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For the purposes of prescription, a person who resides outside of Puerto Rico, either in the United States, in foreign countries or in any other point, shall be considered as absent.\nIf said person was present during part of the time and absent during another part, every two (2) years of absence shall be considered as one year to complete the ten (10) years of the time required to be present.\nAbsence which is not for a whole and continuous year shall not be considered in the computation.\nHistory —Civil Code, 1930, § 1858.