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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 98 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
The party cited before a seneschal's court other than the competent one may request referral to the proper judges; this request must be made before...
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The party cited before a seneschal's court other than the competent one may request referral to the proper judges; this request must be made before all other exceptions and defenses. All referral requests shall be decided summarily.

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Article 99 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
The woman separated in property, the heir, or the widow, to whom the law grants three months from the dissolution of the community or the...
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The woman separated in property, the heir, or the widow, to whom the law grants three months from the dissolution of the community or the opening of the succession for inventory, and forty days to deliberate, may not be summoned as community member or heir before this period expires; even after this delay, the heir may still have an inventory made and accept the inheritance with benefit of inventory, if he has not acted as heir or been condemned without appeal as unconditional heir.

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Article 100 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
Those who have the right to call in a guarantor must do so within eight days of the original claim, plus one day per five...
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Those who have the right to call in a guarantor must do so within eight days of the original claim, plus one day per five leagues from the guarantor's domicile; the same applies for sub-guarantors, if they have the right to call them.

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Article 101 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
Guarantors must proceed before the seneschal's court where the original claim is pending.
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Guarantors must proceed before the seneschal's court where the original claim is pending.

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Article 102 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
The guarantor, in real and mortgage matters, taking up the guaranteed party's case, the latter is dismissed from court if he requests it before the...
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The guarantor, in real and mortgage matters, taking up the guaranteed party's case, the latter is dismissed from court if he requests it before the first judgment; he may however attend to preserve his rights, and the original plaintiff may request that he remain to preserve his own. In simple guarantee, the guarantor may only intervene without taking up the guaranteed party's case.

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Article 103 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
Judgments rendered against formal guarantors are enforceable against the guaranteed parties.
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Judgments rendered against formal guarantors are enforceable against the guaranteed parties.

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Article 104 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
Before any defense on the merits, all dilatory exceptions must be raised together.
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Before any defense on the merits, all dilatory exceptions must be raised together.

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Article 105 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
By a simple act, and within three days of the documents being served or used, the parties may respectively request communication, either by deposit at...
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By a simple act, and within three days of the documents being served or used, the parties may respectively request communication, either by deposit at the clerk's office without removal, or between attorneys upon receipt.

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Article 106 Law on Civil Procedure · Des Exceptions
Civil Procedure
If the time for examining communicated documents is not set by the ordering judgment or the receipt, it shall be only three days.
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If the time for examining communicated documents is not set by the ordering judgment or the receipt, it shall be only three days.

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Article 107 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
The plaintiff seeking acknowledgment and verification of private writing may, without the judge's permission, summon at three days' notice, to have the acknowledgment recorded or...
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The plaintiff seeking acknowledgment and verification of private writing may, without the judge's permission, summon at three days' notice, to have the acknowledgment recorded or the writing deemed acknowledged.

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Article 108 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
If the defendant acknowledges the writing, formal acknowledgment shall be given to the plaintiff by judgment, with costs borne by the plaintiff; but if the...
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If the defendant acknowledges the writing, formal acknowledgment shall be given to the plaintiff by judgment, with costs borne by the plaintiff; but if the defendant does not appear, default is given, and the writing is deemed acknowledged.

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Article 109 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
Verification shall be ordered by title, experts, and witnesses; if the defendant's alleged signature is denied, or if he does not acknowledge one attributed to...
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Verification shall be ordered by title, experts, and witnesses; if the defendant's alleged signature is denied, or if he does not acknowledge one attributed to a third party.

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Article 110 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
Three experts are appointed by the verification judgment, either ex officio or by the parties. The same judgment designates the judge before whom it shall...
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Three experts are appointed by the verification judgment, either ex officio or by the parties. The same judgment designates the judge before whom it shall take place, and orders the deposit at the clerk's office of the document to be verified, whose condition must be well established; it shall be signed and initialed by the plaintiff's attorney and the clerk, who draws up the full official record.

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Article 111 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
The defendant may, within three days of the document's deposit, take communication at the clerk's office.
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The defendant may, within three days of the document's deposit, take communication at the clerk's office.

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Article 112 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
The most diligent party serves the commissioner judge's order from attorney to attorney, indicating the day parties must appear before him to agree on comparison...
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The most diligent party serves the commissioner judge's order from attorney to attorney, indicating the day parties must appear before him to agree on comparison documents; if the plaintiff defaults, the document is rejected; if the defendant defaults, the document is deemed acknowledged. Judgment in both cases is rendered at the next hearing, on the commissioner's report, without further notice; it shall be subject to opposition.

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Article 113 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
If the parties do not agree on comparison documents, the judge may only accept as such: signatures on notarial and judicial acts, those written and...
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If the parties do not agree on comparison documents, the judge may only accept as such: signatures on notarial and judicial acts, those written and signed as public officials, and private writings and signatures acknowledged by the person to whom the disputed document is attributed.

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Article 114 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
The commissioner judge may order the defendant to produce a writing sample dictated by the experts, with the plaintiff present or summoned.
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The commissioner judge may order the defendant to produce a writing sample dictated by the experts, with the plaintiff present or summoned.

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Article 115 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
After the experts take their oath, they shall jointly proceed to the verification at the clerk's office before the commissioner judge; their report is appended...
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After the experts take their oath, they shall jointly proceed to the verification at the clerk's office before the commissioner judge; their report is appended to the commissioner's official record.

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Article 116 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
The three experts' report is drawn up jointly and with reasons, and must form a single opinion by majority vote; if they disagree, it shall...
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The three experts' report is drawn up jointly and with reasons, and must form a single opinion by majority vote; if they disagree, it shall contain the reasons without revealing each expert's individual opinion.

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Article 117 Law on Civil Procedure · De la Vérification des Écritures
Civil Procedure
Persons who witnessed the writing or signing of the disputed document, or who have knowledge of facts that could reveal the truth, may be heard...
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Persons who witnessed the writing or signing of the disputed document, or who have knowledge of facts that could reveal the truth, may be heard as witnesses.

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