _____ expenses which may be _____ for the _____ of the party wall by
reason of the _____ height or _____ which has been given it.

If the party wall cannot _____ the increased height, the _____ desiring to raise it shall be _____ to reconstruct
it at his own expense and, if for this _____ it be _____ to make it _____, he shall give the _____ required from
his own _____. (577)
Art. 665. The other owners who have not _____ in giving increased height, depth or thickness to the wall may,
nevertheless, _____ the _____ of part-ownership therein, by paying _____ the _____ of the work at the time
of the acquisition and of the _____ used for its increased thickness. (578a)

Art. 666. Every part-owner of a party wall may _____ it in _____ to the _____ he may have in the co-
ownership, without _____ with the _____ and _____ uses by the other co-owners. (579a)

SECTION 5. - Easement of Light and View

Art. 667. No part-owner may, without the _____ of the others, _____ through the party wall any _____ or
_____ of any kind. (580)

Art. 668. The period of _____ for the _____ of an easement of light and view shall be _____:

(1) From the time of the _____ of the window, if it is _____ a party wall; or

(2) From the time of the _____ prohibition upon the _____ of the _____ land or tenement, if the window is
through a _____ on the _____ estate. (n)

Art. 669. When the _____ in Article 670 are not _____, the owner of a wall which is not party wall, adjoining a
tenement or _____ of land belonging to _____, can make in it openings to _____ light at the height of the
ceiling _____ or _____ under the _____, and of the size of _____ centimeters _____, and, in every case, with
an _____ grating _____ in the wall and with a _____ screen.

Nevertheless, the _____ of the tenement or property _____ the wall in which the _____ are made can _____
them should he acquire _____ thereof, if there be no _____ to the contrary.

He can also _____ them by _____ a building on his land or by _____ a wall thereon _____ to that having such
openings, unless an easement of _____ has been _____. (581a)

Art. 670. No windows, _____, balconies, or other similar _____ which _____ a _____ view upon or towards an
adjoining land or tenement can be made, without _____ a distance of _____ meters _____ the wall in which
they are made and such _____ property.

Neither can _____ or _____ views upon or towards such _____ property be had, unless there be a distance of
_____ centimeters.

The _____ of these distances does not give _____ to prescription. (582a)

Art. 671. The _____ referred to in the preceding article shall be _____ in cases of direct views from the _____
line of the wall when the _____ do not project, from the outer line of the latter when they do, and in cases of
_____ view from the _____ line between the _____ properties. (583)

Art. 672. The provisions of Article 670 are not _____ to buildings _____ by a public way or _____, which is not
less than _____ meters wide, subject to special _____ and local _____. (584a)

Art. 673. Whenever by any _____ a right has been _____ to have direct views, balconies or _____ overlooking
an adjoining property, the owner of the servient estate cannot _____ thereon at _____ than a distance of
three meters to be measured in the _____ provided in Article 671. Any stipulation _____ distances less than
those prescribed in Article 670 is _____. (585a)

SECTION 6. - Drainage of Buildings

Art. 674. The owner of a building shall be _____ to construct its _____ or _____ in such manner that the rain
water shall fall on his own _____ or on a _____ or public place, and not on the land of his _____, even though
the _____ land may belong to two or more persons, one of whom is the owner of the roof. Even if it should fall
on his own land, the owner shall be _____ to _____ the water in such a way as not to cause _____ to the
_____ land or tenement. (586a)

Art. 675. The owner of a _____ or a piece of land, subject to the _____ of _____ water falling from roofs, may
_____ in such manner as to _____ the water upon his own roof or give it another _____ in accordance with
local ordinances or _____, and in such a way as not to cause any _____ or damage whatever to the _____
estate. (587)

Art. 676. Whenever the _____ or court of a house is _____ by other houses, and it is not _____ to give an
_____ through the house itself to the rain water _____ thereon, the _____ of an easement of _____ can be
_____, giving an _____ to the water at the point of the _____ lands or tenements where its _____ may be
_____, and establishing a _____ for the drainage in such manner as to cause the _____ damage to the servient
estate, after payment of the _____ indemnity. (583)

