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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 381 Civil Law · Des Servitudes établies par le fait de l'Homme
Property Law
A servitude is extinguished when the owner of the servient property, or the owner of the property in whose favor the servitude is established, becomes...
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A servitude is extinguished when the owner of the servient property, or the owner of the property in whose favor the servitude is established, becomes owner of both properties.

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Article 382 Civil Law
Succession Law
Inheritances, inter vivos or testamentary donations, the effects resulting from obligations, accessions, or incorporations, confer and transmit to the one in whose favor the property...
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Inheritances, inter vivos or testamentary donations, the effects resulting from obligations, accessions, or incorporations, confer and transmit to the one in whose favor the property is devolved the quality of true owner.

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Article 383 Civil Law
Succession Law
Property that has no owner belongs to the king.
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Property that has no owner belongs to the king.

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Article 384 Civil Law
Succession Law
There are some that belong to no one, and whose use is common to all. Police regulations govern the manner of their enjoyment. Particular laws...
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There are some that belong to no one, and whose use is common to all. Police regulations govern the manner of their enjoyment. Particular laws determine the right to fish and to hunt.

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Article 385 Civil Law
Succession Law
He who finds a treasure in his own property is its owner; he has only half if it is found in another's property, the other...
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He who finds a treasure in his own property is its owner; he has only half if it is found in another's property, the other half belonging to the latter, the government's rights having been discharged. Whatever is hidden or buried, discovered by chance, and which no one proves to be his property, is what is called a treasure.

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Article 386 Civil Law · De l'Ouverture des Successions et de la Saisine des Héritiers
Succession Law
Succession is opened by natural death.
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Succession is opened by natural death.

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Article 387 Civil Law · De l'Ouverture des Successions et de la Saisine des Héritiers
Succession Law
If, in the same event, several persons entitled to succeed one another perished without it being possible to know who died first, the presumption of...
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If, in the same event, several persons entitled to succeed one another perished without it being possible to know who died first, the presumption of survivorship is determined by the circumstances of the fact, and failing that, by the strength of age and sex.

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Article 388 Civil Law · De l'Ouverture des Successions et de la Saisine des Héritiers
Succession Law
Those who perished together, being under fifteen years, the eldest is presumed to have survived. If all are above sixty years, the youngest is presumed...
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Those who perished together, being under fifteen years, the eldest is presumed to have survived. If all are above sixty years, the youngest is presumed to have survived. But if some are under fifteen and others over sixty, the presumption favors the former.

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Article 389 Civil Law · De l'Ouverture des Successions et de la Saisine des Héritiers
Succession Law
If they were fifteen years of age or more and under sixty, the male is always presumed to have survived, when there is equality of...
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If they were fifteen years of age or more and under sixty, the male is always presumed to have survived, when there is equality of age or if the difference does not exceed one year. When they are of the same sex, the presumption of survivorship follows the order of nature; the younger is therefore presumed to have survived the older.

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Article 390 Civil Law · De l'Ouverture des Successions et de la Saisine des Héritiers
Succession Law
The order of succession among legitimate heirs is regulated by law; in default of such heirs, the property passes either to legally recognized natural children,...
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The order of succession among legitimate heirs is regulated by law; in default of such heirs, the property passes either to legally recognized natural children, or to the surviving spouse: if there are none, it passes to the king.

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Article 391 Civil Law · De l'Ouverture des Successions et de la Saisine des Héritiers
Succession Law
The rights and actions of the deceased pass to the heirs, who are seized by full right of his property, with the obligation to discharge...
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The rights and actions of the deceased pass to the heirs, who are seized by full right of his property, with the obligation to discharge the charges of the succession. Legally recognized natural children, the surviving spouse, and the royal domains must obtain judicial envoi en possession in the prescribed forms.

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Article 392 Civil Law · Des Qualités requises pour Succéder
Succession Law
One must necessarily exist at the moment of the opening of the succession to inherit. Thus incapable are: 1st. Those not yet conceived; 2nd. The...
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One must necessarily exist at the moment of the opening of the succession to inherit. Thus incapable are: 1st. Those not yet conceived; 2nd. The child who is born alive but cannot survive.

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Article 393 Civil Law · Des Qualités requises pour Succéder
Succession Law
Excluded from successions as unworthy to inherit are: 1st. He who is condemned for having killed or attempted to kill the deceased; 2nd. He who...
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Excluded from successions as unworthy to inherit are: 1st. He who is condemned for having killed or attempted to kill the deceased; 2nd. He who brought against the deceased a capital accusation judged to be slanderous; 3rd. The adult heir who, knowing of the murder of the deceased, failed to report it to justice.

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Article 394 Civil Law · Des Qualités requises pour Succéder
Succession Law
The failure to denounce may not be held against the ascendants or descendants of the murderer, nor his relatives by marriage at the same degrees,...
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The failure to denounce may not be held against the ascendants or descendants of the murderer, nor his relatives by marriage at the same degrees, nor his spouse, nor his brothers or sisters, nor his uncles or aunts, nor his nephews or nieces.

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Article 395 Civil Law · Des Qualités requises pour Succéder
Succession Law
If the heir excluded for unworthiness has collected fruits or revenues of the succession, he is bound to return them.
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If the heir excluded for unworthiness has collected fruits or revenues of the succession, he is bound to return them.

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Article 396 Civil Law · Des Qualités requises pour Succéder
Succession Law
The children of the unworthy are not excluded for their father's fault, if they inherit in their own right and without the aid of representation;...
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The children of the unworthy are not excluded for their father's fault, if they inherit in their own right and without the aid of representation; but the father may not, in any case, claim on these assets the usufruct that the law grants to parents on their children's property.

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Article 397 Civil Law · Des divers Ordres des Successions
Succession Law
The law considers neither the nature nor the origin of property in regulating succession, with the exception of appanages and titled lands which are governed...
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The law considers neither the nature nor the origin of property in regulating succession, with the exception of appanages and titled lands which are governed by particular laws.

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Article 398 Civil Law · Des divers Ordres des Successions
Succession Law
Successions are devolved upon the children and descendants of the deceased, his ascendants, and his collaterals, in the order and according to the rules hereafter...
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Successions are devolved upon the children and descendants of the deceased, his ascendants, and his collaterals, in the order and according to the rules hereafter determined.

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Article 399 Civil Law · Des divers Ordres des Successions
Succession Law
A succession devolving upon ascendants or collaterals is divided into two equal parts; one for the paternal line, the other for the maternal. Full-blood relatives...
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A succession devolving upon ascendants or collaterals is divided into two equal parts; one for the paternal line, the other for the maternal. Full-blood relatives do not exclude half-blood relatives; but the latter take only in their line, except as stated hereafter in Article 420.

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Article 400 Civil Law · Des divers Ordres des Successions
Succession Law
As for full-blood relatives, they take in both lines. Devolution from one line to the other occurs only when there is no ascendant or collateral...
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As for full-blood relatives, they take in both lines. Devolution from one line to the other occurs only when there is no ascendant or collateral of either line.

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