Belgian Civil Code

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The Belgian Civil Code is the foundational body of private law in Belgium, governing matters such as contracts, property, and family relations, and originally modeled on early 19th-century continental civil law traditions.

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Statements (48)
Predicate Object
instanceOf body of private law
civil code
appliesInJurisdiction Belgium
basedOn Napoleonic Code
surface form: "French Civil Code"

Napoleonic Code
country Belgium
governs adoption
civil liability
guardianship
matrimonial property regimes
non-contractual obligations
servitudes
usufruct
hasBeenAmended multiple times since 19th century
hasCitationForm Belgian Civil Code
surface form: "Burgerlijk Wetboek"

Belgian Civil Code
surface form: "Code civil belge"
hasPart Book on evidence
Book on obligations
Book on persons
Book on property
Book on securities
inception 1830s
influencedBy early 19th-century continental civil law
legalDomain civil law
private law
legalSystem civil law
originalLanguage Dutch
French
partOf Belgian legal system
reform progressive modernization of contract law
progressive modernization of family law
progressive modernization of property law
regulates civil status
contracts
divorce
family law
inheritance
marriage
obligations
parental authority
persons
property law
real rights
succession law
subjectTo constitutional review in Belgium
usedBy Belgian courts
Belgian lawyers
Belgian notaries

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Belgian Civil Code hasCitationForm Belgian Civil Code
this entity surface form: "Code civil belge"
Belgian Civil Code hasCitationForm Belgian Civil Code
this entity surface form: "Burgerlijk Wetboek"
Napoleonic Code influenced Belgian Civil Code

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