SECTION 7. - Intermediate Distances

and Works for Certain Constructions and Plantings

Art. 677. No _____ can be built or _____ made near _____ places or _____ without _____ with the conditions
_____ in special laws, ordinances, and _____ relating thereto. (589)

Art. 678. No person shall build any _____, well, sewer, _____, forge, _____, stable, _____ of _____ substances,
machinery, or _____ which by reason of its _____ or _____ is dangerous or _____, without observing the
distances prescribed by the regulations and customs of the place, and without making the necessary _____
works, subject, in regard to the _____ thereof, to the conditions prescribed by such regulations. These
prohibitions cannot be _____ or _____ by _____ on the part of the adjoining _____.

In the _____ of regulations, such _____ shall be taken as may be considered necessary, in order to _____ any
damage to the _____ lands or tenements. (590a)

Art. 679. No _____ shall be planted near a _____ or piece of land belonging to another _____ at the distance
authorized by the _____ or customs of the place, and, in the absence thereof, at a _____ of at least _____
meters from the dividing line of the _____ if _____ trees are planted and at a _____ of at least fifty
centimeters if _____ or small trees are _____.

Every _____ shall have the right to _____ that trees hereafter planted at a _____ distance from his land or
tenement be _____.

The provisions of this article also apply to trees which have grown _____. (591a)

Art. 680. If the _____ of any tree should _____ over a neighboring estate, tenement, garden or yard, the
_____ of the latter shall have the right to _____ that they be _____ off insofar as they may _____ over his
_____, and, if it be the _____ of a neighboring tree which should _____ into the land of another, the latter
may _____ them off himself _____ his property. (592)

Art. 681. _____ naturally falling upon _____ land belong to the owner of _____ land. (n)

SECTION 8. - Easement Against Nuisance (n)

Art. 682. Every _____ or piece of land is _____ to the easement which prohibits the proprietor or _____ from
_____ nuisance through noise, _____, _____ odor, smoke, heat, _____, water, _____ and other _____.

Art. 683. Subject to _____, health, police and other laws and regulations, _____ and _____ may be _____
provided the least possible _____ is caused to the _____.

SECTION 9. - Lateral and Subjacent Support (n)

Sec. 684. No _____ shall make such _____ upon his land as to _____ any adjacent land or building of _____
_____ or _____ support.

Art. 685. Any stipulation or _____ provision _____ excavations that cause _____ to an adjacent land or
building shall be _____.

Art. 686. The _____ easement of lateral and subjacent _____ is not only for buildings _____ at the time the
excavations are made but also for _____ that may be _____.

Art. 687. Any proprietor _____ to make any excavation _____ in the three preceding articles shall _____ all
owners of _____ lands.
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Art. 688. Every _____ of a tenement or piece of land may _____ thereon the easements which he may deem
_____, and in the _____ and form which he may deem _____, provided he does not _____ the laws, public
policy or public _____. (594)

Art. 689. The owner of a tenement or piece of land, the _____ of which belongs to another, may _____
thereon, without the _____ of the _____, any _____ which will not _____ the right of _____. (595)

Art. 690. Whenever the _____ ownership of a tenement or piece of land belongs to _____ person and the
_____ ownership to _____, no _____ voluntary easement may be established thereon without the consent of
_____ owners. (596)

Art. 691. In order to _____ an easement on an _____ tenement, or piece of land, the consent of all the _____
shall be _____.

The consent given by _____ only, must be held in _____ until the last _____ of all the co-owners shall have
expressed his _____.

