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• Cadastral Act (Act No. 2259)

  Also: Act No. 2259 — the statutory citation, The Cadastral Act — Section 29's own short title, The Cadastral Act of 1913 — the dating styling

  The Cadastral Act — Act No. 2259, enacted by the Philippine Legislature and approved on February 11, 1913, long title "AN ACT PROVIDING CERTAIN SPECIAL…

• Republic Act No. 9154

  Also: The Mt. Kanla-on Natural Park (MKNP) Act of 2001 — the Section 1 short title, The Mt. Kanla-on Natural Park Act, MKNP Act of 2001

  Republic Act No. 9154 — the Mt. Kanla-on Natural Park (MKNP) Act of 2001, Section 1's own short title — is "AN ACT ESTABLISHING MT.…

• Republic Act No. 663

  Also: An Act To Develop and Improve the Rice and Corn Industries, To Stabilize the Price of Rice and To Promote the Social and Economic Conditions of the People Engaged in the Production of These Staple Foods — the long title, The NARIC revival act of 1951 — the descriptive styling, The 1951 NARIC charter — the charter styling

  Republic Act No. 663 — long title "AN ACT TO DEVELOP AND IMPROVE THE RICE AND CORN INDUSTRIES, TO STABILIZE THE PRICE OF RICE AND…

• Agricultural Productivity Commission

  Also: APC, The Commission — the Code's own shorthand throughout Chapter VI, The renamed Bureau of Agricultural Extension — its statutory identity under Section 119

  The Agricultural Productivity Commission (APC) was the Philippine agricultural-extension body created by Chapter VI of the Agricultural Land Reform Code, Republic Act No. 3844, approved…

• Emancipation Patent

  Also: EP, Emancipation Patent and/or Grant — the decree's own styling in PD 266, Section 2 ([LawPhil — PD 266](https://lawphil.net/statutes/presdecs/pd1973/pd_266_1973.html "Presidential Decree No. 266, Providing for the Mechanics of Registration of Ownership and/or Title to Land Under Presidential Decree No. 27 (August 4, 1973) — The LawPhil Project"))

  The Emancipation Patent (EP) is the final title instrument of the tenant-emancipation program of Presidential Decree No. 27 — the patent the Department of Agrarian…

• Commonwealth Act No. 182

  Also: CA 182, The NDC charter of 1936 — the descriptive styling, An Act To Create a Public Corporation To Be Known as the "National Development Company," To Define its Powers — the long title

  Commonwealth Act No. 182 — long title "An Act To Create a Public Corporation To Be Known as the 'National Development Company,' To Define its…

• Presidential Decree No. 266

  Also: PD 266, The Land Transfer Certificate and Emancipation Patent decree — the descriptive styling, Providing for the Mechanics of Registration of Ownership and/or Title to Land Under Presidential Decree No. 27 — the long title

  Presidential Decree No. 266 is the martial-law decree signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos on August 4, 1973, under the long title "Providing for the…

• Isla Lipana & Co.

  Also: PwC Philippines — the network branding on the firm's own site, PwC Philippines (Isla Lipana & Co.) — the full styling of the firm's own pages, Joaquin Cunanan & Co. — the firm's name from 1964 to 2005

  Isla Lipana & Co. is the Philippine professional services partnership that constitutes PwC Philippines — in its own site's description, "PwC Philippines (Isla Lipana &…

• Commonwealth Act No. 181

  Also: An Act Creating a Division of Investigation under the Department of Justice, Defining Its Powers and Duties, and Appropriating the Necessary Funds Therefor — the long title, The Division of Investigation Act — the descriptive styling, The NBI founding act — the functional styling, as the charter of the National Bureau of Investigation's ancestor

  Commonwealth Act No. 181, long-titled "AN ACT CREATING A DIVISION OF INVESTIGATION UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, DEFINING ITS POWERS AND DUTIES, AND APPROPRIATING THE…

• In re Yamashita

  Also: Yamashita v. Styer — the paired caption in the reports, Application of Yamashita — the original-application style, The Yamashita case

  In re Yamashita — the decision of the United States Supreme Court styled in the reports as Application of Yamashita; Yamashita v. Styer, Commanding General,…

• Municipal Trial Court in Cities

  Also: MTCC, Municipal Trial Courts in Cities — the statutory plural used by RA 7691, RA 11576, and the small-claims rule, First-level court — the tier designation the Supreme Court's register uses

  The Municipal Trial Court in Cities (MTCC) is the first-level trial court of the Philippines for chartered cities outside the metropolitan areas — the city…

• Executive Order No. 864

  Also: EO 864, The completion declaration of the judiciary reorganization, Executive Order No. 864, s. 1983

  Executive Order No. 864 (January 17, 1983) is the presidential instrument by which President Ferdinand E. Marcos "declare[d] the completion of the reorganization of the…

• Intermediate Appellate Court

  Also: IAC, Intermediate Appellate Court of the Philippines, The Intermediate Appellate Court under Batas Pambansa Blg. 129

  The Intermediate Appellate Court (IAC) was the Philippines' intermediate appellate tribunal under Batas Pambansa Blg. 129 — the name and structure the Judiciary Reorganization Act…

• Judiciary Act of 1948

  Also: Republic Act No. 296, RA 296, The Judiciary Act — the era's shorthand, distinguishing it from Act No. 136, "the Judiciary Act of 1901"

