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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 1172 Civil Law · Du Louage des Choses
Contract Law
The stipulation, even if express, charging the tenant with force majeure events, is understood only as covering ordinary events such as lightning and leakage, and...
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The stipulation, even if express, charging the tenant with force majeure events, is understood only as covering ordinary events such as lightning and leakage, and not extraordinary cases such as war, flooding, or overflow, which are not ordinary, unless the clause covers all force majeure events, foreseen and unforeseen.

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Article 1173 Civil Law · Du Louage des Choses
Contract Law
The owner who allows the plantation tenant to continue after the expiration of his lease may only dismiss him at the end of the year.
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The owner who allows the plantation tenant to continue after the expiration of his lease may only dismiss him at the end of the year.

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Article 1174 Civil Law · Du Louage des Choses
Contract Law
Improvements, coffee drying houses, and other facilities for the following year's work must be left by the departing tenant to his successor, unless the lease...
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Improvements, coffee drying houses, and other facilities for the following year's work must be left by the departing tenant to his successor, unless the lease provides otherwise. Likewise, the incoming tenant must provide the outgoing tenant with the necessary storage for harvested crops, and allow sufficient time for their processing and transport.

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Article 1175 Civil Law · Du Louage des Choses
Contract Law
Leases of houses, plantations, or manufactories, etc. are further subject, with respect to the lessor's privilege for payment of the lease, to what is prescribed...
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Leases of houses, plantations, or manufactories, etc. are further subject, with respect to the lessor's privilege for payment of the lease, to what is prescribed in article 1437 of Title XXXII, concerning Privileges and Mortgages.

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Article 1176 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Labor Law
No Haitian may engage his services except for a specified undertaking or for a fixed period.
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No Haitian may engage his services except for a specified undertaking or for a fixed period.

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Article 1177 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Labor Law
All those who employ workers must obtain a receipt every time they pay or give advances to those working for them; failing this receipt, in...
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All those who employ workers must obtain a receipt every time they pay or give advances to those working for them; failing this receipt, in case of dispute, they shall not be believed in court when claiming to have already paid. The receipt may be provided by the lieutenant judge or a notable person of the locality, for those who cannot write, provided the sum does not exceed twenty-four gourdes.

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Article 1178 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
Objects entrusted to land carriers shall be in their custody and liability, and they are subject to the same obligations as innkeepers, set forth in...
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Objects entrusted to land carriers shall be in their custody and liability, and they are subject to the same obligations as innkeepers, set forth in Title XXV on Deposit. The same applies to objects given to them in the warehouse, to be placed on their carts or their animals.

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Article 1179 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
For carriers not to be held liable for the loss or damage of objects entrusted to them, they must prove that such losses or damage...
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For carriers not to be held liable for the loss or damage of objects entrusted to them, they must prove that such losses or damage occurred by force majeure.

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Article 1180 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
When a workman undertakes to provide not only his labor but also the materials necessary for the completion of a work that perishes before delivery,...
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When a workman undertakes to provide not only his labor but also the materials necessary for the completion of a work that perishes before delivery, the loss falls on the workman. Unless the owner was put in default to receive the work by an act served by a bailiff, in which case the loss falls on the owner.

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Article 1181 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
When the workman only undertakes to provide his labor or skill, he is liable only for his fault if the work perishes, and has no...
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When the workman only undertakes to provide his labor or skill, he is liable only for his fault if the work perishes, and has no salary or payment to claim. But if, as in the preceding article, the owner had been put in default by bailiff's act to receive and verify the work, the workman may claim his payment.

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Article 1182 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
Architects and contractors are liable for ten years for houses or buildings they constructed at a fixed price, when they have perished in whole or...
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Architects and contractors are liable for ten years for houses or buildings they constructed at a fixed price, when they have perished in whole or in part due to defective construction, including defects of the soil.

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Article 1183 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
The price fixed by a written contract for the construction of a building, according to a plan agreed between the owner and the architect or...
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The price fixed by a written contract for the construction of a building, according to a plan agreed between the owner and the architect or contractor, may not be increased by the latter under any pretext whatsoever, even in the case of increased material and labor costs. Likewise, no changes may be made to this plan unless such changes and increases are agreed and the price fixed in writing between the owner and the architect or contractor.

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Article 1184 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
The owner, by compensating the contractor for all expenses, all work performed, and all he could have earned from the undertaking, may, by his sole...
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The owner, by compensating the contractor for all expenses, all work performed, and all he could have earned from the undertaking, may, by his sole will, rescind the contract, even though the work has begun.

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Article 1185 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
The death of the workman, architect, or contractor renders the work contract null; in that case, the value of work performed and of materials already...
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The death of the workman, architect, or contractor renders the work contract null; in that case, the value of work performed and of materials already prepared only (when such work and materials are useful to the owner) shall be paid by the owner to the heirs of the workman, pro rata to the contract price.

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Article 1186 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
Persons employed by the contractor are under his responsibility.
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Persons employed by the contractor are under his responsibility.

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Article 1187 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
The claim of masons, carpenters, and other workers who worked on the construction of a building and other works done under contract may only be...
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The claim of masons, carpenters, and other workers who worked on the construction of a building and other works done under contract may only be brought against the person for whom the works were done for the amount he owes the contractor at the time of the claim.

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Article 1188 Civil Law · Du Louage d'Ouvrage et d'Industrie
Contract Law
Masons, carpenters, locksmiths, and other workers who directly enter into fixed-price contracts shall be deemed contractors in the part they handle; consequently, they are subject...
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Masons, carpenters, locksmiths, and other workers who directly enter into fixed-price contracts shall be deemed contractors in the part they handle; consequently, they are subject to the rules prescribed in this section.

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Article 1189 Civil Law · Du Bail d'Animaux
Contract Law
The lease of animals is the act by which one entrusts, for agricultural purposes, or to pasture, keep, and care for any species of animals...
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The lease of animals is the act by which one entrusts, for agricultural purposes, or to pasture, keep, and care for any species of animals capable of increase or profit, on condition of keeping, feeding, and caring for them, under the conditions agreed between the parties.

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Article 1190 Civil Law · Du Bail d'Animaux
Contract Law
When there are no particular agreements set forth in the lease, these contracts shall be governed by the following principles.
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When there are no particular agreements set forth in the lease, these contracts shall be governed by the following principles.

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Article 1191 Civil Law · Du Bail d'Animaux
Contract Law
The keeper shall have half of the increase or offspring of the animals given to him, and shall bear the entire loss of the herd,...
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The keeper shall have half of the increase or offspring of the animals given to him, and shall bear the entire loss of the herd, regardless of how it occurs, even by force majeure.

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