Classification of Obligations

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Classification of

Obligations

BY: CRUZADA, MARK A.


DAFFON, ARAH JEAN B.
PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION
o According to the peculiarities of the prestation:
1. PURE
2. CONDITIONAL
3. WITH APERIOD
o According to the number prestations:
4. SIMPLE
5. COMPOUND
o According to the number of parties:
6. INDIVIDUAL
7. COLLECTIVE
PRIMARY CLASSIFICATION
o According to divisibility/indivisibility of the
prestation:
8. DIVISIBLE
9. INDIVISIBLE
o According to the value of the prestation:
10. PRINCIPAL
11. ACCESSORY
PURE OBLIGATION
 one without a condition or term
 Performance is not subject to any
condition, and can be immediately
demandable.

 Example:
Ipromise to deliver to you ten sack of
chayote from organic farm.
CONDITIONAL OBLIGATION
 One whose consequences are subject in one
or another to the fulfilment of a condition.
 Performance is subject to a condition, and
can only be demandable upon the
happening of an event.
OBLIGATION WITH A PERIOD
 Performance is subjected to a period, and
can only be demandable when that period
expires.
 SIMPLE OBLIGATION - there is only one
prestation.
 COMPOUND OBLIGATION – there are two or
more prestations.
Conjunctive obligation - there are several
prestations and all of them can be
performed separately.
Disjunctive obligation – only one of the
several prestations can be performed. It
may be alternative or facultative.
 INDIVIDUAL OBLIGATION – there is one debtor and
one creditor.
 COLLECTIVE OBLIGATION – there are two or more
debtors and two or more creditors.
Joint obligation – the prestation is divided
among each debtor and/or the demand for it
is divided among each creditor.
Solidary obligation – the prestation may be
performed by any one of the debtors, and/or
its entire compliance may be demanded by
any one of the creditors.
 DIVISIBLE OBLIGATION – the prestation
can be partially performed.
 INDIVISIBLE OBLIGATION – the
prestation cannot be partially
performed.
 PRINCIPAL OBLIGATION – the main/principal
prestation that is essential and from which the
accessory obligation/s arise.
 ACCESSORY OBLIGATION – the
secondary/accessory prestation that should be
performed in connection with the primary
obligation.
Obligation with a penal clause – the
accessory prestation imposes a penalty that
shall substitute the indemnity for damges
and the payment of interest in case of
noncompliance to the principal prestation.
SECONDARY CLASSIFICATION
o According to the involvement of the parties:
1. UNILATERAL
2. BILATERAL
o According to the nature of obligation:
3. CIVIL
4. NATURAL
o According to the nature of the prestation:
5. PERSONAL
6. REAL
 UNILATERAL OBLIGATION – only one party
is bound to perform a prestation.
 BILATERAL OBLIGATION – both parties are
bound to each other in performing their
respective prestations.
Reciprocal obligation – one party is
bound to perform a prestation in
exchange for the other party’s
performance,
 CIVILOBLIGATION – has legal basis; give a
right of action to compel its performance.
Legal obligation – arises from laws.
Conventional obligation – arises from
contracts with the force of the law.
Penal obligation – arises from delicts
and criminal offences.
 NATURAL OBLIGATION – has no legal basis;
does not give a right of action to enforce
its performance but is based on equity and
natural law, and should be voluntary.
 PERSONAL OBLIGATION – the prestation is to do
or not to do an act.
Positive obligation – to do an act.
Negative obligation – not to do an act.
 REAL OBLIGATION – the prestation is to give or
deliver a thing:
Determinate obligation – to deliver a
determinate a thing.
Generic obligation – to deliver a generic
thing.
Limited generic obligation – to deliver a
thing confined to a particular class/kind.

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