BOOK III

DIFFERENT MODES OF
ACQUIRING OWNERSHIP
O C C U PAT I O N
L AW
TRADITION

Marlon A. Sevilla
BU College of Law
Property Subject
OCCUPATION
OCCUPATION

Article 713

Things appropriable by
nature which are without an
owner, such as animals that
are object of hunting and
fishing, hidden treasure and
abandoned movables, are
acquired by occupation.
OCCUPATION

Article 714

Things appropriable by
nature which are without an
owner, such as animals that
are object of hunting and
fishing, hidden treasure and
abandoned movables, are
acquired by occupation.
OCCUPATION

Article 715

The right to hunt and to

fish is governed by special
laws.
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Article 716
The owner of a swarm of bees shall
h a v e a r i g h t t o p u r s u e t h e m t o a n o t h e r ’s
land, indemnifying the possessor of the
latter for the damage. If the owner has
not pursued the swarm, or ceases to do
so within two consecutive days, the
possessor of the land may occupy or
retain the same. The owner of the
domesticated animals may also claim
them within twenty days counted from
their occupation by another person. This
period having expired, they shall pertain
to him who has caught and kept them.
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Ar t i c l e 7 1 7

Pigeons and fish which from

their respective breeding places
pass to another pertaining to a
different owner shall belong to
the latter, provided they have not
been enticed by some artifice or
fraud.
HIDDEN TREASURE
LAW
TRADITION
CONTRACYT
ARTICLE 713
HUNTING AND
FISHING
REPORT OUTLINE