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"
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| 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
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private law → |
| legalSystem | civil law → |
| originalLanguage |
Dutch
→
French → |
| partOf | Belgian legal system → |
| reform |
progressive modernization of contract law
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progressive modernization of family law → progressive modernization of property law → |
| regulates |
civil status
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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.
this entity surface form: "Code civil belge"
this entity surface form: "Burgerlijk Wetboek"