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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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1232
Article 1232 Civil Law · Des différentes manières dont finit la Société
Contract Law
The stipulation providing that, upon the death of one of the partners, the partnership shall continue between the surviving partners only, or with the heir...
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The stipulation providing that, upon the death of one of the partners, the partnership shall continue between the surviving partners only, or with the heir of the deceased, must be enforced. In the case of exclusion of the heir, the heir has the right to a share of the partnership as it stands at the death of his predecessor, and may not claim any right to future operations of the partnership, unless they are a necessary consequence of those undertaken before the death of the person he represents.

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1233
Article 1233 Civil Law · Des différentes manières dont finit la Société
Contract Law
Only indefinite-term partnerships may be dissolved by the will of one of the parties; and this dissolution shall take effect only through a renunciation made...
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Only indefinite-term partnerships may be dissolved by the will of one of the parties; and this dissolution shall take effect only through a renunciation made in good faith, and not at an inopportune time, notified to all partners.

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1234
Article 1234 Civil Law · Des différentes manières dont finit la Société
Contract Law
The renunciation made by a partner with a view to appropriating alone the profit that was to be shared in common is not made in...
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The renunciation made by a partner with a view to appropriating alone the profit that was to be shared in common is not made in good faith; and it is made at an inopportune time if it matters to the partnership (things no longer being intact) that its dissolution be delayed.

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1235
Article 1235 Civil Law · Des différentes manières dont finit la Société
Contract Law
The demand for dissolution of partnerships whose duration is fixed may only be made by one of the partners before the agreed term in cases...
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The demand for dissolution of partnerships whose duration is fixed may only be made by one of the partners before the agreed term in cases where one of them fails to meet his obligations, or where through habitual infirmity he is incapable of managing the partnership's affairs, or for all other similar grounds, whose legitimacy and gravity are at the judge's discretion.

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1236
Article 1236 Civil Law · Des différentes manières dont finit la Société
Contract Law
The form of partition among the partners, and the obligations resulting therefrom, follow the same rules as those prescribed for the partition of successions.
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The form of partition among the partners, and the obligations resulting therefrom, follow the same rules as those prescribed for the partition of successions.

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Article 1237 Civil Law · Des différentes manières dont finit la Société
Contract Law
As for commercial partnerships, the provisions of this title apply only insofar as they do not conflict with the laws and customs of commerce.
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As for commercial partnerships, the provisions of this title apply only insofar as they do not conflict with the laws and customs of commerce.

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1238
Article 1238 Civil Law
Contract Law
There are two kinds of loan: one of things that use does not destroy, called loan for use, and the other of things that are...
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There are two kinds of loan: one of things that use does not destroy, called loan for use, and the other of things that are destroyed by the use made of them; the latter is called loan for consumption, or simply loan.

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1239
Article 1239 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
Loan for use is an agreement by which one party gives a thing to another to use for a certain purpose, on condition that the...
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Loan for use is an agreement by which one party gives a thing to another to use for a certain purpose, on condition that the latter return it to the lender, who always remains owner. This type of loan is gratuitous by its essence.

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1240
Article 1240 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
Everything that is not consumed by the use made of it, and that the law does not prohibit, may be the subject of this contract.
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Everything that is not consumed by the use made of it, and that the law does not prohibit, may be the subject of this contract.

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Article 1241 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
All obligations arising from this agreement pass to the heirs of the contracting parties; however, if the loan was made only in consideration of the...
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All obligations arising from this agreement pass to the heirs of the contracting parties; however, if the loan was made only in consideration of the person of the borrower, his heirs would cease to enjoy what was lent.

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1242
Article 1242 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
The borrower may use the thing lent only for the purpose determined by its nature or indicated by the agreement; he must enjoy it and...
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The borrower may use the thing lent only for the purpose determined by its nature or indicated by the agreement; he must enjoy it and watch over its preservation as a prudent manager; all under penalty, if applicable, of damages toward the lender.

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Article 1243 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
The borrower is liable for the loss of the thing lent, even if caused by extraordinary and unforeseen events, if he used it longer than...
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The borrower is liable for the loss of the thing lent, even if caused by extraordinary and unforeseen events, if he used it longer than the period designated by the agreement, or employed it for a different purpose than that for which it was intended.

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1244
Article 1244 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
If the borrower, by using his own thing, could have preserved the thing lent and did not, he shall be liable for the loss of...
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If the borrower, by using his own thing, could have preserved the thing lent and did not, he shall be liable for the loss of the thing lent; likewise if, being able to save only one, he saved his own; even though in both cases the loss occurred by major, extraordinary, and unforeseen accidents. The same shall apply if the thing lent was appraised at the time of lending, unless there was a contrary agreement.

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Article 1245 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
The borrower is not liable for deterioration of the thing lent occurring without his fault and solely from the use for which he borrowed it.
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The borrower is not liable for deterioration of the thing lent occurring without his fault and solely from the use for which he borrowed it.

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1246
Article 1246 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
The borrower may not retain the thing lent by way of set-off against what the lender may owe him.
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The borrower may not retain the thing lent by way of set-off against what the lender may owe him.

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Article 1247 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
Expenses incurred by the borrower to use the thing shall not be reimbursed by the lender.
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Expenses incurred by the borrower to use the thing shall not be reimbursed by the lender.

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Article 1248 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
If a thing has been lent jointly to several persons, they are jointly and severally liable toward the lender.
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If a thing has been lent jointly to several persons, they are jointly and severally liable toward the lender.

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Article 1249 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
The thing lent may not be withdrawn from the borrower until he has used it for the purpose for which he borrowed it, if the...
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The thing lent may not be withdrawn from the borrower until he has used it for the purpose for which he borrowed it, if the agreement has not determined the period of enjoyment.

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Article 1250 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
However, if the lender has an urgent need for his thing that he could not foresee at the time of the loan, the judge may,...
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However, if the lender has an urgent need for his thing that he could not foresee at the time of the loan, the judge may, according to the circumstances, order the borrower to return what was lent, even if the borrower still needs it or the agreed term has not expired.

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1251
Article 1251 Civil Law · Du Prêt à usage
Contract Law
The lender is bound to reimburse the borrower for extraordinary and absolutely necessary expenses made for the preservation of the thing lent during the loan;...
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The lender is bound to reimburse the borrower for extraordinary and absolutely necessary expenses made for the preservation of the thing lent during the loan; only in cases where it was not possible for the borrower to inform the lender of the necessity of these expenses before incurring them.

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