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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 258 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Prise à Partie
Civil Procedure
No injurious terms shall be used against the judges, under penalty of a fine against the party, and injunction or suspension against the attorney.
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No injurious terms shall be used against the judges, under penalty of a fine against the party, and injunction or suspension against the attorney.

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Article 259 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Prise à Partie
Civil Procedure
A petition shall be presented to the president of the court with jurisdiction over the action, signed by the complaining party, with supporting documents attached...
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A petition shall be presented to the president of the court with jurisdiction over the action, signed by the complaining party, with supporting documents attached if any, under penalty of nullity; once the petition is answered, it shall be served within three days on the judge taken to task, who must provide his defense within the following week.

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Article 260 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Prise à Partie
Civil Procedure
That judge, until the final judgment on the action, may no longer hear cases and disputes that the party, his spouse, and his direct-line relatives...
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That judge, until the final judgment on the action, may no longer hear cases and disputes that the party, his spouse, and his direct-line relatives may have in his court, under penalty of nullity of judgments.

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Article 261 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Prise à Partie
Civil Procedure
The action against the judge shall be brought to the hearing by a simple act.
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The action against the judge shall be brought to the hearing by a simple act.

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Article 262 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Prise à Partie
Civil Procedure
The judges, in dismissing the petitioner, shall condemn him to a fine of no less than forty gourdes, without prejudice to the parties' damages and...
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The judges, in dismissing the petitioner, shall condemn him to a fine of no less than forty gourdes, without prejudice to the parties' damages and interest if warranted.

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Article 263 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Réceptions de Cautions
Civil Procedure
The period within which the bond must be presented is fixed by the judgment ordering it, as is the period within which it shall be...
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The period within which the bond must be presented is fixed by the judgment ordering it, as is the period within which it shall be accepted or contested.

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Article 264 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Réceptions de Cautions
Civil Procedure
The bond shall be presented by writ served on the party, or by attorney's act if one is appointed, with a copy of the deposit...
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The bond shall be presented by writ served on the party, or by attorney's act if one is appointed, with a copy of the deposit certificate at the clerk's office, of the titles establishing the bond's solvency, if title-based proof was ordered.

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Article 265 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Réceptions de Cautions
Civil Procedure
If the party, after reviewing the titles, accepts the bond, it shall declare so by simple act; in that case, or if it does not...
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If the party, after reviewing the titles, accepts the bond, it shall declare so by simple act; in that case, or if it does not contest within the deadline, the surety makes his submission at the clerk's office, which is enforceable without judgment, even by imprisonment for debt.

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Article 266 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Réceptions de Cautions
Civil Procedure
The hearing is pursued by simple act, within the judgment's deadline, if the bond is contested by the parties; this dispute is judged at the...
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The hearing is pursued by simple act, within the judgment's deadline, if the bond is contested by the parties; this dispute is judged at the hearing, without petition or pleading, and the judgment is enforceable notwithstanding appeal.

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Article 267 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Réceptions de Cautions
Civil Procedure
The bond admitted by the judgment makes its submission in accordance with Article 265 above.
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The bond admitted by the judgment makes its submission in accordance with Article 265 above.

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Article 268 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Liquidation des Fruits
Civil Procedure
The party condemned to return fruits renders an account thereof in the following form; and the procedure is the same as for other accounts rendered...
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The party condemned to return fruits renders an account thereof in the following form; and the procedure is the same as for other accounts rendered in court.

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Article 269 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
All accountants appointed by the court shall be pursued for rendering of accounts before the judges who appointed them; tutors, before the judges of the...
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All accountants appointed by the court shall be pursued for rendering of accounts before the judges who appointed them; tutors, before the judges of the place where the guardianship was conferred; and other accountants, before the judges of their domicile.

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Article 270 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
There shall be only one attorney for all account auditors with the same interest; if they cannot agree on the choice, the most senior attorney...
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There shall be only one attorney for all account auditors with the same interest; if they cannot agree on the choice, the most senior attorney shall serve; they may however appoint one each, but the individual costs of these attorneys shall be borne by the parties they represent.

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Article 271 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
The judgment ordering the rendering of an account fixes the deadline within which it must be rendered, and appoints a commissioner judge before whom the...
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The judgment ordering the rendering of an account fixes the deadline within which it must be rendered, and appoints a commissioner judge before whom the account is rendered.

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Article 272 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
Only the following may be charged as common expenses: travel costs if applicable, the fees of the attorney who organized the account documents, engrossments and...
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Only the following may be charged as common expenses: travel costs if applicable, the fees of the attorney who organized the account documents, engrossments and copies, and the costs of presentation and affirmation.

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Article 273 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
The account shall contain the actual receipts and expenditures, and shall conclude with a summary balance of said receipts and expenditures, with items to be...
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The account shall contain the actual receipts and expenditures, and shall conclude with a summary balance of said receipts and expenditures, with items to be recovered listed in a separate chapter.

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Article 274 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
Within the fixed deadline and on the day indicated by the commissioner judge, the account is presented and affirmed by the accountant; the auditors being...
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Within the fixed deadline and on the day indicated by the commissioner judge, the account is presented and affirmed by the accountant; the auditors being present or summoned by attorney's act. Once the deadline passes, the accountant may be compelled by seizure and sale of his property, and even by imprisonment if necessary.

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Article 275 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
If the receipts of the presented and affirmed account exceed the expenditures, the commissioner judge may, upon the auditor's request, issue an enforcement order for...
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If the receipts of the presented and affirmed account exceed the expenditures, the commissioner judge may, upon the auditor's request, issue an enforcement order for the surplus, without however approving the account.

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Article 276 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
The affirmed account is served on the auditor's attorney; the supporting and justifying documents are numbered and initialed by the accountant's attorney, and given in...
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The affirmed account is served on the auditor's attorney; the supporting and justifying documents are numbered and initialed by the accountant's attorney, and given in communication upon receipt, to be returned within the deadline fixed by the commissioner judge or by the receipt.

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Article 277 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Redditions de Comptes
Civil Procedure
The parties must appear before the commissioner judge at the day and hour he has indicated, to provide arguments on the account; and if the...
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The parties must appear before the commissioner judge at the day and hour he has indicated, to provide arguments on the account; and if the parties do not appear, the matter is brought to the hearing by simple act.

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