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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 721 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
It is only in certain contracts or with regard to certain persons that lesion vitiates conventions, as shall be explained in Section VII of Chapter...
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It is only in certain contracts or with regard to certain persons that lesion vitiates conventions, as shall be explained in Section VII of Chapter IV of this Title.

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Article 722 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
One may not, in general, bind or stipulate in one's own name except for oneself; nevertheless, one may guarantee for a third party by promising...
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One may not, in general, bind or stipulate in one's own name except for oneself; nevertheless, one may guarantee for a third party by promising that party's performance; except that if the third party refuses, indemnities lie against the guarantor.

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Article 723 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
One may likewise stipulate for the benefit of a third party, as a consequence of an obligation made for oneself; this stipulation for a third...
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One may likewise stipulate for the benefit of a third party, as a consequence of an obligation made for oneself; this stipulation for a third party becomes binding from the moment the third party declares his intention to benefit from it, and his declaration is equivalent to an irrevocable acceptance.

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Article 724 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
One is always deemed to have stipulated for oneself and for one's heirs or assigns, unless the contrary is expressed or results from the nature...
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One is always deemed to have stipulated for oneself and for one's heirs or assigns, unless the contrary is expressed or results from the nature of the convention.

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Article 725 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
Every person may contract, unless declared incapable by law.
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Every person may contract, unless declared incapable by law.

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Article 726 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
Those incapable of contracting are: Minors, Interdicted persons, Married women, whether minor or in community of property, in cases expressed by law, And generally all...
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Those incapable of contracting are: Minors, Interdicted persons, Married women, whether minor or in community of property, in cases expressed by law, And generally all those whom the law prohibits from certain contracts.

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Article 727 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
The minor, the interdicted person, and the married woman may attack their engagements on grounds of incapacity only in the cases provided by law. Persons...
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The minor, the interdicted person, and the married woman may attack their engagements on grounds of incapacity only in the cases provided by law.

Persons capable of contracting cannot invoke the incapacity of the minor, the interdicted person, or the married woman with whom they contracted.

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Article 728 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
Every contract has for its object a thing that a party binds himself to give, to do, or not to do.
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Every contract has for its object a thing that a party binds himself to give, to do, or not to do.

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Article 729 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
The mere use or mere possession of a thing may, like the thing itself, be the object of a contract.
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The mere use or mere possession of a thing may, like the thing itself, be the object of a contract.

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Article 730 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
Only things that are in commerce may be the object of conventions.
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Only things that are in commerce may be the object of conventions.

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Article 731 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
The obligation must have as its object a thing determined at least as to its kind. Its quantity may be uncertain, provided it can be...
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The obligation must have as its object a thing determined at least as to its kind.

Its quantity may be uncertain, provided it can be determined.

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Article 732 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
Future things may be the object of an obligation; however, one may not renounce a succession that has not opened, nor make any stipulation on...
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Future things may be the object of an obligation; however, one may not renounce a succession that has not opened, nor make any stipulation on such a succession, even with the consent of the person whose succession is at issue.

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Article 733 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
An obligation without cause, or based on a false cause, or on an illicit cause, may have no effect.
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An obligation without cause, or based on a false cause, or on an illicit cause, may have no effect.

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Article 734 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
The convention is no less valid even though the cause is not expressed.
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The convention is no less valid even though the cause is not expressed.

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Article 735 Civil Law · Des Conditions essentielles pour la validité des Conventions
Contract Law
The cause is illicit when it is contrary to good morals, public order, or when it is prohibited by law.
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The cause is illicit when it is contrary to good morals, public order, or when it is prohibited by law.

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Article 736 Civil Law · De l'effet des Obligations
Contract Law
Conventions legally made take the place of law for those who consented to them; They may be revoked only by their mutual consent, or by...
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Conventions legally made take the place of law for those who consented to them; They may be revoked only by their mutual consent, or by causes the law authorizes; They must be performed in good faith.

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Article 737 Civil Law · De l'effet des Obligations
Contract Law
Conventions bind not only to what is expressed, but also to all consequences that equity, usage, or the law attach to the obligation according to...
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Conventions bind not only to what is expressed, but also to all consequences that equity, usage, or the law attach to the obligation according to its nature.

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Article 738 Civil Law · De l'effet des Obligations
Contract Law
He who has engaged to give contracts not only the obligation to deliver the thing, but also to preserve it until delivery, on pain of...
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He who has engaged to give contracts not only the obligation to deliver the thing, but also to preserve it until delivery, on pain of damages to the creditor.

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Article 739 Civil Law · De l'effet des Obligations
Contract Law
This obligation to watch over the preservation of the thing, whether it serves the interest of one party alone or of all, subjects the person...
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This obligation to watch over the preservation of the thing, whether it serves the interest of one party alone or of all, subjects the person charged with it to exercise all the care of a good head of family; it is, however, more or less extensive with respect to certain contracts, the effects of which are explained under the titles that concern them.

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Article 740 Civil Law · De l'effet des Obligations
Contract Law
The obligation to deliver, being perfected by the sole consent of the parties, renders the creditor owner and places the thing at his risk from...
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The obligation to deliver, being perfected by the sole consent of the parties, renders the creditor owner and places the thing at his risk from the moment it should have been delivered, even without actual delivery. If the debtor is in default of delivery, the thing remains at the debtor's risk.

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