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Chapter 1. The Laws, Their Effects, and the General Rules for Their Application
§ 7. Refusal of court to render decision; application of equity in absence of statute

P.R. Laws tit. 31, § 7

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2019-02-20
§ 7. Refusal of court to render decision; application of equity in absence of statute

Any court which shall refuse to render a decision on the pretext of silence, obscurity or unintelligibility of the laws, or for any other reason, shall be held liable therefor.

When there is no statute applicable to the case at issue, the court shall decide in accordance with equity, which means that natural justice, as embodied in the general principles of jurisprudence and in accepted and established usages and customs, shall be taken into consideration.

History

—Civil Code, 1930, § 7.