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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 178 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Incidens
Civil Procedure
Incidental claims shall include an offer to communicate documents by receipt or by deposit at the clerk's office, and shall be made only by a...
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Incidental claims shall include an offer to communicate documents by receipt or by deposit at the clerk's office, and shall be made only by a simple act containing the grounds and conclusions. The defendant to the incident responds likewise by a simple act.

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Article 179 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Incidens
Civil Procedure
All incidental claims must be raised simultaneously and by the same act; the costs of those whose grounds existed at the time of the first...
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All incidental claims must be raised simultaneously and by the same act; the costs of those whose grounds existed at the time of the first claim, but raised later, shall not be recoverable. Incidental claims are judged immediately at the hearing, where appropriate, even in cases conducted by written procedure.

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Article 180 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Incidens
Civil Procedure
The judgment of the main case being ready, it may not be delayed by an intervention. The intervention is made by petition containing the grounds...
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The judgment of the main case being ready, it may not be delayed by an intervention. The intervention is made by petition containing the grounds and conclusions; a copy is given, together with the supporting documents.

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Article 181 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Incidens
Civil Procedure
If one of the parties contests the intervention, the incident is brought to the hearing, even when the case is conducted by written procedure.
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If one of the parties contests the intervention, the incident is brought to the hearing, even when the case is conducted by written procedure.

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Article 182 Law on Civil Procedure · Du Désaveu
Civil Procedure
No one may make or accept any offer, nor make an admission or acquiesce thereto, without special authorization, under penalty of disavowal.
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No one may make or accept any offer, nor make an admission or acquiesce thereto, without special authorization, under penalty of disavowal.

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Article 183 Law on Civil Procedure · Du Désaveu
Civil Procedure
The act of disavowal must contain the grounds, conclusions, and appointment of attorney; it is filed at the clerk's office of the seneschal court with...
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The act of disavowal must contain the grounds, conclusions, and appointment of attorney; it is filed at the clerk's office of the seneschal court with jurisdiction, and signed by the party.

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Article 184 Law on Civil Procedure · Du Désaveu
Civil Procedure
The king's prosecutor is heard on disavowal claims.
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The king's prosecutor is heard on disavowal claims.

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Article 185 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Récusation
Civil Procedure
Any judge may be recused for the following reasons: 1. If he is related or allied to either party up to and including the degree...
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Any judge may be recused for the following reasons: 1. If he is related or allied to either party up to and including the degree of first cousin, or if his wife is related or allied to the same degree; 2. If he has a lawsuit in his own name in a court where one of the parties is a judge, or if he is a creditor or debtor of either party; 3. If there is a civil lawsuit between the judge, his ascendants, descendants, or in-laws in the same line, and either party, or if there has been a criminal case within the past five years between either party, their spouse, or direct-line relatives; 4. If the judge is tutor, surrogate tutor, curator, presumptive heir or donee, master or table companion of either party, or if either party is his presumptive heir; 5. If the judge has previously known the case as judge or arbitrator, gave counsel, pleaded, solicited, contributed to litigation costs, or testified as a witness; and if there is well-established enmity between him and either party.

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Article 186 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Récusation
Civil Procedure
The king's prosecutors may be recused for the same reasons as judges when they are only joined parties; but if they are principal parties, they...
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The king's prosecutors may be recused for the same reasons as judges when they are only joined parties; but if they are principal parties, they may not be recused.

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Article 187 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Récusation
Civil Procedure
Recusals must be made before argument or before the investigation is completed if the matter is under report, unless the grounds for recusal arose afterward....
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Recusals must be made before argument or before the investigation is completed if the matter is under report, unless the grounds for recusal arose afterward. Those against judges assigned to inspections, inquiries, and other operations shall be proposed within three days of the contradictory judgment; if by default without opposition, within one week of the opposition; and if opposition occurred, from the day the opposition was dismissed, even by default.

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Article 188 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Récusation
Civil Procedure
The act of recusal is filed at the clerk's office and signed by the party; a copy is delivered by the clerk to the seneschal...
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The act of recusal is filed at the clerk's office and signed by the party; a copy is delivered by the clerk to the seneschal or court president within twenty-four hours, to be communicated to the recused judge so he may explain himself on the alleged facts, by a declaration he makes at the clerk's office within the set deadline.

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Article 189 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Récusation
Civil Procedure
If the facts alleged in the recusal act are proven, or if the judge agrees with them, it is ordered that he shall abstain.
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If the facts alleged in the recusal act are proven, or if the judge agrees with them, it is ordered that he shall abstain.

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Article 190 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Récusation
Civil Procedure
Judgments on recusals are subject to appeal, even those where the seneschal courts judge as courts of last resort.
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Judgments on recusals are subject to appeal, even those where the seneschal courts judge as courts of last resort.

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Article 191 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Péremption et du Désistement
Civil Procedure
Every proceeding lapses if legal actions have been discontinued for three years; the lapse runs against all persons, including minors, subject to their recourse; but...
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Every proceeding lapses if legal actions have been discontinued for three years; the lapse runs against all persons, including minors, subject to their recourse; but it does not occur automatically and may be cured by acts performed by either party.

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Article 192 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Péremption et du Désistement
Civil Procedure
Since the lapse extinguishes only the proceedings and not the action, the principal plaintiff is condemned to pay the costs of the proceedings.
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Since the lapse extinguishes only the proceedings and not the action, the principal plaintiff is condemned to pay the costs of the proceedings.

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Article 193 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Péremption et du Désistement
Civil Procedure
The parties may by simple acts withdraw or accept a withdrawal, which is served from attorney to attorney.
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The parties may by simple acts withdraw or accept a withdrawal, which is served from attorney to attorney.

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Article 194 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Péremption et du Désistement
Civil Procedure
If the withdrawal is accepted, matters are restored to the same state they were in before the claim, and the withdrawing party is condemned to...
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If the withdrawal is accepted, matters are restored to the same state they were in before the claim, and the withdrawing party is condemned to pay the costs.

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Article 195 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Matières sommaires
Civil Procedure
The following are deemed summary matters and tried as such: Appeals from parish lieutenant judges; Purely personal claims of any amount when supported by an...
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The following are deemed summary matters and tried as such: Appeals from parish lieutenant judges; Purely personal claims of any amount when supported by an uncontested title; Claims without title not exceeding one hundred gourdes; Provisional claims or those requiring urgency; All claims for payment of rent, farm leases, and arrears of annuities.

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Article 196 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Matières sommaires
Civil Procedure
By a simple act, without any other procedure or formality, all summary matters are judged at the hearing, after the summons deadlines have expired.
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By a simple act, without any other procedure or formality, all summary matters are judged at the hearing, after the summons deadlines have expired.

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Article 197 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Matières sommaires
Civil Procedure
Interventions in summary matters, as well as incidental claims, shall be made by attorney's petition; it need contain only reasoned conclusions.
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Interventions in summary matters, as well as incidental claims, shall be made by attorney's petition; it need contain only reasoned conclusions.

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