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Article 383
Titre XV:
Des Successions
(On Successions)
Les biens qui n'ont pas de maître, appartiennent au roi.
Life lesson:
What belongs to no one belongs to the crown. The king is the default heir of ownerless property — the state fills every vacuum.
Notes:
Bona vacantia: ownerless property escheats to the king (royal domain). State as ultimate owner. Cf. Code Napoléon Art. 713. Reflects monarchical structure of the Kingdom of Haiti under Henry I.