Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans

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The Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans is an 1808 compilation of civil law that formed the foundation of Louisiana’s unique mixed civil law system in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil code
historical legal document
legal codification
appliesTo Louisiana NERFINISHED
Territory of Orleans NERFINISHED
basedOn French civil law tradition
compiledIn Territory of Orleans NERFINISHED
contains articles of civil law
country United States of America
surface form: United States
date 1808
followedBy Louisiana Civil Code of 1825 NERFINISHED
foundationOf Louisiana civil law tradition NERFINISHED
Louisiana’s mixed civil law system
governs contracts
inheritance and succession
marriage and family relations
property rights
hasPart book on obligations
book on persons
book on things
historicalPeriod early 19th century
influencedBy French law NERFINISHED
Roman law tradition
Spanish law
jurisdiction Territory of Orleans NERFINISHED
language English
French
legalField civil law
legalStatus superseded
legalSystem civil law
mixed civil law–common law system
legalTradition continental European civil law
placeOfPublication New Orleans NERFINISHED
publicationYear 1808
purpose to codify civil laws then in force in the Territory of Orleans
region Louisiana NERFINISHED
shortName Louisiana Digest of 1808 NERFINISHED
significance first comprehensive civil code for the Territory of Orleans
one of the earliest civil codes in the United States
subjectMatter family law
obligations
private law
property law
succession law
title Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans NERFINISHED
typeOfLaw statutory law
usedIn Louisiana courts

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Digest of 1808 alsoKnownAs Digest of the Civil Laws now in force in the Territory of Orleans