  The Judiciary Act of 1948 is Republic Act No. 296, a statute of one hundred and one sections approved June 17, 1948 and by its…

• Republic Act No. 3452

  Also: RA 3452, An Act to Adopt a Program to Stabilize the Price of Palay, Rice and Corn, to Provide Incentives for Production, and to Create a Rice and Corn Administration to Implement the Same, and to Provide Funds Therefor — the long title, The rice and corn price-stabilization act of 1962 — the descriptive styling

  Republic Act No. 3452 — long title "An Act to Adopt a Program to Stabilize the Price of Palay, Rice and Corn, to Provide Incentives…

• Batas Pambansa Blg. 129

  Also: The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980 — the Section 1 short title, BP 129 — the standard abbreviation of the era's practice, BP Blg. 129

  Batas Pambansa Blg. 129, by its own Section 1 "The Judiciary Reorganization Act of 1980," is the statute — long title "AN ACT REORGANIZING THE…

• Presidential Decree No. 4

  Also: National Grains Industry Development Act — the decree's own Section 1 title, National Grains Authority Act — the title substituted by PD 1485's 1978 amendment, The decree creating the National Grains Authority — the lineage styling

  Presidential Decree No. 4 is the decree of September 26, 1972 by which President Ferdinand E. Marcos — acting "[p]ursuant to Proclamation No. 1081, dated…

• Santiago Artiaga

  Also: Don Santiago Artiaga — the styling of the UST engineering deans' table, City Engineer Artiaga — his designation in the Manila records, The first mayor of Davao City — the office that fixes him in the record

  Santiago Artiaga (1878–1962) was a Filipino engineer and colonial-era official — "one of the first pensionados," the American-period state scholars — whose career ran from…

• Board of Marine Inquiry

  Also: BMI — the standard abbreviation in the Philippine maritime record, Special Board of Marine Inquiry (SBMI) — the designation of boards convened for particular disasters, The Coast Guard's Board of Marine Inquiry — the styling under the 1974 charter

  The Board of Marine Inquiry (BMI) is the Philippine Coast Guard's marine-casualty investigating body — the board convened to determine the causes of ship losses…

• Pamatong v. Commission on Elections

  Also: Pamatong v. COMELEC — the usual short citation, The nuisance-candidate case of 2004 — its casebook styling, G.R. No. 161872 — its docket styling

  Pamatong v. Commission on Elections (G.R. No. 161872, April 13, 2004) is the Philippine Supreme Court's leading decision on the nuisance-candidate rule of Section 69…

• Commonwealth Act No. 51

  Also: CA No. 51, The Charter of the City of Davao — the statute's own short title (Sec. 1), The Davao City Charter

  Commonwealth Act No. 51 is "An Act Creating the City of Davao," approved October 16, 1936, and by its own Section 1 known as "The…

• Presidential Decree No. 27

  Also: P.D. No. 27, The Tenant Emancipation Decree, The rice-and-corn land transfer decree

  Presidential Decree No. 27 is the martial-law decree signed by President Ferdinand E. Marcos on October 21, 1972, under the long title "Decreeing the Emancipation…

• Saguisag v. Ochoa

  Also: The EDCA case — the standard shorthand in commentary, Saguisag v. Ochoa, Jr. — styling in some reports, G.R. Nos. 212426 and 212444 — the consolidated dockets

  Saguisag v. Ochoa, G.R. Nos. 212426 and 212444 (January 12, 2016), is the en banc decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines upholding the…

• Retail Trade Nationalization Act

  Also: Republic Act No. 1180, RA 1180, Retail Trade Nationalization Law of 1954

  The Retail Trade Nationalization Act is the conventional name of Republic Act No. 1180, officially "An Act to Regulate the Retail Business," approved on June…

• Tañada v. Cuenco

  Also: Tañada and Macapagal v. Cuenco — the full-party caption styling, The Senate Electoral Tribunal case of 1957 — descriptive shorthand, The political-question definition case — the doctrinal label carried into Estrada and Belgica

  Tañada v. Cuenco (G.R. No. L-10520, decided February 28, 1957) is the decision of the Supreme Court of the Philippines, rendered en banc on the…

• Agricultural Credit Administration

  Also: ACA — the statutory abbreviation, The Administration — the Code's internal name for the corporate body inherited from RA 821, The reorganized ACCFA — its identity in the legal-historical literature

  The Agricultural Credit Administration (ACA) was the Philippine government's farm-credit agency from 1963 to 1982 — the statutory successor, not a new corporation, of the…

• Commonwealth Act No. 441

  Also: CA 441 — the statutory abbreviation, An Act Creating the National Land Settlement Administration — the long title, The NLSA charter — the functional shorthand

  Commonwealth Act No. 441 is the statute of the Commonwealth of the Philippines "An Act Creating the National Land Settlement Administration," approved June 3, 1939…

• National Land Settlement Administration

  Also: NLSA — the statutory abbreviation of the 1939 Act, The land settlement administration of Commonwealth Act No. 441, The Koronadal Valley settlement agency — usage in the settler narrative

  The National Land Settlement Administration (NLSA) was the Commonwealth-era corporation that directed the Philippines' first organized, state-sponsored agricultural colonization program. It was created by Commonwealth…

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