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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 992 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
The time limits mentioned in the two preceding articles may, according to the circumstances, be extended by the seneschal upon the widow's request, with the...
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The time limits mentioned in the two preceding articles may, according to the circumstances, be extended by the seneschal upon the widow's request, with the husband's heirs present or duly summoned.

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Article 993 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
In case of the widow's death within three months before completing the inventory, or within the forty days granted to her for deliberation after its...
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In case of the widow's death within three months before completing the inventory, or within the forty days granted to her for deliberation after its closing, her heirs shall have, in the first case, three months from the day of her death to complete the inventory, and in the second, forty days to deliberate.

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Article 994 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
The surviving wife who renounces has no right to community property; she recovers only her personal linens and clothing, as well as the immovables belonging...
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The surviving wife who renounces has no right to community property; she recovers only her personal linens and clothing, as well as the immovables belonging to her that exist in kind, or the immovable acquired as replacement, and the price of those sold for which replacement was not made and accepted, as well as the value of the movable property that fell to her by succession or donation, and all indemnities due to her.

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Article 995 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
The wife having renounced is discharged from all contribution to the community's debts, both with regard to the husband and the creditors; the latter may...
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The wife having renounced is discharged from all contribution to the community's debts, both with regard to the husband and the creditors; the latter may nevertheless pursue her for payment if she bound herself jointly with her husband, or if the debt originally arose from her own undertaking, with her recourse against the husband or his heirs.

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Article 996 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
All the actions and claims detailed above shall be exercised by the wife against both the community property and the husband's personal property; her heirs...
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All the actions and claims detailed above shall be exercised by the wife against both the community property and the husband's personal property; her heirs shall have the same rights, except that they may not take the clothing and linens for the wife's use.

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Article 997 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
The heirs of the predeceased husband owe mourning to the wife, even if she renounces the community; the value of this mourning is determined according...
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The heirs of the predeceased husband owe mourning to the wife, even if she renounces the community; the value of this mourning is determined according to the husband's rank and fortune.

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Article 998 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
If the dissolution of the community occurs by the death of the wife, her heirs may renounce the community in the forms and time limits...
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If the dissolution of the community occurs by the death of the wife, her heirs may renounce the community in the forms and time limits prescribed above for the surviving wife.

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Article 999 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
When through the husband's bad administration and the disorder of his affairs, the wife's dowry is endangered, and there is reason to fear that the...
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When through the husband's bad administration and the disorder of his affairs, the wife's dowry is endangered, and there is reason to fear that the husband's property would not be sufficient to satisfy her rights and claims, she may apply to the court to be separated in property from her husband; but any voluntary separation shall be null.

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Article 1000 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
The judgment pronouncing the separation of property has retroactive effect to the day of the demand; it must be posted in the courtroom of the...
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The judgment pronouncing the separation of property has retroactive effect to the day of the demand; it must be posted in the courtroom of the seneschal's court and in that of the admiralty court if the husband is a merchant, on pain of nullity of execution.

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Article 1001 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
The wife who obtains the separation of property contributes proportionally to her means and those of the husband to household expenses and to the education...
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The wife who obtains the separation of property contributes proportionally to her means and those of the husband to household expenses and to the education costs of common children.

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Article 1002 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
The wife separated in property resumes the free administration of all her property; she may dispose of her movable property and sell it, as well...
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The wife separated in property resumes the free administration of all her property; she may dispose of her movable property and sell it, as well as her immovables, except where there are existing children, as provided in article 979.

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Article 1003 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
The community dissolved by separation of property may be reestablished by consent of the spouses, by act executed before a notary, a copy of which...
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The community dissolved by separation of property may be reestablished by consent of the spouses, by act executed before a notary, a copy of which shall be posted in the form of article 1000. The reestablished community resumes its effect from the day of the marriage, things being restored to the same state, except for acts done by the wife in the interval in conformity with the preceding article. The community may not be reestablished under conditions different from those that governed it before the separation.

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Article 1004 Civil Law · De la Dissolution de la Communauté et de ses suites
Family Law
Survivorship rights shall be opened only by the death of one of the spouses; and in case of dissolution of the community by any other...
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Survivorship rights shall be opened only by the death of one of the spouses; and in case of dissolution of the community by any other cause, the right to exercise this right shall be reserved to them.

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1005
Article 1005 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
The spouses or their heirs, before proceeding to the partition of the community, return to the mass of existing property everything they owe to it,...
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The spouses or their heirs, before proceeding to the partition of the community, return to the mass of existing property everything they owe to it, by way of compensation or indemnity, for the discharge of their personal debts, according to the rules prescribed above.

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Article 1006 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
They also return the sums taken from the community, or the value of property that the spouse may have taken therefrom to endow the child...
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They also return the sums taken from the community, or the value of property that the spouse may have taken therefrom to endow the child of another marriage, or to personally endow the common child.

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Article 1007 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
The mass of community property being formed, the spouses or their heirs take out: 1°. Their personal property, if it exists in kind, that did...
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The mass of community property being formed, the spouses or their heirs take out:

1°. Their personal property, if it exists in kind, that did not enter the community, or property acquired as replacement;

2°. The price of their immovables sold during the community for which replacement was not made;

3°. The indemnities owed to them by the community.

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1008
Article 1008 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
The wife or her heirs exercise these claims before those of the husband; they shall be made first, for property not existing in kind, from...
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The wife or her heirs exercise these claims before those of the husband; they shall be made first, for property not existing in kind, from cash, then from movable property, and from the community's immovables; in the latter case, the choice of community immovables is given to the wife or her heirs.

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Article 1009 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
In case of insufficiency of community property, the wife or her heirs exercise their claims on the husband's personal property; the husband exercises his claims...
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In case of insufficiency of community property, the wife or her heirs exercise their claims on the husband's personal property; the husband exercises his claims only on the community property alone.

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Article 1010 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
Once these claims have been taken, the remainder of the community property is divided equally between the spouses or their heirs.
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Once these claims have been taken, the remainder of the community property is divided equally between the spouses or their heirs.

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Article 1011 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
The rules established in the Title on Successions for partitions among co-heirs shall moreover be followed in the partition of the community, both as to...
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The rules established in the Title on Successions for partitions among co-heirs shall moreover be followed in the partition of the community, both as to its forms, effects, the guarantee resulting therefrom, the returns or compensations, and the sale by auction of immovables, if applicable.

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