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Code Henry

The first comprehensive legal code of the Kingdom of Haiti, promulgated by King Henry Christophe on February 20, 1812 — a sovereign act of juridical self-determination just eight years after the world's only successful slave revolution produced an independent nation. This digital edition presents the complete Code in 3,004 articles spanning 8 laws and 67 titres — from the Loi Civile's 1,535 articles on personhood, marriage, property, and succession, to the Loi sur la Procédure Criminelle's 421 articles on investigation, confrontation, and royal clemency. Every article has been hand-extracted from 19th-century OCR, corrected, translated into English, and annotated with plain-language life lessons and scholarly notes. Browse in French, English, or Kreyòl Ayisyen. 3,004 articles · 8 laws · 3 languages · 213 years restored

3,004 articles in the Code Henry

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Article 241 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Civil Law
The judgment of interdiction or appointment of counsel shall take effect from the day it is rendered; consequently, acts performed by the interdicted person after...
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The judgment of interdiction or appointment of counsel shall take effect from the day it is rendered; consequently, acts performed by the interdicted person after the judgment or without the advice of his counsel shall be null by operation of law; but to annul those made prior, it must be shown that at the time of those acts the cause of the interdiction was already notoriously known.

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Article 242 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Civil Law
No act may be challenged on grounds of insanity after the death of the person who consented to it, if his interdiction was not pronounced...
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No act may be challenged on grounds of insanity after the death of the person who consented to it, if his interdiction was not pronounced or initiated during his lifetime, unless the act itself reveals that the contracting party was insane.

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Article 243 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Civil Administration
If there has been no appeal of the seneschalsy's interdiction judgment, or if the judgment has been confirmed on appeal, provision must immediately be made...
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If there has been no appeal of the seneschalsy's interdiction judgment, or if the judgment has been confirmed on appeal, provision must immediately be made for the appointment of a guardian and surrogate guardian for the interdicted person, in the manner prescribed in the Title on Minority, Guardianship, and Emancipation; the functions of the provisional administrator then cease, and he renders account to the guardian, unless he himself becomes the guardian.

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Article 244 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Family Law
The husband is by right the guardian of his interdicted wife. The wife may be guardian of her husband; in this case, the conditions of...
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The husband is by right the guardian of his interdicted wife. The wife may be guardian of her husband; in this case, the conditions of her administration shall be determined by the family council, subject to the wife's right to challenge this decision before the courts if she believes she is harmed.

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Article 245 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Family Law
The guardian of an interdicted person, except spouses and descendants, is not required to retain the guardianship beyond ten years; after this time, he may...
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The guardian of an interdicted person, except spouses and descendants, is not required to retain the guardianship beyond ten years; after this time, he may request and must obtain his replacement.

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Article 246 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Civil Law
The laws on the guardianship of minors apply to that of the interdicted person, who is equated to a minor.
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The laws on the guardianship of minors apply to that of the interdicted person, who is equated to a minor.

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Article 247 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Healthcare
The guardian must use the revenues of the interdicted person to ease his condition and hasten his recovery; consequently, the family council may, according to...
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The guardian must use the revenues of the interdicted person to ease his condition and hasten his recovery; consequently, the family council may, according to the fortune and nature of the interdicted person's illness, prescribe the place where he must be placed to receive all the care his condition requires.

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Article 248 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Family Law
At the marriage of a child of an interdicted person, the marriage agreements and dowry shall be determined by an opinion of the family council,...
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At the marriage of a child of an interdicted person, the marriage agreements and dowry shall be determined by an opinion of the family council, which must be, upon the conclusions of the king's prosecutor, homologated at the seneschalsy.

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Article 249 Civil Law · De l'Interdiction
Civil Law
When interdiction ceases, along with the causes that determined it, its lifting shall be pronounced, observing all that is prescribed for interdiction, and the interdicted...
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When interdiction ceases, along with the causes that determined it, its lifting shall be pronounced, observing all that is prescribed for interdiction, and the interdicted person shall not resume the exercise of his rights until after the judgment of lifting.

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Article 250 Civil Law · Du Conseil judiciaire
Civil Law
The request for the assignment of counsel to prodigals may be made by those entitled to pursue interdiction, and it must be examined and judged...
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The request for the assignment of counsel to prodigals may be made by those entitled to pursue interdiction, and it must be examined and judged in the same manner. If granted by the seneschalsy, its lifting may only be obtained by observing the same formalities.

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Article 251 Civil Law · Du Conseil judiciaire
Civil Law
The prodigal, like the interdicted person, may not, without the assistance of the counsel assigned to him, litigate, settle, borrow, receive movable capital or give...
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The prodigal, like the interdicted person, may not, without the assistance of the counsel assigned to him, litigate, settle, borrow, receive movable capital or give discharge, alienate, or encumber his property with mortgages.

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Article 252 Civil Law · Du Conseil judiciaire
Judicial Procedure
The judgment of interdiction or appointment of counsel, whether at first instance or on appeal, may only be rendered after hearing the king's prosecutor.
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The judgment of interdiction or appointment of counsel, whether at first instance or on appeal, may only be rendered after hearing the king's prosecutor.

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Article 253 Civil Law
Property Law
All property is either movable or immovable.
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All property is either movable or immovable.

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Article 254 Civil Law · Des Immeubles
Property Law
Property is immovable either by its nature, by its destination, or by the object to which it applies.
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Property is immovable either by its nature, by its destination, or by the object to which it applies.

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Article 255 Civil Law · Des Immeubles
Property Law
Lands and buildings are immovable by their nature. Sugar mills, corn mills, and coffee-hulling mills are immovable. Standing crops and provisions still on the stalk...
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Lands and buildings are immovable by their nature. Sugar mills, corn mills, and coffee-hulling mills are immovable. Standing crops and provisions still on the stalk are immovable.

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Article 256 Civil Law · Des Immeubles
Property Law
Provisions and foodstuffs already harvested and stored on the plantations are movable.
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Provisions and foodstuffs already harvested and stored on the plantations are movable.

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Article 257 Civil Law · Des Immeubles
Property Law
Trees become movable only when they are felled.
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Trees become movable only when they are felled.

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Article 258 Civil Law · Des Immeubles
Property Law
Animals that the landowner delivers to the tenant farmer for the cultivation of the plantation, whether appraised or not, are deemed immovable so long as...
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Animals that the landowner delivers to the tenant farmer for the cultivation of the plantation, whether appraised or not, are deemed immovable so long as they remain attached to the land by the effect of the agreement.

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Article 259 Civil Law · Des Immeubles
Property Law
Animals of the ranches and corrals are movable.
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Animals of the ranches and corrals are movable.

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Article 260 Civil Law · Des Immeubles
Property Law
Objects that the owners have placed on their plantations for the productive use of the land to which they are attached are immovable by their...
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Objects that the owners have placed on their plantations for the productive use of the land to which they are attached are immovable by their destination. Thus are immovable by destination, when placed by the owner for the exploitation of the land: animals attached to cultivation; carts, plowing implements, and other objects of similar utility. Also immovable by destination are all movable effects that the owner has attached to the land in perpetuity.

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