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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 141 Civil Law
Family Law
The duration of detention of the legitimate or legally recognized son may, at any time, be shortened by the father; if the child, after his...
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The duration of detention of the legitimate or legally recognized son may, at any time, be shortened by the father; if the child, after his release, engages in new misconduct, a new detention may be imposed upon him in the manner determined by the preceding articles.

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Article 142 Civil Law
Family Law
The provisions contained in Article 139 are mandatory for a remarried father who wishes to have his child from a first marriage imprisoned, even though...
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The provisions contained in Article 139 are mandatory for a remarried father who wishes to have his child from a first marriage imprisoned, even though the child's age does not exceed fifteen years.

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Article 143 Civil Law
Family Law
The concurrence of the two nearest paternal relatives, and the requisition procedure in accordance with Article 139, are mandatory for the surviving and unmarried mother...
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The concurrence of the two nearest paternal relatives, and the requisition procedure in accordance with Article 139, are mandatory for the surviving and unmarried mother who wishes to have her child detained.

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Article 144 Civil Law
Family Law
The requisition procedure, in the form required by Article 139, is necessary when the detention of a child is involved, even one under fifteen, from...
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The requisition procedure, in the form required by Article 139, is necessary when the detention of a child is involved, even one under fifteen, from the moment he has personal property or exercises a trade or profession.

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Article 145 Civil Law
Civil Rights
The right to address memoranda to the king's prosecutors at the superior councils, or to the attorney general at the sovereign court, is granted to...
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The right to address memoranda to the king's prosecutors at the superior councils, or to the attorney general at the sovereign court, is granted to the detained child; the latter, after having received a report from the king's prosecutor at the seneschalsy, shall make his report to the president of the court, who, after having notified the father and obtained all necessary information, may revoke or modify the order issued by the seneschal.

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Article 146 Civil Law
Family Law
Until the time of the children's emancipation; and, if it does not take place, until the full age of eighteen, the enjoyment of their property...
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Until the time of the children's emancipation; and, if it does not take place, until the full age of eighteen, the enjoyment of their property devolves upon the father, and in case of his death, it belongs by right to the mother; but if she contracts new ties, by this sole fact, she is stripped of the benefit of this prerogative.

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Article 147 Civil Law
Family Law
The conditions and obligations that this enjoyment imposes on fathers and mothers are of the same nature as those charged to usufructuaries; moreover, they are...
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The conditions and obligations that this enjoyment imposes on fathers and mothers are of the same nature as those charged to usufructuaries; moreover, they are required, toward the children, for all expenses relating to their food, maintenance, and education, proportional to the children's fortune, for payment of arrears or interest on capital, and for the costs of the last illness, funeral, and burial.

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Article 148 Civil Law
Family Law
However, excepted from these provisions are property derived from the children's own labor and individual industry, as well as property given or bequeathed to them...
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However, excepted from these provisions are property derived from the children's own labor and individual industry, as well as property given or bequeathed to them by benefactors who, in the act stipulating the interests of said children, expressly prohibited the father and mother from enjoying it.

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Article 149 Civil Law · De la Minorité
Civil Law
The law fixes the full age of twenty-one as the time when minority ceases.
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The law fixes the full age of twenty-one as the time when minority ceases.

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Article 150 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
The administration of the personal property of minors belongs by right to the father during the marriage. He becomes responsible only for the property when...
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The administration of the personal property of minors belongs by right to the father during the marriage. He becomes responsible only for the property when the enjoyment of revenues has been granted to him; but he shall account for both property and revenues when he has not had the enjoyment of these assets.

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Article 151 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
After the death of one of the spouses, the survivor shall by right be charged with the guardianship of the minor children who are not...
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After the death of one of the spouses, the survivor shall by right be charged with the guardianship of the minor children who are not emancipated.

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Article 152 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
However, the father shall have the right to assign to the surviving mother and guardian a special council, to whose advice she shall be obliged...
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However, the father shall have the right to assign to the surviving mother and guardian a special council, to whose advice she shall be obliged to defer in all cases involving acts relating to the guardianship. If the father decided that the council's advice is necessary only for certain specifically named acts, the mother, without the council's assistance, shall have the right to perform all other acts concerning her guardianship duties.

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Article 153 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Civil Procedure
For a council appointment to be legally made, it must be established either by testamentary provisions, or by an express declaration before the lieutenant judge...
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For a council appointment to be legally made, it must be established either by testamentary provisions, or by an express declaration before the lieutenant judge assisted by his clerk, or before notaries.

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Article 154 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
When at the time of her husband's death the wife is pregnant, the family council assembles and appoints a curator to the unborn child. In...
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When at the time of her husband's death the wife is pregnant, the family council assembles and appoints a curator to the unborn child. In this case, the mother's right as guardian dates from the time of the child's birth, and the status of surrogate guardian is acquired by the curator.

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Article 155 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
Although the mother is not required to accept the guardianship, she is obliged to fulfill all its duties faithfully until she has arranged for the...
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Although the mother is not required to accept the guardianship, she is obliged to fulfill all its duties faithfully until she has arranged for the appointment of a guardian.

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Article 156 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
The convocation of the family council by the mother-guardian who wishes to remarry is absolutely mandatory. This indispensable formality shall always take place before the...
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The convocation of the family council by the mother-guardian who wishes to remarry is absolutely mandatory. This indispensable formality shall always take place before the marriage act; and it shall be decided in this council whether her guardianship shall or shall not be continued. If the mother fails to comply with these provisions, she shall lose the guardianship by operation of law; and if it happens that she has improperly retained it, all consequences arising from this formal violation shall be under the joint liability of her new husband.

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Article 157 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
If from the decision of the duly convened family council it results that the guardianship shall be retained by the mother, then the second husband...
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If from the decision of the duly convened family council it results that the guardianship shall be retained by the mother, then the second husband shall be appointed co-guardian, and all management subsequent to this new marriage shall be the responsibility of husband and wife, who shall be jointly and severally liable, one for the other, and each for the whole.

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Article 158 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
In the person alone of the surviving spouse resides the right to choose a guardian, whether relative or stranger, provided he complies with the provisions...
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In the person alone of the surviving spouse resides the right to choose a guardian, whether relative or stranger, provided he complies with the provisions of Article 153, and exercises this right only subject to the exceptions and modifications hereinafter.

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Article 159 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
The right to choose a guardian is not granted to a remarried mother to whom the guardianship of her children from a first marriage has...
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The right to choose a guardian is not granted to a remarried mother to whom the guardianship of her children from a first marriage has not been conferred.

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Article 160 Civil Law · De la Tutelle
Family Law
The appointment of a guardian for the children of her first marriage by a remarried mother, even if she was maintained in the guardianship, shall...
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The appointment of a guardian for the children of her first marriage by a remarried mother, even if she was maintained in the guardianship, shall be valid only insofar as the family council has sanctioned it.

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