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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 781 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The stipulation of the term shall always be presumed made in favor of the debtor, unless it results from the circumstances or from the stipulation...
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The stipulation of the term shall always be presumed made in favor of the debtor, unless it results from the circumstances or from the stipulation itself that it was also agreed in favor of the creditor.

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Article 782 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The debtor in bankruptcy, or who by his own act has diminished the securities given to his creditor by the contract, may not claim the...
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The debtor in bankruptcy, or who by his own act has diminished the securities given to his creditor by the contract, may not claim the benefit of the term.

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Article 783 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The discharge of a debtor of alternative obligations is effected by the delivery of one of the two things; the choice belongs to the debtor,...
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The discharge of a debtor of alternative obligations is effected by the delivery of one of the two things; the choice belongs to the debtor, unless it has been expressly granted to the creditor.

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Article 784 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The creditor can only be compelled to receive one or the other of the things promised, but not part of one and part of the...
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The creditor can only be compelled to receive one or the other of the things promised, but not part of one and part of the other.

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Article 785 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
If one of the things promised cannot be the subject of a convention, the obligation is simple, even though there is an alternative condition.
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If one of the things promised cannot be the subject of a convention, the obligation is simple, even though there is an alternative condition.

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786
Article 786 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
It shall also be simple if one of the things has perished and can no longer be delivered, even through the debtor's fault, and its...
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It shall also be simple if one of the things has perished and can no longer be delivered, even through the debtor's fault, and its price or value cannot be offered in its place.

If both have perished, and the debtor was at fault with regard to one of them, he shall pay the price of the one that perished last.

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787
Article 787 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
When in the cases provided by the preceding article, the choice being deferred to the creditor by the convention: If one thing has perished without...
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When in the cases provided by the preceding article, the choice being deferred to the creditor by the convention:

If one thing has perished without fault of the debtor, the creditor takes the remaining one; but if it perished through the debtor's fault, the creditor may demand the remaining thing or the price of the one that perished.

And if both things have perished, the debtor being at fault with respect to both or one of them, the creditor may choose to demand the price of one or the other.

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Article 788 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
If, without fault of the debtor and before he has been placed in default, both things have perished, the obligation is extinguished, in accordance with...
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If, without fault of the debtor and before he has been placed in default, both things have perished, the obligation is extinguished, in accordance with article 776 of this title.

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Article 789 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
These principles apply to cases where more than two things are included in the alternative obligation.
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These principles apply to cases where more than two things are included in the alternative obligation.

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Article 790 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
An obligation is solidary among several creditors when the title expressly gives each of them the right to demand full payment of the debt, and...
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An obligation is solidary among several creditors when the title expressly gives each of them the right to demand full payment of the debt, and the debtor is discharged by payment made to any one of them, although the benefit of the obligation is shareable and divisible among the various creditors.

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Article 791 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
As long as the debtor has not been sued by one of the solidary creditors, he may pay, at his choice, to one or the...
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As long as the debtor has not been sued by one of the solidary creditors, he may pay, at his choice, to one or the other.

Nevertheless, a debtor to whom a solidary creditor has given a release of the debt would be discharged only for that creditor's share.

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Article 792 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
Any act that interrupts prescription with regard to one of the solidary creditors benefits the others.
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Any act that interrupts prescription with regard to one of the solidary creditors benefits the others.

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Article 793 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
When several debtors are bound for the same thing, any one may be compelled for the whole, and payment by one liberates the others, there...
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When several debtors are bound for the same thing, any one may be compelled for the whole, and payment by one liberates the others, there is solidarity among the debtors.

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Article 794 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The debtors, although solidary, may be differently bound to payment; one may be bound only conditionally, another purely and simply, or one having taken a...
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The debtors, although solidary, may be differently bound to payment; one may be bound only conditionally, another purely and simply, or one having taken a term not granted to the other.

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Article 795 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
Solidarity not being presumed, it must be expressly stipulated, except that which results from legal provisions, which operates by full right.
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Solidarity not being presumed, it must be expressly stipulated, except that which results from legal provisions, which operates by full right.

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Article 796 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The debtor of a solidary obligation cannot invoke the benefit of division against the creditor who sues him for the whole.
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The debtor of a solidary obligation cannot invoke the benefit of division against the creditor who sues him for the whole.

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Article 797 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The creditor has the right to sue the solidary debtors jointly or separately. Proceedings against one of them do not prevent pursuing the others.
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The creditor has the right to sue the solidary debtors jointly or separately. Proceedings against one of them do not prevent pursuing the others.

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Article 798 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The solidary co-debtors of the thing due, which perished through the fault or during the default of one or several debtors, are not liable for...
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The solidary co-debtors of the thing due, which perished through the fault or during the default of one or several debtors, are not liable for damages and interest; the creditor can exercise this action only against those debtors placed in default or through whose fault the thing perished, the others being liable only for the price of the thing.

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Article 799 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
Prescription is interrupted with regard to all solidary debtors by proceedings brought against one of them.
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Prescription is interrupted with regard to all solidary debtors by proceedings brought against one of them.

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Article 800 Civil Law · Des Diverses espèces d'Obligations
Contract Law
The same applies to interest that runs against all solidary debtors from the moment the demand has been made against one of them.
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The same applies to interest that runs against all solidary debtors from the moment the demand has been made against one of them.

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