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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 378 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
The arrested debtor is taken to the local royal prison, or the nearest one; his prison entry shall state: 1. The judgment; 2. The creditor's...
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The arrested debtor is taken to the local royal prison, or the nearest one; his prison entry shall state: 1. The judgment; 2. The creditor's names and domicile; 3. The election of domicile if not local; 4. The debtor's names and profession; 5. The deposit of at least one month's maintenance; 6. Finally, note of the copy left with the debtor personally, of both the arrest report and the prison entry; it shall be signed by the bailiff.

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Article 379 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
The bailiff must present to the director of the royal prison the judgment ordering the imprisonment, otherwise the director shall refuse to receive and register...
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The bailiff must present to the director of the royal prison the judgment ordering the imprisonment, otherwise the director shall refuse to receive and register the debtor; this judgment must be transcribed on the prison register, and the maintenance must be deposited immediately by the creditor.

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Article 380 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
Creditors entitled to exercise imprisonment for debt may file a recommendation to hold the detained debtor; even a debtor charged with a crime may be...
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Creditors entitled to exercise imprisonment for debt may file a recommendation to hold the detained debtor; even a debtor charged with a crime may be held by recommendation even if acquitted; the formalities prescribed above for detention shall be observed for recommendations, except that the bailiff is not assisted by assistants, and maintenance is not deposited by the recommending party, who shall however contribute equally to the deposited maintenance with the detaining creditor if the latter demands it.

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Article 381 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
The debtor may request annulment of the detention if the required formalities have not been met; this claim is brought before the seneschal court of...
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The debtor may request annulment of the detention if the required formalities have not been met; this claim is brought before the seneschal court of the place of detention; but if based on substantive grounds, it is brought before the court with jurisdiction over the judgment's execution.

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Article 382 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
In all cases and with the judge's permission, the claim may be brought on short notice, and the summons given at the domicile elected in...
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In all cases and with the judge's permission, the claim may be brought on short notice, and the summons given at the domicile elected in the prison entry; the case is summary, judged at the hearing upon the king's prosecutor's conclusions, with priority over all other cases, without waiting for the docket and without investigation.

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Article 383 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
The nullity of the detention does not entail the nullity of the recommendations.
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The nullity of the detention does not entail the nullity of the recommendations.

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Article 384 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
The debtor whose detention at the royal prison has been declared void may not be arrested for the same debt until at least one day...
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The debtor whose detention at the royal prison has been declared void may not be arrested for the same debt until at least one day after his release.

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Article 385 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
Upon deposit of the full amount of the detention causes and arrest costs with the royal prison director, the debtor shall be released; this deposit...
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Upon deposit of the full amount of the detention causes and arrest costs with the royal prison director, the debtor shall be released; this deposit need not be ordered and may not be refused by said director.

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Article 386 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
The debtor lawfully detained at the royal prison shall obtain his release: 1. By consent of the detaining creditor and recommending parties, if any, given...
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The debtor lawfully detained at the royal prison shall obtain his release: 1. By consent of the detaining creditor and recommending parties, if any, given before a notary or on the prison record; 2. By payment or deposit of all sums due in principal, costs, and maintenance deposited by the detaining creditor or recommending party; 3. By the benefit of cession; 4. By failure to advance the maintenance deposit; 5. Finally, if the debtor has begun his seventieth year, unless detained for fraud involving immovable property.

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Article 387 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Détention
Civil Procedure
Upon the certificate of the royal prison director confirming the failure to deposit maintenance, annexed to the petition presented to the seneschal, the debtor's release...
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Upon the certificate of the royal prison director confirming the failure to deposit maintenance, annexed to the petition presented to the seneschal, the debtor's release may be ordered without any prior summons.

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Article 388 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Référés
Civil Procedure
When there is need to rule provisionally on difficulties relating to the execution of a judgment or enforceable title, and in all other urgent cases,...
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When there is need to rule provisionally on difficulties relating to the execution of a judgment or enforceable title, and in all other urgent cases, the claim is brought to a hearing held by the seneschal, on the day and hour he indicates; if however the case requires greater urgency, the seneschal may permit service even on holidays, whether at the hearing or at his residence, at the hour indicated by his order.

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Article 389 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Référés
Civil Procedure
Orders on summary proceedings are provisionally enforceable without bond, unless the judge has ordered one. These orders shall not prejudice the merits and shall not...
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Orders on summary proceedings are provisionally enforceable without bond, unless the judge has ordered one. These orders shall not prejudice the merits and shall not be subject to opposition. Appeal, where the law authorizes it, may be lodged even before the first week from the judgment; and shall no longer be admissible after two weeks from the date of service of said judgment. This appeal is judged summarily and without procedure.

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Article 390 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Référés
Civil Procedure
The originals of summary orders are deposited at the clerk's office; but in cases of absolute necessity, the judge may order execution on the original...
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The originals of summary orders are deposited at the clerk's office; but in cases of absolute necessity, the judge may order execution on the original itself.

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Article 391 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Offres de Payement, et de la Consignation
Civil Procedure
Every report of an offer of money shall contain the enumeration and type of coins; that of an offer of other objects shall describe them...
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Every report of an offer of money shall contain the enumeration and type of coins; that of an offer of other objects shall describe them so that no substitution is possible.

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Article 392 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Offres de Payement, et de la Consignation
Civil Procedure
The report shall note the creditor's response, his refusal or acceptance, whether he signed, refused, or declared he could not sign.
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The report shall note the creditor's response, his refusal or acceptance, whether he signed, refused, or declared he could not sign.

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Article 393 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Offres de Payement, et de la Consignation
Civil Procedure
The debtor, to free himself when creditors refuse the offers, may deposit the sum or thing offered, observing the formalities prescribed by Articles 849, 850,...
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The debtor, to free himself when creditors refuse the offers, may deposit the sum or thing offered, observing the formalities prescribed by Articles 849, 850, and 851 of the Civil Law.

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Article 394 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Offres de Payement, et de la Consignation
Civil Procedure
Claims for validity or nullity of offers or of the deposit shall be brought according to the rules established for principal claims, and if incidental,...
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Claims for validity or nullity of offers or of the deposit shall be brought according to the rules established for principal claims, and if incidental, by petition.

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Article 395 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Offres de Payement, et de la Consignation
Civil Procedure
The judgment declaring the offers valid orders, if the deposit has not yet been made, that it shall be made since the creditor failed to...
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The judgment declaring the offers valid orders, if the deposit has not yet been made, that it shall be made since the creditor failed to accept them; and shall pronounce the cessation of interest from the day of the actual deposit.

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Article 396 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Offres de Payement, et de la Consignation
Civil Procedure
Voluntary or ordered deposits are subject to any oppositions; and if there are any, they must be notified to the creditors.
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Voluntary or ordered deposits are subject to any oppositions; and if there are any, they must be notified to the creditors.

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Article 397 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Offres de Payement, et de la Consignation
Civil Procedure
The provisions of the Civil Law relating to offers of payment and deposit shall serve as rules for matters not determined by the articles above.
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The provisions of the Civil Law relating to offers of payment and deposit shall serve as rules for matters not determined by the articles above.

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