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1. Concept Contempt or with insult to public authorities, as an aggravating circumstance under the Revised Penal Code – refers to the circumstance when the offender committed the crime in such a manner. a. Legal basis Article 14. Aggravating circumstances. – The following are aggravating circumstances: 2. That the crime be committed in contempt or…

Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012: Explainer
“Access” – refers to the instruction, communication with, storing data in, retrieving data from, or otherwise making use of any resources of a computer system or communication network. (Section 3[a], R.A. No. 10175, Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012) “Alteration” – refers to the modification or change, in form or substance, of an existing computer data…

Abandonment of person in danger and abandonment of one’s own victim, A275 Revised Penal Code
1. Concept Abandonment of person in danger and abandonment of one’s own victim – refers to the crime of (a) failing to render assistance to any person whom he shall find in an uninhabited place wounded or in danger of dying; or (b) failing to help or render assistance to another whom he has accidentally…

Acts of lasciviousness, A336 Revised Penal Code
Acts of lasciviousness – refers to the offense of illegally touching another person’s private parts with the intent of sexual gratification. 1. Concept Acts of lasciviousness – refers to the offense of illegally touching another person’s private parts with the intent of sexual gratification. a. Legal basis Article 336. Acts of lasciviousness. – Any person…

Question III, Labor Law, 2017 Bar Exam
Andrew Manning Agency (AMA) recruited Feliciano for employment by lnvictus Shipping, its foreign principal. Meantime, AMA and lnvictus Shipping terminated their agency agreement. Upon his repatriation following his premature termination, Feliciano claimed from AMA and lnvictus Shipping the payment of his salaries and benefits for the unserved portion of the contract. AMA denied liability on…

nemo cum alterius detrimento locupletari potest
Latin maxim. • “No one should be allowed to enrich himself unjustly at the expense of another.” (Jenk Cent. Cas. 4; 10 Barb. [N.Y.] 626, 633, “Cyclopedic Law Dictionary,” 2nd Edition, p. 688, cited in Philippine National Bank v. CA, G.R. No. 97995m January 21, 1993) … Already a subscriber? Log in below. Not…