Quebec Civil Code

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The Quebec Civil Code is the comprehensive legal framework governing private law in Quebec, rooted in continental civil law traditions and adapted to the province’s unique social and linguistic context.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf civil code
codified private law
adaptedTo Quebec’s linguistic context
Quebec’s social context
appliesIn Quebec
linked to: Quebec, Canada
basedOn continental civil law tradition
cameIntoForce 1 January 1994
contains books
preliminary provision
country Canada
enactedIn 1991
governs evidence in civil matters
family law
obligations
persons
prescription (limitation periods)
private law in Quebec
property law
successions
hasOfficialVersionIn English
French
hasPart Book Eight – Prescription
Book Five – Obligations
Book Four – Property
Book Nine – Publication of Rights
Book One – Persons
Book Seven – Evidence
Book Six – Prior Claims and Hypothecs
Book Ten – Private International Law
Book Three – Successions
Book Two – The Family
inForceSince 1994
jurisdiction Province of Quebec
language French
legalLanguage French
legalSystem civil law
partOf legal system of Canada
legal system of Quebec
promulgatedBy National Assembly of Quebec
reflects Quebec’s French legal heritage
Quebec’s civil law tradition
regulates adoption
contract law in Quebec
extra-contractual liability (civil liability)
hypothecs
matrimonial regimes
property ownership and real rights
replaced Civil Code of Lower Canada
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
usedBy Quebec courts in civil matters

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Napoleonic Code influenced Quebec Civil Code
Quebec Civil Code replaced Civil Code of Lower Canada
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Law of Obligations codifiedIn Quebec Civil Code
Book One – Persons partOf Civil Code of Quebec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book One – Persons legalSystem Quebec civil law
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book One – Persons belongsTo Quebec private law
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book One – Persons codification Civil Code of Quebec, Book One
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book One – Persons systematicPosition Book One of the Civil Code of Quebec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Two – The Family partOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Two – The Family codifiedIn Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Three – Successions isPartOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Three – Successions containedIn Civil Code of Québec, 1994 reform
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Four – Property partOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Four – Property codifiedIn Civil Code of Québec, Book Four
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Five – Obligations partOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Five – Obligations codifiedIn Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Six – Prior Claims and Hypothecs isPartOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Seven – Evidence partOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Seven – Evidence codifiedIn Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Eight – Prescription partOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Eight – Prescription containedIn Civil Code of Québec, Book Eight
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Nine – Publication of Rights partOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Nine – Publication of Rights legalSystem Quebec civil law
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Nine – Publication of Rights codifiedIn Civil Code of Québec, Book Nine
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Ten – Private International Law partOf Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Ten – Private International Law legalSystem Quebec civil law
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Book Ten – Private International Law codifiedIn Civil Code of Québec, Book Ten
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Quebec courts in civil matters appliesStatute Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Quebec courts in civil matters basedOn Civil Code of Québec
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Quebec courts in civil matters administers Quebec private law
linked to: Quebec Civil Code
Custom of Paris replacedBy Civil Code of Lower Canada
linked to: Quebec Civil Code