Brazilian Civil Code
E604642
The Brazilian Civil Code is the primary legal framework governing private law in Brazil, including contracts, property, family relations, and civil liability.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Brazilian Civil Code canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6552670 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brazilian Civil Code Context triple: [Law of Obligations, codifiedIn, Brazilian Civil Code]
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A.
Portuguese law
Portuguese law is the national legal system of Portugal, encompassing its constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that govern public and private life in the country.
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B.
Spanish Civil Code
The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
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C.
Electoral Code of Brazil
The Electoral Code of Brazil is the primary legal framework that governs how elections are organized, conducted, and overseen throughout the country.
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D.
Civil Code of 1808
The Civil Code of 1808 was Louisiana’s first comprehensive codification of private law, blending French, Spanish, and Roman legal traditions into a unified civil law system distinct from the common law used in other U.S. states.
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E.
Belgian Civil Code
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Brazilian Civil Code Target entity description: The Brazilian Civil Code is the primary legal framework governing private law in Brazil, including contracts, property, family relations, and civil liability.
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A.
Portuguese law
Portuguese law is the national legal system of Portugal, encompassing its constitution, statutes, regulations, and judicial decisions that govern public and private life in the country.
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B.
Spanish Civil Code
The Spanish Civil Code is the principal body of private law in Spain, codifying rules on persons, family, property, and obligations in a systematic, 19th-century European civil law tradition.
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C.
Electoral Code of Brazil
The Electoral Code of Brazil is the primary legal framework that governs how elections are organized, conducted, and overseen throughout the country.
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D.
Civil Code of 1808
The Civil Code of 1808 was Louisiana’s first comprehensive codification of private law, blending French, Spanish, and Roman legal traditions into a unified civil law system distinct from the common law used in other U.S. states.
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E.
Belgian Civil Code
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.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (52)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Brazilian Civil Code
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civil code ⓘ codified statute ⓘ source of private law ⓘ |
| appliesTo |
legal entities
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natural persons ⓘ |
| containsBook |
Book I – General Part
NERFINISHED
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Book II – Obligations NERFINISHED ⓘ Book III – Company Law (Direito de Empresa) NERFINISHED ⓘ Book IV – Family Law NERFINISHED ⓘ Book V – Succession Law NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| currentMainVersion | Civil Code of 2002 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| dateOfEnactment | 10 January 2002 ⓘ |
| dateOfEntryIntoForce |
1 January 1917
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11 January 2003 ⓘ |
| enactedBy | National Congress of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| governs |
civil liability
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company law aspects of civil companies ⓘ contracts ⓘ family law ⓘ obligations ⓘ personality rights ⓘ private law in Brazil ⓘ property law ⓘ rights in rem ⓘ succession law ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Brazilian Civil Code of 1916
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
French Civil Code NERFINISHED ⓘ German Civil Code (BGB) NERFINISHED ⓘ German Civil Code (BGB) NERFINISHED ⓘ Italian Civil Code of 1942 NERFINISHED ⓘ Portuguese Civil Code NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Federative Republic of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| language | Portuguese ⓘ |
| lawNumber | Law No. 10.406 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| legalSystem | civil law system ⓘ |
| previousVersion | Civil Code of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| principalDrafter | Clóvis Beviláqua NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| promulgatedBy | President of Brazil NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regulates |
capacity to act
ⓘ
inheritance and wills ⓘ kinship and filiation ⓘ legal personality ⓘ marriage and marital property regimes ⓘ possession and ownership ⓘ prescription and decadence ⓘ statute of limitations ⓘ |
| repealed | Civil Code of 1916 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| structure |
general part
ⓘ
special part ⓘ |
| subjectTo | constitutional supremacy of the Brazilian Federal Constitution ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Brazilian Civil Code Description of subject: The Brazilian Civil Code is the primary legal framework governing private law in Brazil, including contracts, property, family relations, and civil liability.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.