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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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901
Article 901 Civil Law · De l'Extinction des Obligations
Contract Law
Reimbursement of what was paid during minority, interdiction, or marriage, for and by virtue of engagements contracted by minors, interdicted persons, or married women in...
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Reimbursement of what was paid during minority, interdiction, or marriage, for and by virtue of engagements contracted by minors, interdicted persons, or married women in community of property in those capacities, from which they have obtained restitution, may only be demanded by proving that what was paid benefited them.

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902
Article 902 Civil Law · De l'Extinction des Obligations
Contract Law
The action for restitution for lesion is admitted for the adult only in the cases and under the conditions specially expressed in the present law.
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The action for restitution for lesion is admitted for the adult only in the cases and under the conditions specially expressed in the present law.

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903
Article 903 Civil Law · De l'Extinction des Obligations
Contract Law
If the formalities required, either for the alienation of immovables or for a partition of succession, have been exactly fulfilled with regard to minors or...
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If the formalities required, either for the alienation of immovables or for a partition of succession, have been exactly fulfilled with regard to minors or interdicted persons, they shall, as to those acts, be considered as if they had made them at majority.

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Article 904 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
Every person who claims the performance of an obligation must prove it; likewise, he who claims to be released must prove either the payment or...
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Every person who claims the performance of an obligation must prove it; likewise, he who claims to be released must prove either the payment or the fact that extinguished his obligation.

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905
Article 905 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
The rules concerning written proof, testimonial proof, presumptions, the party's admission, and the oath are explained in the following sections.
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The rules concerning written proof, testimonial proof, presumptions, the party's admission, and the oath are explained in the following sections.

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906
Article 906 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
For an act to be authentic, it must have been received by public officers having the right to practice in the place where the act...
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For an act to be authentic, it must have been received by public officers having the right to practice in the place where the act was drawn up, with the required solemnities.

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Article 907 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
An act that is not authentic, whether due to the incompetence or incapacity of the officer or by defect of form, shall only be valid...
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An act that is not authentic, whether due to the incompetence or incapacity of the officer or by defect of form, shall only be valid as a private writing, if the parties have signed it.

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Article 908 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
An authentic act constitutes proof of the conventions it contains between all contracting parties, their heirs or assigns. However, if the act is attacked as...
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An authentic act constitutes proof of the conventions it contains between all contracting parties, their heirs or assigns. However, if the act is attacked as forged on the principal matter, execution shall be stayed by the indictment; and if the forgery claim is made incidentally, the courts may provisionally suspend execution according to the circumstances.

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Article 909 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
Everything expressed in declaratory terms in an authentic or private act is proof between the parties, if the statement has a direct relation to the...
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Everything expressed in declaratory terms in an authentic or private act is proof between the parties, if the statement has a direct relation to the provision of the convention it contains; but statements unrelated to the provision may serve only as a beginning of proof.

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910
Article 910 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
Counter-letters have effect only between the contracting parties and cannot have any effect against third parties.
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Counter-letters have effect only between the contracting parties and cannot have any effect against third parties.

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Article 911 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
A private act shall have the same force as an authentic act, between those who subscribed it, their heirs and assigns, only if it is...
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A private act shall have the same force as an authentic act, between those who subscribed it, their heirs and assigns, only if it is acknowledged by the person against whom it is invoked, or legally held to be acknowledged.

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912
Article 912 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
When a private act is invoked against a person, that person must formally acknowledge or disavow his writing or signature. His heirs or assigns may...
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When a private act is invoked against a person, that person must formally acknowledge or disavow his writing or signature.

His heirs or assigns may only be required to declare that they do not recognize the writing or signature of their predecessor.

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Article 913 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
In case of disavowal of writing or signature by the alleged contracting party, and in the case where his heirs and assigns declare they do...
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In case of disavowal of writing or signature by the alleged contracting party, and in the case where his heirs and assigns declare they do not recognize it, verification thereof is ordered by the court.

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Article 914 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
All private acts containing conventions that reciprocally bind the parties to one another shall be valid only if made in as many originals as there...
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All private acts containing conventions that reciprocally bind the parties to one another shall be valid only if made in as many originals as there are parties with a distinct interest. A single original shall suffice for all those with the same interest.

Each original shall mention the number of originals that were delivered, signed by all parties.

The failure to mention that originals were made in duplicate, triplicate, etc. may not be invoked by the party or parties who have performed the convention contained in the act.

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915
Article 915 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
A promissory note or private bill, where a single person binds himself to another to pay a sum of money or an assessable thing, must...
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A promissory note or private bill, where a single person binds himself to another to pay a sum of money or an assessable thing, must be written entirely in his own hand, or at least, besides his signature, must have written or approved a notation bearing, in full letters, the sum or quantity of the thing.

Excepted are bills or promises emanating from merchants, artisans, workers or manufacturers, day laborers or servants, who may have their bills, promises, or acknowledgments written either by the parish lieutenant judge or by a notable person, who shall countersign as witness, provided the sum does not exceed twenty-four gourdes.

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Article 916 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
If the sum expressed in the body of the act differs from that stated in the notation, the lesser sum shall be presumed to be...
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If the sum expressed in the body of the act differs from that stated in the notation, the lesser sum shall be presumed to be that of the obligation, even though the notation and the act in its entirety were written by the hand of the obligor, unless it is proven on which side the error lies.

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917
Article 917 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
Private acts can have no certain date against third parties except from the day they are registered at the office of the seneschal's court, on...
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Private acts can have no certain date against third parties except from the day they are registered at the office of the seneschal's court, on the register kept for that purpose, or from the day of death of one of those who subscribed it, or from the day it is mentioned in acts drawn up by public officers, such as records of seals or inventory.

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Article 918 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
Merchants' registers for supplies recorded therein, made to non-merchant persons, are not proof, subject to what shall be said regarding the oath.
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Merchants' registers for supplies recorded therein, made to non-merchant persons, are not proof, subject to what shall be said regarding the oath.

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Article 919 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
Domestic papers and registers do not constitute a title for the person who wrote them; but they shall be proof against him: 1° if they...
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Domestic papers and registers do not constitute a title for the person who wrote them; but they shall be proof against him: 1° if they formally state a payment received; 2° when they expressly mention that the note was made to supplement the lack of a title, in favor of the person for whose benefit they state an obligation.

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920
Article 920 Civil Law · De la preuve des Obligations, ou de celle du Payement
Contract Law
An unsigned writing that the creditor has placed following, on the back, or in the margin of a title that has always remained in his...
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An unsigned writing that the creditor has placed following, on the back, or in the margin of a title that has always remained in his possession, shall be proof if it tends to establish the debtor's discharge.

The same applies to a writing placed by the creditor on the back, in the margin, or following a receipt or duplicate of the title that is in the debtor's hands.

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