civil code of Chile

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The Civil Code of Chile is a foundational body of private law that systematically regulates civil relationships such as property, contracts, family, and obligations within the Chilean legal system.

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Chilean Civil Code 1
civil code of Chile canonical 1

Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chilean legislation
civil code
codification of private law
appliesTo legal persons in Chile
natural persons in Chile
codificationMethod systematic and comprehensive
considered foundational text of Chilean private law
country Chile
effectiveDate 1857-01-01
governs civil relationships
private legal relationships
hasAmendments multiple legislative reforms over time
hasAuthor Andrés Bello
hasPart Book I: Of Persons
Book II: Of Goods and Their Ownership, Possession, Use and Enjoyment
Book III: Of Successions by Cause of Death and of Donations Between the Living
Book IV: Of Obligations in General and Contracts
Preliminary Title
influenced Civil Code of Colombia
Civil Code of Ecuador
Civil Code of El Salvador
Civil Code of Honduras
Civil Code of Nicaragua
Civil Code of Venezuela
civil codes of Latin America
influencedBy Andrés Bello’s comparative studies
Napoleonic Code
Roman law
Spanish law
canon law
jurisdiction Chile
surface form: Republic of Chile
language Spanish
legalSystem Chilean legal system
legalTradition civil law
primaryField private law
principalDrafter Andrés Bello
promulgationDate 1855-12-14
regulates civil liability
contract law
evidence in civil matters
family law
law of obligations
persons
prescription
property law
real rights
security interests
succession law
status in force with amendments
subjectMatter civil law
private law relationships
usedAsModelBy other Latin American jurisdictions

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Judicial branch of Chile applies civil code of Chile
family courts of Chile legalBasis civil code of Chile
this entity surface form: Chilean Civil Code