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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 621 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
No disposition in favor of the ship's officers, whether military or administrative, may be inserted in testaments made at sea, unless they are relatives of...
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No disposition in favor of the ship's officers, whether military or administrative, may be inserted in testaments made at sea, unless they are relatives of the testator. These testaments shall, after being read, be signed by the testators and those who received them. If the testator declares he cannot or does not know how to sign, express mention shall be made. They shall also be signed by the witnesses or at least one of them; and the cause preventing the other from signing shall be explained.

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Article 622 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
Testaments made at sea in the form prescribed above shall have effect only if the testator dies at sea, or within three months after his...
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Testaments made at sea in the form prescribed above shall have effect only if the testator dies at sea, or within three months after his return to land and in a place where he could not employ a notary to remake it in ordinary form.

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Article 623 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
The formalities required in the two preceding sections for the various testaments shall be strictly fulfilled, on pain of nullity.
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The formalities required in the two preceding sections for the various testaments shall be strictly fulfilled, on pain of nullity.

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Article 624 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
Testamentary dispositions are either universal, by universal title, or by particular title. These dispositions, under whatever denomination the testator expressed his will, shall have effect...
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Testamentary dispositions are either universal, by universal title, or by particular title. These dispositions, under whatever denomination the testator expressed his will, shall have effect only according to the rules hereafter established for universal legacies, legacies by universal title, and particular legacies.

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Article 625 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
The donation made by testament of the universality of the property left by the testator at the time of his death, to one or several...
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The donation made by testament of the universality of the property left by the testator at the time of his death, to one or several persons, constitutes a universal legacy.

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Article 626 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
At the testator's death, the heirs to whom the law reserves a portion are seized by full right of all succession property; the universal legatee...
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At the testator's death, the heirs to whom the law reserves a portion are seized by full right of all succession property; the universal legatee must then demand delivery from these heirs. Enjoyment of the universal legacy is due from the death date if delivery was demanded within the year, or from the judicial demand date or voluntary delivery date if demanded more than a year after death.

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Article 627 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
If there is no heir in whose favor the law reserves a portion of property, the universal legatee, at the testator's death, is seized by...
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If there is no heir in whose favor the law reserves a portion of property, the universal legatee, at the testator's death, is seized by full right of the entirety of the property, without being obliged to demand delivery.

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Article 628 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
Every holographic testament shall be presented to the sénéchal in whose jurisdiction the succession was opened; the opening shall be conducted in the presence of...
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Every holographic testament shall be presented to the sénéchal in whose jurisdiction the succession was opened; the opening shall be conducted in the presence of the person presenting it, if it is sealed; and a report of the presentation, opening, and condition of the testament shall be drawn up by the sénéchal with the clerk, who shall then order its deposit among the records of the notary he designates.

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Article 629 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
If the testament is holographic and there is no heir to whom the law makes a reserve, the sénéchal, upon the petition presented to him...
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If the testament is holographic and there is no heir to whom the law makes a reserve, the sénéchal, upon the petition presented to him with the testament deposit act annexed, the whole communicated to the king's prosecutor for his opinion, shall order that the universal legatee be sent into possession of the property included in the testament.

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Article 630 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
If there is an heir for whom the law reserves a portion, the universal legatee shall be liable for the debts and charges of the...
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If there is an heir for whom the law reserves a portion, the universal legatee shall be liable for the debts and charges of the succession, personally for his share and by mortgage or jointly for the whole, and in addition for the payment of all legacies, unless they are subject to reduction under Chapter II, Section II.

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Article 631 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
The testamentary disposition expressing the testator's will to bequeath a fractional share of the property the law allows him to dispose of, such as a...
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The testamentary disposition expressing the testator's will to bequeath a fractional share of the property the law allows him to dispose of, such as a half, a third, or all his immovables, or all his movables, or a determined portion, is a disposition by universal title. Any other legacy constitutes only a particular disposition.

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Article 632 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
The delivery of legacies by universal title shall be demanded from the heirs in whose favor the law has reserved a portion; failing them, from...
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The delivery of legacies by universal title shall be demanded from the heirs in whose favor the law has reserved a portion; failing them, from universal legatees; and failing those, from direct and natural heirs according to the order regulated in the Title on Successions.

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Article 633 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
The debts and charges of the succession shall be borne by the universal-title legatee, personally for his share and by mortgage or jointly for the...
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The debts and charges of the succession shall be borne by the universal-title legatee, personally for his share and by mortgage or jointly for the whole.

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Article 634 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
The universal legatee shall contribute, with the natural heirs, to the payment of particular legacies, if the testator disposed of only a portion of his...
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The universal legatee shall contribute, with the natural heirs, to the payment of particular legacies, if the testator disposed of only a portion of his disposable share and did so by universal title.

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Article 635 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
The effect of a particular legacy is to give the person in whose favor it was made, from the day of the testator's death, a...
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The effect of a particular legacy is to give the person in whose favor it was made, from the day of the testator's death, a right to the bequeathed thing, a right that may be exercised by the heirs or assigns of the legatee who died without having collected the legacy.

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Article 636 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
Unless the testament contains a contrary clause, all costs of the demand for delivery shall be charged to the succession; but they may in no...
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Unless the testament contains a contrary clause, all costs of the demand for delivery shall be charged to the succession; but they may in no case burden the legally reserved portion.

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Article 637 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
Particular legacies shall be discharged by the testator's heirs; failing heirs, by all other legacy debtors, each personally and proportionally to his share of the...
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Particular legacies shall be discharged by the testator's heirs; failing heirs, by all other legacy debtors, each personally and proportionally to his share of the succession's property, and by mortgage and jointly for the whole, up to the appraised value of the immovables falling to them in partition.

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Article 638 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
Any legacy made to a creditor or to a domestic servant of the testator shall not be deemed to have been made in compensation of...
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Any legacy made to a creditor or to a domestic servant of the testator shall not be deemed to have been made in compensation of the creditor's claim or the servant's wages.

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Article 639 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
The succession's debts are not chargeable to the particular legatee; but aside from the mortgage action creditors retain on the bequeathed things, the legacy may...
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The succession's debts are not chargeable to the particular legatee; but aside from the mortgage action creditors retain on the bequeathed things, the legacy may be reduced if necessary under Chapter II, Section II on reduction.

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Article 640 Civil Law · Des Dispositions testamentaires
Succession Law
If the quality of the bequeathed thing is not specified, the heir may not be compelled to deliver it of the first quality; but the...
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If the quality of the bequeathed thing is not specified, the heir may not be compelled to deliver it of the first quality; but the legatee may also refuse it if offered of the lowest quality.

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