Telegraphy the sense of a system that can transmit arbitrary messages over arbitrary distances. Lines of signalling relay stations can send messages to any required distance, but all these systems are limited to one extent or another in the range of messages that they can send. A system like flag semaphore, with an alphabetic code, can certainly send any given message, but the system is designed for short-range communication between two persons. An engine order telegraph, used to send instructions from the bridge of a ship to the engine room, fails to meet both criteria; it has a limited distance and
Civil Code of the Philippines acquired and transmitted by law, by donation, by testate and intestate succession, and in consequence of certain contracts by tradition. They may be also acquired by acquisitive prescription. Law of obligations is defined as juridical necessity to give, to or not do. Contracts is a meeting of the minds between two persons whereby one binds himself with respect to the other to give something or to render some service Developments in tort and damages law have been guided less by the Code than by judicial precedents. Damage can be incurred when there is harm done and what may be recovered