But the consent given by one of the co-owners _____ from the others shall _____ the _____ and his _____ not
to prevent the _____ of the _____ granted. (597a)

Art. 692. The _____ and, in a proper case, the _____ of an easement acquired by _____ shall determine the
_____ of the dominant estate and the _____ of the servient estate. In default thereof, the easement shall be
_____ by such provisions of this Title as are _____ thereto. (598)

Art. 693. If the owner of the _____ estate should have _____ himself, upon the establishment of the
easement, to bear the _____ of the work required for the _____ and _____ thereof, he may _____ himself
from this obligation by _____ his property to the owner of the _____ estate. (599)

Title VIII. - NUISANCE (n)

Art. 694. A _____ is any act, _____, establishment, business, _____ of property, or anything else which:

(1) _____ or _____ the _____ or _____ of others; or

(2) _____ or _____ the _____; or

(3) _____, defies or _____ decency or _____; or

(4) _____ or _____ with the _____ passage of any public _____ or street, or any _____ of water; or

(5) _____ or _____ the use of property.

Art. 695. Nuisance is either _____ or _____. A public nuisance affects a _____ or _____ or any _____ number
of persons, although the _____ of the _____, danger or _____ upon individuals may be _____.
A _____ nuisance is one that is not _____ in the foregoing _____.

Art. 696. Every _____ owner or possessor of property who _____ or _____ to _____ a nuisance in that
property _____ by a former owner or possessor is _____ therefor in the same manner as the one who _____
it.

Art. 697. The _____ of a nuisance does not _____ the right of any person injured to _____ damages for its
_____ existence.

Art. 698. _____ of time cannot _____ any nuisance, whether public or private.
Art. 699. The _____ against a public nuisance are:

(1) A _____ under the Penal Code or any local ordinance: or

(2) A civil action; or

(3) _____, without _____ proceedings.

Art. 700. The _____ health officer shall take care that one or all of the _____ against a public nuisance are
_____ of.

Art. 701. If a _____ action is brought by reason of the _____ of a public nuisance, such action shall be _____ by
the city or municipal mayor.

Art. 702. The district health officer shall _____ whether or not _____, without _____ proceedings, is the best
_____ against a public nuisance.

Art. 703. A _____ person may file an action on _____ of a public nuisance, if it is specially _____ to himself.

Art. 704. Any _____ person may abate a public nuisance which is _____ injurious to him by _____, or if
necessary, by _____ the thing which _____ the same, without _____ a breach of the _____, or doing _____
injury. But it is necessary:

(1) That _____ be first made upon the _____ or _____ of the property to abate the nuisance;

(2) That such demand has been _____;

(3) That the abatement be _____ by the district health officer and _____ with the _____ of the local _____;
and

(4) That the _____ of the _____ does not exceed three thousand pesos.

Art. 705. The remedies against a private nuisance are:

(1) A civil action; or

(2) Abatement, without judicial proceedings.

Art. 706. Any person _____ by a private nuisance may abate it by removing, or if necessary, by destroying the
thing which _____ the nuisance, without committing a breach of the _____ or doing unnecessary injury.
However, it is _____ that the procedure for _____ abatement of a public nuisance by a private person be
followed.

Art. 707. A private person or a public _____ extrajudicially abating a nuisance shall be liable for _____:

(1) If he causes _____ injury; or

(2) If an _____ nuisance is later declared by the courts to be not a _____ nuisance.

Title IX. - REGISTRY OF PROPERTY

Art. 708. The Registry of Property has for its _____ the _____ or _____ of acts and contracts relating to the
_____ and other _____ over _____ property. (605)

Art. 709. The titles of _____, or of other _____ over immovable property, which are not duly _____ or _____ in
the Registry of Property shall not _____ third persons. (606)

Art. 710. The _____ in the Registry of Property shall be _____ for those who have a known _____ in _____ the
_____ of the immovables or real rights annotated or inscribed therein. (607)

Art. 711. For _____ what titles are subject to inscription or annotation, as well as the _____, effects, and _____
of inscriptions and annotations, the _____ of keeping the books in the Registry, and the _____ of the entries
contained in said books, the provisions of the Mortgage Law, the Land Registration Act, and other special laws
shall _____. (608a)