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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 58 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
Within the same fifteen-day period from the plaintiff's filing at the clerk's office, the defendant takes communication, serves his response with a list of supporting...
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Within the same fifteen-day period from the plaintiff's filing at the clerk's office, the defendant takes communication, serves his response with a list of supporting documents; and within twenty-four hours of this service, the production taken in communication must be returned to the clerk's office; he files his own and serves the filing notice.

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Article 59 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
If within the above-prescribed period the plaintiff has not filed, the defendant must file his production at the clerk's office as stated; and the plaintiff...
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If within the above-prescribed period the plaintiff has not filed, the defendant must file his production at the clerk's office as stated; and the plaintiff shall have only eight days to take communication and respond; after which, judgment proceeds on what was filed by the defendant.

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Article 60 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
If the defendant has not filed within the allotted period, judgment likewise proceeds on the plaintiff's production.
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If the defendant has not filed within the allotted period, judgment likewise proceeds on the plaintiff's production.

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Article 61 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
The parties are free to produce new documents, but without a brief for new production or writings, on penalty of cost rejection; this new production...
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The parties are free to produce new documents, but without a brief for new production or writings, on penalty of cost rejection; this new production is likewise filed at the clerk's office, with a filing notice containing the document list, served on the attorney.

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Article 62 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
The other party shall have only eight days to take communication and respond, the response not exceeding six pages.
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The other party shall have only eight days to take communication and respond, the response not exceeding six pages.

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Article 63 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
Only the writings and services specified in this chapter may be included in the cost assessment.
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Only the writings and services specified in this chapter may be included in the cost assessment.

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Article 64 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
Communications shall be taken at the clerk's office upon attorneys' receipts, which shall contain the date.
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Communications shall be taken at the clerk's office upon attorneys' receipts, which shall contain the date.

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Article 65 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
The clerk is required to keep a register recording all filings in chronological order.
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The clerk is required to keep a register recording all filings in chronological order.

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Article 66 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
When the parties have filed, or after the fixed deadlines expire, the clerk, at a party's request, must deliver the documents to the reporting judge,...
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When the parties have filed, or after the fixed deadlines expire, the clerk, at a party's request, must deliver the documents to the reporting judge, who acknowledges receipt on the production register.

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Article 67 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
Reports, even on deliberations, shall be made at the hearing; the facts and arguments are summarized by the reporter without giving his opinion; the attorneys,...
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Reports, even on deliberations, shall be made at the hearing; the facts and arguments are summarized by the reporter without giving his opinion; the attorneys, under no pretext, shall have the floor after the report.

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Article 68 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
The king's prosecutor shall be heard at the hearing when the case is subject to communication to him.
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The king's prosecutor shall be heard at the hearing when the case is subject to communication to him.

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Article 69 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
Opposition to the execution of judgments rendered on one party's documents, due to the other's failure to produce, shall not be admitted.
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Opposition to the execution of judgments rendered on one party's documents, due to the other's failure to produce, shall not be admitted.

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Article 70 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
The reporting judge, after judgment, returns the documents to the clerk's office and strikes his signature on the production register for his discharge.
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The reporting judge, after judgment, returns the documents to the clerk's office and strikes his signature on the production register for his discharge.

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Article 71 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Délibérés et Instructions par écrit
Civil Procedure
The attorneys shall give receipts in the margin of the same register when withdrawing their documents, for the clerk's discharge.
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The attorneys shall give receipts in the margin of the same register when withdrawing their documents, for the clerk's discharge.

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Article 72 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Jugemens
Civil Procedure
Judgments are rendered by majority vote and pronounced immediately; the judges may nevertheless retire to the council chamber to collect opinions, and even continue the...
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Judgments are rendered by majority vote and pronounced immediately; the judges may nevertheless retire to the council chamber to collect opinions, and even continue the case to a subsequent hearing to pronounce judgment. After the king's prosecutor has given his final conclusions, he shall no longer be heard; and he may in no case be present during the judges' deliberations.

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Article 73 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Jugemens
Civil Procedure
If there are more than two opinions, the judges in the minority shall join one of the two opinions held by the greater number; after...
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If there are more than two opinions, the judges in the minority shall join one of the two opinions held by the greater number; after votes have been collected a second time.

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Article 74 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Jugemens
Civil Procedure
Any judgment ordering the parties' appearance indicates the day; and if ordering an oath, it states the facts on which it shall be received.
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Any judgment ordering the parties' appearance indicates the day; and if ordering an oath, it states the facts on which it shall be received.

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Article 75 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Jugemens
Civil Procedure
The oath may only be taken at the hearing, by the party in person, unless legitimately and verifiably prevented; in that case, it may be...
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The oath may only be taken at the hearing, by the party in person, unless legitimately and verifiably prevented; in that case, it may be taken before the judge commissioned by the seneschal's court, who shall travel with the clerk to the party's domicile; if too distant, the judges shall order it taken before the seneschal's court of residence; in all cases, the oath shall be made in the presence of the other party, duly summoned by attorney-to-attorney act.

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Article 76 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Jugemens
Civil Procedure
Judges may only grant delays for the execution of their judgments in the judgment ruling on the dispute; which shall contain the reasons for the...
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Judges may only grant delays for the execution of their judgments in the judgment ruling on the dispute; which shall contain the reasons for the delay, running from the day of judgment if adversarial, or from service if by default.

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Article 77 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Jugemens
Civil Procedure
No delay shall be granted, and the debtor may not benefit from one already granted, if the sale of his property is being pursued by...
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No delay shall be granted, and the debtor may not benefit from one already granted, if the sale of his property is being pursued by other creditors, if he is bankrupt, or if he has diminished the security he had given his creditor.

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