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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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1012
Article 1012 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
The spouse or heir who has disposed of or hidden community property without disclosing it is deprived of his share in said property and loses...
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The spouse or heir who has disposed of or hidden community property without disclosing it is deprived of his share in said property and loses the right to renounce the community.

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1013
Article 1013 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
A donation made by one spouse to the other is taken only from the donor's share of the community or from his personal property.
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A donation made by one spouse to the other is taken only from the donor's share of the community or from his personal property.

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1014
Article 1014 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
Each of the spouses or their heirs bears half of the community's debts; the costs of sealing, inventory, sale of movable property, liquidation, sale by...
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Each of the spouses or their heirs bears half of the community's debts; the costs of sealing, inventory, sale of movable property, liquidation, sale by auction, or partition are part of these debts.

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1015
Article 1015 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
The husband or his heirs may be sued for payment of the totality of the community's debts, with his recourse against the wife or her...
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The husband or his heirs may be sued for payment of the totality of the community's debts, with his recourse against the wife or her heirs for half of said debts.

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1016
Article 1016 Civil Law · Du Partage de la Communauté après l'acceptation
Family Law
The wife or her heirs may be sued only for half of the community's debts, unless she bound herself jointly with her husband; in that...
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The wife or her heirs may be sued only for half of the community's debts, unless she bound herself jointly with her husband; in that case, she has her recourse against him or his heir for half.

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1017
Article 1017 Civil Law · Du Douaire
Family Law
The spouses may agree that there shall be a dower for the wife; in the absence of this agreement, which must be express, there shall...
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The spouses may agree that there shall be a dower for the wife; in the absence of this agreement, which must be express, there shall be no dower. The law does not recognize any.

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1018
Article 1018 Civil Law · Du Douaire
Family Law
This dower may only be granted in usufruct, either of an immovable or of a determined sum, and may be taken only from the husband's...
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This dower may only be granted in usufruct, either of an immovable or of a determined sum, and may be taken only from the husband's property, both movable and immovable.

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1019
Article 1019 Civil Law · Du Douaire
Family Law
The dower may not exceed one-third of the husband's property; it may be less, at the will of the spouses, but never more.
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The dower may not exceed one-third of the husband's property; it may be less, at the will of the spouses, but never more.

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1020
Article 1020 Civil Law · Du Douaire
Family Law
The wife, after the husband's death, shall enjoy the dower upon her sworn bond, as long as she remains a widow; and if she remarries,...
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The wife, after the husband's death, shall enjoy the dower upon her sworn bond, as long as she remains a widow; and if she remarries, she loses her dower, which in that case returns to the husband's estate.

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1021
Article 1021 Civil Law · Du Douaire
Family Law
The wife has a mortgage, for the dower, from the day of the marriage contract; if the dower consists of an immovable, the wife is...
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The wife has a mortgage, for the dower, from the day of the marriage contract; if the dower consists of an immovable, the wife is bound to have the condition of the premises established at the opening of the dower, in order to return it after her enjoyment in the same state as she received it; she is moreover bound by all charges encumbering the dower property, and by the obligations of a usufructuary.

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1022
Article 1022 Civil Law · Du Préciput
Family Law
The préciput is an advantage stipulated in the marriage contract for the benefit of the surviving spouse, to be taken from community property, either as...
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The préciput is an advantage stipulated in the marriage contract for the benefit of the surviving spouse, to be taken from community property, either as a certain sum or a certain quantity of movable property in kind.

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1023
Article 1023 Civil Law · Du Préciput
Family Law
The préciput takes effect only by virtue of an express clause in the marriage contract; it is due to the surviving wife only when she...
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The préciput takes effect only by virtue of an express clause in the marriage contract; it is due to the surviving wife only when she accepts the community, unless the marriage contract stipulates that notwithstanding her renunciation she shall take the préciput.

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1024
Article 1024 Civil Law · Du Préciput
Family Law
The préciput is taken only from the mass of partitionable community property, and before partition, not from the personal property of the predeceased spouse; but...
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The préciput is taken only from the mass of partitionable community property, and before partition, not from the personal property of the predeceased spouse; but if the wife has the right to take it even while renouncing, as stated in the preceding article, she has in that case an action on all the husband's personal property.

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1025
Article 1025 Civil Law · Du Préciput
Family Law
The préciput clause is not subject to the formalities required for donations.
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The préciput clause is not subject to the formalities required for donations.

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1026
Article 1026 Civil Law · Du Préciput
Family Law
Death alone opens the préciput.
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Death alone opens the préciput.

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1027
Article 1027 Civil Law · Du Préciput
Family Law
In the case where there are children from a previous marriage, any agreement that would tend to give one of the spouses more than the...
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In the case where there are children from a previous marriage, any agreement that would tend to give one of the spouses more than the share of the least-taking child shall be without effect for all the excess beyond that share of the least-taking child.

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1028
Article 1028 Civil Law · De la Clause de séparation de Biens
Family Law
If by their marriage contract the spouses have stipulated that they shall be separated in property, the wife shall retain full administration of all her...
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If by their marriage contract the spouses have stipulated that they shall be separated in property, the wife shall retain full administration of all her property and the free enjoyment of her revenues; she may dispose of them and sell them as in article 1002, subject to the restrictions in article 979.

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1029
Article 1029 Civil Law · De la Clause de séparation de Biens
Family Law
The expenses of the marriage are borne by the spouses in the manner determined in their contract. When there is no agreement in this regard,...
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The expenses of the marriage are borne by the spouses in the manner determined in their contract. When there is no agreement in this regard, the wife contributes up to one-third of her revenues.

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Article 1030 Civil Law · De la Clause de séparation de Biens
Family Law
The husband to whom the separated wife has left the enjoyment of her property is bound only to account for existing fruits, either upon the...
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The husband to whom the separated wife has left the enjoyment of her property is bound only to account for existing fruits, either upon the wife's demand or at the dissolution of the marriage, and shall never be accountable for those consumed until then.

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Article 1031 Civil Law · De la nature et de la forme de la Vente
Contract Law
Sale is an agreement by which one party obliges itself to deliver a thing and the other to pay for it; it is perfected as...
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Sale is an agreement by which one party obliges itself to deliver a thing and the other to pay for it; it is perfected as soon as the thing and the price are agreed upon, even though the thing has not yet been delivered nor the price paid, and ownership is acquired by the buyer with respect to the seller. It may be made by authentic act or private writing.

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